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# Thermo Fisher Scientific · UK Public Sector Contract Record

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/thermo-fisher-scientific-GB-PPON-PTND-1582-BZLR). Official UK public procurement supplier dossier compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Supplier Summary:** Thermo Fisher Scientific is a Large organisation public sector supplier in the UK. Tracked in Tenderline with 40 published contract awards across official contracting authorities.

## Key Information
- **Supplier Name:** Thermo Fisher Scientific
- **Organisation Scale:** Large organisation
- **Companies House number:** not matched to Companies House
- **Publisher identifier:** `GB-PPON:PTND-1582-BZLR` (Official UK PPON)
- **Total Published Awards:** 40
- **Primary Sector:** [Detection and analysis apparatus](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/detection-and-analysis-apparatus-38430000)


- **Tenderline Record:** https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/thermo-fisher-scientific-GB-PPON-PTND-1582-BZLR

## Winning Pricing & Discount Benchmarks
- **Median Award Pricing:** 16% below published budget estimate (median of 3 comparable winning awards)

## Market Volume & Benchmarks
- **Attributable award value:** £10m (published values on awards made to this supplier alone, VAT excluded; not spend or turnover)
- **Typical attributable award:** £86k


## Buyer Geography
- **Regions of its buyers:** [Scotland](https://tenderline.uk/regions/scotland), [South West England](https://tenderline.uk/regions/south-west), [Wales (Cymru)](https://tenderline.uk/regions/wales), [North West England](https://tenderline.uk/regions/north-west)

## Top Public Sector Clients
1. **[UK Research and Innovation](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/uk-research-and-innovation-gov-pb1221):** 7 procedures
2. **[University of Glasgow](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/university-of-glasgow-GB-FTS-1836):** 3 procedures (5 awards)
3. **[The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as NHS National Services Scotland) ("NSS")](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/the-common-services-agency-more-commonly-known-as-nhs-nation-GB-FTS-322):** 3 procedures
4. **[Natural Resources Wales](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/natural-resources-wales-gov-ot1103):** 2 procedures (3 awards)
5. **[Cardiff University](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/cardiff-university-coh-rc000089):** 2 procedures

## Largest Contract Awards Won
Top public sector contracts awarded to this supplier:
1. **[York and Scarborough Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/york-and-scarborough-teaching-hospital-nhs-foundation-trust-nhs-rcb):** £4.1m · [Mass Spectrometer Essential Maintenance Plan](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/service-maintenance-ppm-support-contract-for-mass-spec-hplc-platform-ocds-h6vhtk-058ea3) · Awarded: 4 Aug 2025
2. **[The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as NHS National Services Scotland) ("NSS")](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/the-common-services-agency-more-commonly-known-as-nhs-nation-GB-FTS-322):** £933k · [West Regional Hub - Amplitude Maintenance Contract](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/west-regional-hub-amplitude-maintenance-contract-ocds-h6vhtk-039745)
3. **[University of Glasgow](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/university-of-glasgow-GB-FTS-1836):** £927k · [PURCH2511 Provision of an Ultra-Performance, High Resolution, Accurate Mass, Liquid Chromatography Tandem Mass Spectrometry System](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/purch2511-provision-of-an-ultra-performance-high-resolution-accurate-mass-liquid-chromatog-ocds-h6vhtk-04b3d9)
4. **[Cardiff University](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/cardiff-university-coh-rc000089):** £625k · [Thermal Ionisation Mass Spectrometer](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/thermal-ionisation-mass-spectrometer-ocds-h6vhtk-03bf42)
5. **[University of St Andrews](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/university-of-st-andrews-GB-FTS-1904):** £586k · [School of Earth & Environmental Science: Collision Cell Multi Collector Inductively Coupled Mass Spectrometer](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/school-of-earth-environmental-science-collision-cell-multi-collector-inductively-coupled-m-ocds-h6vhtk-0551d2)

## Contract Expiries & Upcoming Recompetes
- **Active Contracts Ending in 18 Months:** 5

## Competitive Supplier Intelligence
> **Full Win-Loss & Award Analysis:** Complete historical contract timelines, pricing movement benchmarks, buyer relationship networks, and competitor analysis are available on Tenderline:
> [View complete Thermo Fisher Scientific public contract history on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/thermo-fisher-scientific-GB-PPON-PTND-1582-BZLR#contract-history)

## Provenance and Open Data
- **Data Source:** Official award notices published under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- **Canonical Profile:** https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/thermo-fisher-scientific-GB-PPON-PTND-1582-BZLR
- **Full Catalogue Machine Access:** https://tenderline.uk/llms.txt