Photonics Solutions: UK Public Sector Contracts Won & Awards

SMECurrieScotlandMain market: Astronomical and optical instruments

Official UK PPONPYNC-9658-MBVVWebsitephotonicsolutions.co.uk

Procedures with an award3740 award records
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How many tenders this supplier has won.

Tenders with at least one award to it. Award records are shown too, because one framework can carry many call-offs.

Public authorities14named on published awards
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How many different public bodies have awarded to this supplier.

Buyers named on its awards, with duplicate names merged.

Attributable award value£12mnet · on 38 of 40 award records · single-supplier, no ceilings
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How much this supplier has won, by published values.

Sum of award values where it was the only winner, VAT excluded, framework ceilings left out.

Not turnover. Not every award publishes a value.

Last 12 months13awards · 16 in the prior 24 months · last 1 Sept 2026
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Awards to this supplier in the last 12 months.

Award records dated in the last 12 months, against the two years before.

Contracts ending ≤18 months3end date published on 15 of 40 awards
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Contracts that finish in the next 18 months.

Published contracts with an end date in that window. No end date, not counted.

A likely retender, not a certain one.

Delivery regions11most often Nationwide (UK)
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Where this supplier has delivered.

Delivery regions published on its awarded tenders. A tender with several regions counts in each.

Where the work was, not where the company is based.

Where they win
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What kind of work is bought here.

Notices by procurement category (CPV). A notice with several categories counts in each.

40 lot-level observations (40 awarded lots, 100%, plus 0 envelope awards without lot links; pending awards included) · top CPV classes

Attributable award value
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How much this supplier has won, by published values.

Sum of award values where it was the only winner, VAT excluded, framework ceilings left out.

Not turnover. Not every award publishes a value.

£12mOn 38 of 40 award records; the five largest make 56%; a further 1 published a VAT-inclusive amount only (£53k inc. VAT, kept apart). Largest rows below.
Typical attributable award
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What one of this supplier’s wins is usually worth.

Middle value of the same awards as the total above.

£170k medianrobust · n=38
Award vs estimate
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Does this supplier usually win above or below the buyer’s estimate.

Its own wins, estimate against award per lot, in its sector.

Based on 3 wins in its industry (CPV division 38). Small sample.

A past pattern, not a margin and not a price to bid.

7.1% below estimatemoderate · n=3scoped to CPV division 38
Largest published awards
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The biggest published awards.

Awards to a single supplier with a published value, largest first, so you can check the totals against the notice.

A repeated framework total can appear here. Open the notice to check.

AuthorityAwardedTermPublished value
UKRI-3173 A Multi Amplifier Laser HiLUX ProjectUK Research and Innovation£2,157,030
UKRI-2961 HiLUX High Average Power Laser SystemUK Research and Innovation£1,957,565
UKRI-1799 Ns OPCPA Pump LaserUK Research and Innovation£1,421,600
Ultrafast Laser System For High Throughput 2D-IR Analysis OF BiomoleculesUniversity Of York (Pelican)£557,485
UKRI-5015 HiLUX ULTRA Laser Phase 2UK Research and Innovation9 mo£379,851

Where they deliver
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Where this supplier has delivered.

Delivery regions published on its awarded tenders. A tender with several regions counts in each.

Where the work was, not where the company is based.

ITL1 delivery regions on the notice · 35 of 37 awarded procedures publish one · a procedure with several regions counts in each

Nationwide (UK)11 procedures · 31%
South East England11 procedures · 31%
Scotland7 procedures · 20%
Yorkshire and the Humber3 procedures · 9%
West Midlands3 procedures · 9%
South West England3 procedures · 9%
North East England1 procedures · 3%
North West England1 procedures · 3%

Who they sell to
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Which buyers publish the most notices here.

Buyers ranked by the number of notices, duplicate names merged.

Authorities named on this supplier’s published awards · ranked by distinct procedures · award records explode on framework and DPS panels

Authority type · official UK type when published, else name/id class, else not classified · by award records (a single panel can dominate)
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What kinds of public bodies buy here.

Notices by the buyer’s type as published, otherwise by its name.

  • Central government 45% (18 awards)
  • Education 28% (11 awards)
  • Type not classified 25% (10 awards)
  • Other public body 3% (1 awards)
AuthorityProceduresShareAward recordsLast activity
UK Research and Innovation1232.4%131 Sept 2026
UK Research and Innovation821.6%84 Nov 2024
UK Atomic Energy Authority25.4%321 Aug 2026
Heriot-Watt Universityframework/DPS on 125.4%321 Oct 2025
UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK25.4%224 Jan 2024
National Physical Laboratory25.4%227 Nov 2024
University Of Edinburgh25.4%23 Mar 2021
University of Leeds12.7%11 Aug 2025

Share = of the 37 procedures with an award naming this supplier. Last activity = award date, or notice publication when no award date was published.

Contracts ending
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Contracts that finish in the next 18 months.

Published contracts with an end date in that window. No end date, not counted.

A likely retender, not a certain one.

Published end dates only · 15 of 40 awards carry one · not a retender forecast

ContractEndsPublished value
C453189 - UHFLI Amplifier30 Sept 2026£28,915
Supply of Nd: YAG Lasers31 Jan 2027£205,970
UKRI-5617 VOPPEL Refurbishment31 Mar 2027£192,925

Recent awards

Latest 30 of 40 award records naming this supplier

Data coverage & method
  • Source: Find a Tender OCDS award and contract releases. An award record is one award × this supplier; a procedure can carry many (panels, call-offs).
  • Market observations are awarded lots, or one envelope award when the notice publishes no lot links. Region = delivery ITL1 on the notice, not the supplier’s registered address.
  • Authority type: official OCDS UK contracting-authority type when the notice publishes one; otherwise a Tenderline name/id class; otherwise “not classified”. Purchasing hubs with no published type stay unclassified.
  • Published value attributable to this supplier alone: £12m across single-supplier awards, framework / DPS ceilings excluded. Coverage is partial and the figure is not turnover, so it is not shown as a headline.
  • Contract end dates: published on 15 of 40 awards; 3 end within 18 months.
  • Each figure’s own method and sample is behind its ; the long form is on Methodology.
  • Never shown: contact details, reliability or payment scores, affiliations, predicted wins.
Identifiers consolidated into this page (24 historical Find a Tender publication identifiers)

Official notices referenced this supplier under these publication identifiers. Alias URLs are not separate pages.

GB-COH:SC194276GB-FTS-100796GB-FTS-103362GB-FTS-106885GB-FTS-108646GB-FTS-111733GB-FTS-124209GB-FTS-128978GB-FTS-131408GB-FTS-142575GB-FTS-156054GB-FTS-157538GB-FTS-162214GB-FTS-166493GB-FTS-168138GB-FTS-169436GB-FTS-51293GB-FTS-5740GB-FTS-59357GB-FTS-60300GB-FTS-69869GB-FTS-7391GB-FTS-88661GB-PPON:PYNC-9658-MBVV

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