UKRI awards high-resolution mass spectrometer contract to AB SCIEX UK LIMITED

Tender information last checkedLast checked 14 Oct 2026, 13:31.

Opportunity overview

UKRI MRC has selected a supplier to provide a high-resolution mass spectrometer system and associated accessories.

Awarded to

Amounts belong to published awards or contracts. Where several suppliers share one value, it is labelled as shared and is not a supplier-specific allocation.

AB SCIEX UK Limited

Matched by exact name

Published award value: £463.8k
Awarded: 10 Sept 2026
Award ID: 1
Status: active
Identifier: GB-PPON PZYD-7619-YBGZ
Location: Macclesfield, UKD62, SK10 4TG, United Kingdom

Classification

No classification was supplied.

Lots

Lot 1Value not stated

Documents and notices

Contract details notice on Find a TenderOpen source ↗

Published notice details

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Scope, procedure and submissions

Id: UKRI-6292
Status: complete
Procurement Method: direct
Procurement Method Details: Direct award
Why this procedure was chosen: To meet the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology’s (LMB) multi-omics research objectives across proteomics, lipidomics, and metabolomics, the SCIEX ZenoTOF 8600 system incorporates several crucial, patented technologies: Patented DJET Ion Guide (US Patent 10475633): Delivers a >10x gain in sensitivity for low-abundance analytes and high mass transmission, allowing efficient transfer of large intact proteins (>100 kDa) to expand proteomics capabilities. Electron Activated Dissociation (EAD) Cell (US Patent 10014166): Offers tunable fragmentation using variable electron energies (up to 50 eV) and currents, achieving reaction times under 5 ms without compromising data quality—even for singly charged species. ZenoTRAP Technology (US Patent 7456388): Pairs with EAD to generate exceptionally intense MS/MS spectra for deeper structural elucidation. No other commercially available system meets the required technical specification to allow MRC LMB to meet their research objectives.

Legal basis

Id: 2023/54
Scheme: UKPGA
Uri: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents ↗

Procedure reasons

Entry 1

Id: singleSuppliersIntellectualPropertyExclusiveRights

Entry 2

Id: singleSuppliersTechnicalReasons

Lots and requirements

Entry 1

Id: 1
Status: complete

Published documents

Entry 1

Id: conflictOfInterest
Document Type: conflictOfInterest
Description: Not published

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1

Name: UK Research & Innovation (UKRI)
Id: GB-PPON-PDQJ-7126-JDHG

Identifier

Scheme: GB-PPON
Id: PDQJ-7126-JDHG

Address

Street Address: Polaris House
Locality: Swindon, Wiltshire
Postal Code: SN2 1FL
Country: GB
Country Name: United Kingdom
Region: UKK14

Contact

Name: MRC Procurement
Email: mrcprocurement@ukri.org

Roles

buyer

Details

Url: https://www.ukri.org/ ↗

Classifications

Entry 1

Scheme: UK_CA_TYPE
Id: publicAuthorityCentralGovernment
Description: Public authority - central government

Organisation 2

Name: AB SCIEX UK Limited
Id: GB-PPON-PZYD-7619-YBGZ

Identifier

Scheme: GB-PPON
Id: PZYD-7619-YBGZ

Address

Street Address: Suite 21F18, 21 Mereside, Alderley Park
Locality: Macclesfield
Postal Code: SK10 4TG
Country: GB
Country Name: United Kingdom
Region: UKD62

Contact

Email: orders.emea@sciex.com

Roles

supplier

Details

Scale: large
Vcse: No
Public Service Mission Organization: No
Sheltered Workshop: No

Award information

Award 1

Id: 1
Status: active
Main Procurement Category: goods

Items

Item 1

Id: 1
Related Lot: 1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1

Scheme: CPV
Id: 38433100
Description: Mass spectrometer

Delivery locations

Entry 1

Region: UKH12
Country: GB
Country Name: United Kingdom

Suppliers

Supplier 1

Id: GB-PPON-PZYD-7619-YBGZ
Name: AB SCIEX UK Limited

Related lots

Contracts and changes

Entry 1

Id: 1
Award ID: 1
Title: UKRI-6292 High-resolution mass spectrometer system
Status: active
Above Threshold: Yes
Date Signed: 29 Sept 2026, 00:00
No Agreed Metrics Rationale: Not applicable

Period

Starts: 30 Sept 2026, 00:00
Ends: 31 Mar 2027, 23:59

Value

Including VAT: 556,517.76
Amount: 463,764.8
Currency: GBP

Documents

Entry 1

Id: 096927-2026
Document Type: contractNotice
Notice Type: UK7
Description: Contract details notice on Find a Tender
Url: https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/096927-2026 ↗
Published: 14 Oct 2026, 11:50
Format: text/html

Recorded locations

Buyer location · Swindon, Wiltshire · UKK14 · SN2 1FL · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

3 published notice versions reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

3 VERSIONS

086552-2026Transparency notice on Find a Tender · 11 Sept 2026, 15:24
086556-2026Contract award notice on Find a Tender · 11 Sept 2026, 15:31
096927-2026Contract details notice on Find a Tender · 14 Oct 2026, 11:50

PROCURAAXIS AWARD ANALYSIS

Award outcome intelligence

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ANALYSIS PREVIEW

Award intelligence at a glance

UK Research & Innovation awarded a direct contract for a high-resolution mass spectrometer system and accessories to AB SCIEX UK LIMITED. The contract was signed on 29 September 2026 and runs from 30 September 2026 to 31 March 2027.

Published outcome signals

Procurement statusCompleteEvidence: Tender status is "complete" in the supplied OCDS data.
Award statusActiveEvidence: Award 1 has status "active".
Contract statusActiveEvidence: Contract 1 has status "active".

98% approved-analysis confidence1 supplier record analysed4 source limitations

SOURCE AND FRESHNESS

Traceable procurement data

Source: Find a Tender
Notice reference: 096927-2026
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06f865
First published: 11 Sept 2026
Last checked: 14 Oct 2026, 13:31
Notice versions reviewed: 3

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HOW THIS WAS PREPARED

Approved, evidence-bound analysis

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Analysis status: Approved for publication
Analysed: 14 Oct 2026

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AWARD OUTCOME

What happened

Published outcome

One active award and active contract are recorded for lot 1, with AB SCIEX UK LIMITED as supplier.

Market significance

This is a GBP 463,764.80 net direct award for specialist mass-spectrometry equipment supporting MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology multi-omics research.

AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS

1 supplier record analysed

AB SCIEX UK LIMITED

99% confidence

Award 1 · Lots 1 · 463764.80 GBP · Verified supplier; active award

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Award 1 names AB SCIEX UK Limited as supplier. Supplier verification gives verified company name AB SCIEX UK LIMITED, company number 07007374, using an exact-name match. The published contract value is shared with this sole award.

LIFECYCLE

Award or contract stage

Procurement status

99% confidence

Complete

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Tender status is "complete" in the supplied OCDS data.

Award status

99% confidence

Active

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Award 1 has status "active".

Contract status

99% confidence

Active

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Contract 1 has status "active".

Contract signature

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Signed on 29 September 2026

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Contract 1 records dateSigned as 2026-09-29.

Contract period

99% confidence

30 September 2026 to 31 March 2027

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Contract 1 period records startDate 2026-09-30 and endDate 2027-03-31.

VALUES

Published values explained

Contract value excluding VAT

99% confidence

GBP 463,764.80

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Contract 1 value.amount is 463764.8 GBP; the award record also states 463764.8 GBP.

Contract value including VAT

99% confidence

GBP 556,517.76

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Contract 1 value.amountGross is 556517.76 GBP.

Value allocation

96% confidence

Allocated to the sole recorded award for lot 1

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There is one award, one supplier and one contract linked to award 1; no separate lot value is published.

TIMELINE

Procurement timeline

Transparency notice released

99% confidence

11 September 2026, 15:24 BST

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Release history records transparency notice 086552-2026 at 2026-09-11T15:24:21+01:00.

Contract award notice released

99% confidence

11 September 2026, 15:31 BST

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Release history records contract award notice 086556-2026 at 2026-09-11T15:31:15+01:00.

Award date

99% confidence

11 September 2026

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Award record 1 gives award_date 2026-09-11.

Contract signed

99% confidence

29 September 2026

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Contract 1 gives dateSigned 2026-09-29.

Contract start

99% confidence

30 September 2026

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Contract 1 period startDate is 2026-09-30.

Contract end

99% confidence

31 March 2027

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Contract 1 period endDate is 2027-03-31.

Contract details notice published

99% confidence

14 October 2026, 11:50 BST

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Contract document 096927-2026 gives datePublished 2026-10-14T11:50:57+01:00.

SCOPE

What was awarded

Requirement

99% confidence

High-resolution mass spectrometer system and associated accessories

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Process description states that UKRI MRC selected a supplier for this system and accessories.

Procurement category

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Goods

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Award 1 mainProcurementCategory is "goods".

CPV classification

99% confidence

38433100 — Mass spectrometer

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Award item 1 carries CPV 38433100, described as Mass spectrometer.

Delivery region

95% confidence

UKH12, United Kingdom

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Award item delivery address identifies region UKH12 and country GB.

Research use case

98% confidence

MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology multi-omics research across proteomics, lipidomics and metabolomics

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The direct-award rationale identifies these research objectives.

PROCEDURE

Procedure and competition

Procedure

99% confidence

Direct award

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The process records procurementMethod "direct" and procurementMethodDetails "Direct award".

Direct-award rationale

98% confidence

The buyer states that no other commercially available system met the required technical specification.

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The published rationale cites patented DJET Ion Guide, Electron Activated Dissociation and ZenoTRAP technologies in the SCIEX ZenoTOF 8600 system, and states that no other commercial system meets requirements.

Rationale classifications

99% confidence

Exclusive rights and technical reasons

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Classifications are singleSuppliersIntellectualPropertyExclusiveRights and singleSuppliersTechnicalReasons.

Competition information

99% confidence

Bid count and evaluation information not supplied in the published notice.

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No bid count, bidder list, scoring or evaluation data is included in the supplied record.

CONTRACT TERMS

Published contract terms

Contract title

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UKRI-6292 High-resolution mass spectrometer system

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Contract 1 title is recorded as stated.

Contract duration

99% confidence

Approximately 6 months

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The recorded period runs from 30 September 2026 to 31 March 2027.

Above threshold

99% confidence

Yes

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Contract 1 records aboveThreshold as true.

Performance metrics

99% confidence

No agreed metrics; marked not applicable

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Contract 1 records noAgreedMetricsRationale as "Not applicable".

Extension or renewal terms

99% confidence

Not supplied in the published notice.

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No extension or renewal option is present in the supplied contract data.

COMMERCIAL VIEW

Commercial observations

Technology-specific purchase

98% confidence

The stated rationale is tied to features of the SCIEX ZenoTOF 8600 system, including patented technologies cited by the buyer.

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The direct-award rationale explicitly identifies the SCIEX ZenoTOF 8600 and its DJET Ion Guide, EAD Cell and ZenoTRAP technologies.

Commercial structure

98% confidence

A single-supplier, single-lot direct award for specialist laboratory equipment.

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The record contains one lot, one active award, one supplier and a direct-award procedure.

ANALYSIS QUALITY

98%overall confidence

Confidence reflects the completeness and consistency of the published award data.

Reference: ocds-h6vhtk-06f865
Analysed: 14 Oct 2026

APPROVED AWARD ANALYSIS

BUYER CONTEXT

Buyer context

Buyer

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UK Research & Innovation (UKRI)

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Buyer party is named UK Research & Innovation (UKRI).

Buyer type

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Public authority — central government

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Buyer classification is publicAuthorityCentralGovernment.

Procuring contact

99% confidence

MRC Procurement

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Buyer contact point names MRC Procurement.

Buyer location

99% confidence

Swindon, Wiltshire, United Kingdom

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Buyer address records Polaris House, Swindon, Wiltshire, SN2 1FL.

SUPPLIER CONTEXT

Supplier context

Legal supplier name

99% confidence

AB SCIEX UK LIMITED

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Supplier verification identifies verified company name AB SCIEX UK LIMITED.

Company number

99% confidence

07007374

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Supplier verification records verified company number 07007374.

Identity verification

99% confidence

Verified by exact-name match

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Supplier verification status is verified and match method is exact_name.

Supplier scale

99% confidence

Large

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Supplier party details records scale as large.

Supplier location

99% confidence

Macclesfield, United Kingdom

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Supplier party address records Macclesfield, SK10 4TG, United Kingdom.

RENEWAL OUTLOOK

Renewal outlook

Estimated renewal timing

75% confidence

Around 31 March 2027, if the buyer chooses to reprocure after the stated end date

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This is an estimate calculated from the explicit contract end date of 31 March 2027; no renewal option or future procurement plan is published.

DATA QUALITY

Gaps and source limitations

Supplier identity quality

99% confidence

Verified

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The supplier has a verified company name and company number through an exact-name match; no supplier-name mismatch is flagged.

Lot detail

99% confidence

Lot 1 has no published title, description or separate lot value.

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The supplied lot record for lot 1 contains null title, description and value fields.

Competition detail

99% confidence

Information not supplied in the published notice.

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No bid count, evaluation scores or bidder comparison is included in supplied data.

Contract terms detail

99% confidence

Information not supplied in the published notice.

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No pricing breakdown, extension terms or renewal options are included in the supplied data.

SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS

Information not supplied in the published notice

Lot 1 has no published title, description or individual lot value.
Bid count, competing suppliers, evaluation methodology and scores are not supplied in the published notice.
No extension, renewal option, pricing breakdown or detailed delivery timetable is published.
The renewal timing is a date-based estimate only and is not a procurement forecast.

MARKET THEMES

Relevant award themes

COMMON QUESTIONS

About this award

Who won the UKRI-6292 mass spectrometer contract?

AB SCIEX UK LIMITED, verified under company number 07007374, is the sole supplier named for award 1.

What is the value of the UKRI mass spectrometer contract?

The published contract value is GBP 463,764.80 excluding VAT and GBP 556,517.76 including VAT.

Why did UKRI use a direct award?

UKRI states that no other commercially available system met the technical specification needed for MRC LMB multi-omics research, citing specific SCIEX ZenoTOF 8600 technologies.

When does the contract run?

The contract was signed on 29 September 2026 and its stated period is 30 September 2026 to 31 March 2027.

ProcuraAxis award analysis supplements, but does not replace, the official award notice, contract data or procurement documents. “Awarded” does not by itself prove that a contract has been signed.

UKRI-6292 High-resolution mass spectrometer system

Opportunity overview

Awarded to

AB SCIEX UK Limited

Classification

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Documents and notices

Published notice details

Scope, procedure and submissions

Legal basis

Procedure reasons

Lots and requirements

Published documents

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

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Address

Contact

Roles

Details

Classifications

Identifier

Address

Contact

Roles

Details

Award information

Items

Additional Classifications

Delivery locations

Suppliers

Related lots

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Recorded locations

Notice and amendment history

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Published outcome signals

Traceable procurement data

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