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# Thorlabs Ltd · UK Public Sector Contract Record

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/thorlabs-ltd-coh-05081788). Official UK public procurement supplier dossier compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Supplier Summary:** Thorlabs Ltd is a Enterprise public sector supplier in the UK. Tracked in Tenderline with 10 published contract awards across official contracting authorities.

## Key Information
- **Supplier Name:** Thorlabs Ltd
- **Organisation Scale:** Enterprise
- **Companies House number:** `05081788`
- **Publisher identifier:** `GB-FTS-177205` (Find a Tender organisation id)
- **Total Published Awards:** 10
- **Primary Sector:** [Fibre-optic materials](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/fibre-optic-materials-32560000)
- **Company Status:** Active

- **Tenderline Record:** https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/thorlabs-ltd-coh-05081788

## Winning Pricing & Discount Benchmarks
- **Median Award Pricing:** 6% below published budget estimate (median of 1 comparable winning awards)

## Market Volume & Benchmarks
- **Attributable award value:** £396k (published values on awards made to this supplier alone, VAT excluded; not spend or turnover)
- **Typical attributable award:** £38k


## Buyer Geography
- **Regions of its buyers:** [South West England](https://tenderline.uk/regions/south-west), [Scotland](https://tenderline.uk/regions/scotland), [Yorkshire and the Humber](https://tenderline.uk/regions/yorkshire-and-the-humber), [East Midlands](https://tenderline.uk/regions/east-midlands)

## Top Public Sector Clients
1. **[UK Research and Innovation](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/uk-research-and-innovation-gov-pb1221):** 5 procedures
2. **[University of Sheffield](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/university-of-sheffield-urn-133872):** 1 procedures
3. **[NPL Management Limited](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/npl-management-limited-coh-02937881):** 1 procedures
4. **[University of Glasgow](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/university-of-glasgow-GB-FTS-1836):** 1 procedures
5. **[Heriot-Watt University](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/heriot-watt-university-GB-FTS-185139):** 1 procedures

## Largest Contract Awards Won
Top public sector contracts awarded to this supplier:
1. **[University of Sheffield](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/university-of-sheffield-urn-133872):** £169k · [3693/JN - Multi-Photon Microscope System](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/3693-jn-multi-photon-microscope-system-ocds-h6vhtk-03be79)
2. **[NPL Management Limited](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/npl-management-limited-coh-02937881):** £64k · [Optics & Optomechanics Parts](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/optics-optomechanics-parts-ocds-h6vhtk-0669ed)
3. **[UK Research and Innovation](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/uk-research-and-innovation-gov-pb1221):** £55k · [UKRI-6228 HyperK Fibre](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/ukri-6228-hyperk-fibre-ocds-h6vhtk-06cd9f)
4. **[UK Research and Innovation](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/uk-research-and-innovation-gov-pb1221):** £38k · [UKRI-6250 Service Contract for a Multiphoton Microscope](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/ukri-6250-service-contract-for-a-multiphoton-microscope-ocds-h6vhtk-06d23f)
5. **[UK Research and Innovation](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/uk-research-and-innovation-gov-pb1221):** £30k · [CSP25408 - Multimode Fibers](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/csp25408-multimode-fibers-ocds-h6vhtk-05a489)

## Contract Expiries & Upcoming Recompetes
- **Active Contracts Ending in 18 Months:** 1

## 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 Thorlabs Ltd public contract history on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/thorlabs-ltd-coh-05081788#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/thorlabs-ltd-coh-05081788
- **Full Catalogue Machine Access:** https://tenderline.uk/llms.txt