Quantum Design UK and Ireland Ltd: UK Public Sector Contracts Won & Awards

SMECompanies House: Private Limited CompanyLeatherheadSouth East EnglandMain market: Instruments for checking physical characteristics

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Procedures with an award4658 award records

Public authorities18named on published awards

Attributable award value£6.0mnet · on 21 of 34 award records · single-supplier, no ceilings

Last 12 months5awards · 8 in the prior 24 months · last 17 Mar 2026

Contracts ending ≤18 months4end date on 51 of 58 awards · 1 estimated

Buyer regions10most often South West England

Where they win
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34 awards (34 for a named lot, 100%, 0 for a whole procedure with no lot named) · top CPV classes, shares of all 34 awards. An award may cover more than one class.

3840 Instruments for checking physical characteristics4 awards · 12% · awards naming a lot

3512 Surveillance and security systems and devices2 awards · 6% · awards naming a lot

3830 Measuring instruments2 awards · 6% · awards naming a lot

3851 Microscopes2 awards · 6% · awards naming a lot

4213 Taps, cocks, valves and similar appliances2 awards · 6% · awards naming a lot

3843 Detection and analysis apparatus1 award · 3% · awards naming a lot

3865 Photographic equipment1 award · 3% · awards naming a lot

5041 Repair and maintenance services of measuring, testing and checking apparatus1 award · 3% · awards naming a lot

Attributable award value

£6.0mOn 21 of 34 award records; the five largest make 64%. Largest rows below.

Typical attributable award

£140k middle valuerobust · n=21

Award vs estimate

Based on 5 wins in its industry (CPV division 38).

16.7% below estimaterobust · n=5compared within CPV division 38

Largest published awards i	Authority	Awarded	Term	Published value
2023/24-4173 Supply of a Materials Science Physical Properties Measurement System	University of Leeds	—	—	£933,485 †
Measurement System for Physical Properties	University of St Andrews	—	—	£807,929 †
SQUID Based Cryogenic Measurement System for Magnetic Properties	University of St Andrews	—	—	£807,929 †
Contract for the Supply and Installation of a Squid Magnetometer with Versatile Measurement Options to the University of Birmingham	THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM	—	—	£721,276 †
Cryomagnet-based Measurement Platform	University Of Edinburgh	—	—	£562,500 †

Where their buyers are
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ITL1 region of the buyer office · known for 46 of 46 awarded procedures · each procedure counts once

South West England21 procedures · 46%

Yorkshire and the Humber7 procedures · 15%

Scotland4 procedures · 9%

North West England3 procedures · 7%

West Midlands3 procedures · 7%

South East England3 procedures · 7%

Greater London2 procedures · 4%

North East England1 procedure · 2%

Who they sell to
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Authorities named on this supplier’s published awards · ranked by distinct procedures · a framework or DPS adds one award record per appointed supplier

Authority type · official UK type when published, else name/id class, else not classified · by award records (a single panel can dominate)

Type not classified41%(14 awards)
14 of 34 awards are Type not classified (41%).
Education35%(12 awards)
12 of 34 awards are Education (35%).
Central government21%(7 awards)
7 of 34 awards are Central government (21%).
Other public body3%(1 award)
1 of 34 awards is Other public body (3%).

Authority	Procedures	Share	Award records	Last activity
UK Research and Innovation	13	28.3%	13	17 Mar 2026
UK Shared Business Services Ltd	7	15.2%	7	18 Apr 2024
University of Sheffield	4	8.7%	4	5 Mar 2024
North Western Universities Purchasing Consortiumframework/DPS on 3	3	6.5%	14	27 Jul 2023
University of Leeds	3	6.5%	3	16 Dec 2024
THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM	2	4.3%	2	14 Mar 2022
National Physical Laboratory	2	4.3%	2	18 Aug 2023
University of Southampton	2	4.3%	2	2 Oct 2023

Share = of the 46 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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51 of 58 awards carry an end date, 5 estimated from the duration · not a retender forecast

Contract	Ends	Published value
2023-24/4174 - Supply of a Scanning Precession Electron Diffraction (SPED) system	6 Dec 2026 estimated	£241,968
UKRI-5584 Service Contract for MPMS and PPMS System	20 Jan 2027	£35,437
Framework Agreement for High Value Laboratory Equipment	31 Jul 2027	£185,000,000 ceiling
Framework Agreement for High Value Laboratory Equipment	31 Jul 2027	£185,000,000 ceiling

Recent awards

Latest 30 of 34 award records naming this supplier

Contracts Finder adds 24 more procedures won by this supplier, mostly below the Find a Tender threshold or from before 2025. Each is counted once beside any Find a Tender copy; they are in the totals, not in this list.

Award / procedure	Authority	Awarded	Published value
High Value Laboratory Equipment	North Western Universities Purchasing Consortium	Not published	£185,000,000 † framework ceiling · 1 of 12 appointed suppliers
High Value Laboratory Equipment	North Western Universities Purchasing Consortium	Not published	£185,000,000 † framework ceiling · 1 of 10 appointed suppliers
High Value Laboratory Equipment	North Western Universities Purchasing Consortium	Not published	£185,000,000 † framework ceiling · 1 of 28 appointed suppliers
High Value Laboratory Equipment	North Western Universities Purchasing Consortium	Not published	£185,000,000 † framework ceiling · 1 of 13 appointed suppliers
High Value Laboratory Equipment	North Western Universities Purchasing Consortium	Not published	£185,000,000 † framework ceiling · 1 of 11 appointed suppliers
Provision of a 200mm Spectroscopic Ellipsometer	University of Southampton	Not published	£258,830 † from the contract notice
Optical Microscope Cryostat	National Physical Laboratory	Not published	£339,000 † from the contract notice
PROVISION OF CLOSED CYCLE OPTICAL MICROSCOPY CRYOSTATS	University of Glasgow	Not published	£331,500 † from the contract notice
UKRI-2829 Lakeshore Cryogenic Temperature Sensors	UK Research & Innovation (UKRI)	Not published	£117,843 † from the contract notice
Cryomagnet-based Measurement Platform	University Of Edinburgh	Not published	£562,500 † from the contract notice

About this data

One profile per supplier. Built from award and contract notices that name this supplier; different spellings and registration numbers of the same company are merged into this profile.
Values are published values. The table mirrors what the notice published: framework ceilings and joint awards are labelled and never counted as this supplier's money, and † marks a value taken from the contract notice when the award published none. Only awards made to this supplier alone count towards its value, excluding VAT. It is not turnover.
Regions in the buyer chart describe the buyer office, not where the work is delivered or the supplier’s registered address.
Contract end dates. Published on 46 of 58 awards, estimated from the published duration on 5 more (marked “estimated”); those feed “Contracts ending”. Published values in that list come from either source; Contracts Finder figures are shown as published and stay out of this profile’s money totals.
Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender and Contracts Finder), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0, updated through the day and rebuilt nightly. Not every figure uses both feeds, and each one shows how many records it rests on: see the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.