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TENDERKent & Medway Town Fire Authority · GB-Maidstone: Preliminary Market Engagement via GCA Framework - Brief…·£100k·Maidstone
PROGRAMMEDepartment for Business and Trade · Local Women Local Enterprise·Value TBC·North East
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GRANT Ambition North Wales / Uchelgais Gogledd… · Advanced Wireless Technology Grant Fund·£2.0M·Wales
TENDERAshfield District Council · Footpath Improvements At Sutton Lawn Park·£35k·East Midlands
PROGRAMMEDepartment for Business and Trade · Made Smarter London·Value TBC·London
TENDERNottingham City Council · CPU 8586 Grounds Maintenance Operated Plant Framework·£400k·East Midlands
GRANTInnovate UK, on behalf of the Office for Life… · Advancing innovation in accelerated cancer diagnosis·£4.0M·National
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CRL

UK PUBLIC-SECTOR SUPPLIER

Companies House 01881330 · United Kingdom

Cairn Research Limited

Cairn Research Limited is a supplier to UK public-sector buyers. This profile aggregates its public-record contract wins — who it sells to, what it supplies, latest awards and activity over time.

Data period: 2015-08-10 to 2026-09-18Updated 2026-09-18

11

Contracts won

6

Public buyers

2

Categories

2015

Active since

According to ENKII, Cairn Research Limited has won 11 UK public-sector contracts from 6 public buyers across 2 procurement categories between 2015-08-10 and 2026-09-18, most recently working with UK RESEARCH & INNOVATION.

Public-sector buyers

Who Cairn Research Limited supplies

The UK public bodies Cairn Research Limited has won the most contracts from.

BuyerContracts won
UK RESEARCH & INNOVATION4
UK Research and Innovation1
The University of Warwick2
THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM2
University of Warwick1
UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED1

What they supply

Cairn Research Limited's public-sector categories

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

Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)

38
10 contracts won

Electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting

31
1 contract won

Recent contracts

Latest contracts won by Cairn Research Limited

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

High Throughput Fluorescence Microscope for Bacteriology - AWARD

The University of Warwick · 2024-04-10

£70K

GB-Cambridge: UKRI-3606 iLas 2 ring TIRF upgrade to the TIRF microscope system

UK RESEARCH & INNOVATION · 2023-12-18

£96K

MRC LMB TIRF Microscope

UK RESEARCH & INNOVATION · 2023-12-13

£201K

MRC LMB TIRF Microscope

UK Research and Innovation · 2023-12-13

£201K

GB-Cambridge: UKRI-3648

UK RESEARCH & INNOVATION · 2023-12-12

£30K

Supply of an optical maskless micro-structuring device for work with live cells

University of Warwick · 2023-04-11

£65K

Supply of an optical maskless micro-structuring device for work with live cells - AWARD

The University of Warwick · 2023-03-27

£65K

GB-Cambridge: UKRI-2485 Alligator System

UK RESEARCH & INNOVATION · 2022-10-03

£75K

Hardware update to existing FRET microscopy system

THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM · 2022-03-17

£51K

UKRI RE19180 - Crest X-Light V3 spinning disk confocal head upgrade and 89 North 7-channel laser-diode illuminator

Framework / DPS

UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED · 2019-07-21

Framework value not attributable

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Activity over time

Cairn Research Limited's public-sector activity by year

Contracts won per year, by published award date.

YearContracts won
20151
20191
20222
20236
20241

Frequently asked

Common questions about Cairn Research Limited

How many public-sector contracts has Cairn Research Limited won?

Cairn Research Limited has won 11 contracts from 6 UK public-sector buyers between 2015-08-10 and 2026-09-18, across 2 procurement categories.

Which public bodies does Cairn Research Limited supply?

Cairn Research Limited's largest public-sector buyers by award value are UK RESEARCH & INNOVATION, UK Research and Innovation, The University of Warwick. It has worked with 6 public buyers in total.

What does Cairn Research Limited supply to the public sector?

Cairn Research Limited's public-sector work is concentrated in laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses), electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting. See the full CPV category breakdown below.

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Sources & methodology

How this profile is compiled

Analysed by ENKII · Updated 2026-09-18

This profile aggregates public-record award data published by the UK Government under the Open Government Licence v3.0. ENKII fetches, deduplicates, and resolves supplier identities (this profile is matched at high confidence); we don't edit the underlying facts.

Source portals

  • · Find a Tender (find-tender.service.gov.uk)
  • · Contracts Finder
Full methodology — calculations, refresh cadence & caveats

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