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UK GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT

Public-sector buyer · United Kingdom

National Nuclear Laboratory

National Nuclear Laboratory is a UK public-sector contracting authority. This profile aggregates its public-record procurement — top suppliers, categories, recent awards, open tenders and expiring contracts.

Data period: 2023-10-17 to 2026-10-17Updated 2026-10-17

£26.5M

Total spend

16

Contract awards

11

Unique suppliers

£1.7M

Avg contract

According to ENKII, National Nuclear Laboratory has awarded 16 contracts worth £26.5M to 11 suppliers between 2023-10-17 and 2026-10-17, at an average contract value of £1.7M, with the top five suppliers holding 97% of contract value.

Top suppliers

Top suppliers to National Nuclear Laboratory

Top-five suppliers hold 97% of contract value — a concentrated market.

SupplierAwardsTotal value
Aquila Nuclear Engineering Limited2£22.0M
Nabertherm GmbH4£1.5M
Gow's Lybster Limited2£1.0M
Johnson Controls Building Efficiency UK Limited1£600K
Mass Spectrometry Instruments Ltd.1£465K
Mass Spectrometry Instruments LTD1£465K
Eddyfi UK Limited1£178K
University of Manchester1£150K
Analytix Ltd1£55K
C Gerhardt UK Ltd1£38K
SciMed Ltd1£27K

Procurement categories

What National Nuclear Laboratory buys

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV) breakdown of contracts awarded over the reporting period.

Industrial machinery

42
7 awards£2.2M

Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)

38
4 awards£1.2M

Construction work

45
2 awards£12.0M

Research and development services and related consultancy services

73
1 award£150K

Installation services (except software)

51
1 award£27K

Machinery for mining, quarrying, construction equipment

43
1 award£11.0M

Recent contracts

Latest National Nuclear Laboratory contracts awarded

The most recently published award notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.

Replacement Chiller - National Nuclear Laboratory Central Lab.

Johnson Controls Building Efficiency UK Limited · 2025-05-26

£600K

Supply and Installation of Anoxic Leach Test System

SciMed Ltd · 2024-06-26

£27K

NNLC529 Laboratory Infrastructure Refurbishment

Gow's Lybster Limited · 2024-06-18

£938K

Intercalation Studies

University of Manchester · 2024-04-21

£150K

Powder Mill for Non-active Graphite Matrix Plant

C Gerhardt UK Ltd · 2024-03-27

£38K

HVAC - SMF Extract Arrangement

Gow's Lybster Limited · 2024-03-25

£91K

Supply of Heat Treatment Furnaces (Carbonising)

Nabertherm GmbH · 2024-03-18

£187K

Supply of Heat Treatment Furnace (Annealing)

Nabertherm GmbH · 2024-03-18

£396K

Supply of Heat Treatment Furnace (Sintering)

Nabertherm GmbH · 2024-03-18

£318K

Supply of a Glow Discharge Mass Spectrometer

Mass Spectrometry Instruments Ltd. · 2024-03-07

£465K

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Most of it is in industrial machinery and education & training.

2

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3

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Market analysis

Bidding into National Nuclear Laboratory — what to expect

Supplier concentration and timing patterns that shape SME bid strategy.

39%

Awards to SMEs

97%

Top-5 supplier share

0%

Framework call-offs

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Awards to social enterprises

Around 39% of National Nuclear Laboratory’s classified awards go to small and medium-sized enterprises.

Frequently asked

Common questions about selling to National Nuclear Laboratory

How much does National Nuclear Laboratory spend on procurement?

National Nuclear Laboratory awarded 16 contracts totalling £26.5M between 2023-10-17 and 2026-10-17, working with 11 unique suppliers. Average contract value is £1.7M.

Who are National Nuclear Laboratory's top suppliers?

The largest suppliers to National Nuclear Laboratory by total award value are Aquila Nuclear Engineering Limited, Nabertherm GmbH, Gow's Lybster Limited. The top five suppliers together hold 97% of contract value.

What does National Nuclear Laboratory buy from suppliers?

National Nuclear Laboratory's procurement is concentrated in industrial machinery, laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses), construction work, alongside specialist categories. See the full CPV breakdown below.

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Sources & methodology

How this profile is compiled

Analysed by ENKII · Updated 2026-10-17

This profile aggregates public-record procurement data published by the UK Government under the Open Government Licence v3.0. ENKII fetches, deduplicates, and aggregates source records; we don't edit the underlying facts.

Source portals

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Source records remain subject to Open Government Licence v3.0 attribution. ENKII doesn't warrant accuracy beyond the source portals' own publication.

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