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CAMBRIDGE BIOSCIENCE LIMITED

Laboratory equipment · Cambridge
SME

Cambridge Bioscience is a UK-based specialist life science distributor that provides a range of products and services for life science research, including antibodies, assays, biochemicals, and more.

bioscience.co.uk ↗

Summary from the supplier’s website — unverified

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Awarded
£55.8m
Live
8
Buyers
13
12m
£4.1m
At a glance
  • Quick answer
Profile
  • Social value
  • ESG & policies
  • Capabilities2
  • Buyer references
  • Accreditations
Track record · verified
  • KPI performance
  • Contracts8 / 21
  • Top buyers13
  • Category mix
  • Geography
  • Peers5
Trust & risk
  • Red flags0
  • Compliance
  • Modifications
  • News
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Quick answer — CAMBRIDGE BIOSCIENCE LIMITEDUpdated 06 Jul 2026

At a glance · for buyers and watchdogs

CAMBRIDGE BIOSCIENCE LIMITED has won £55.8m across 13 public-sector buyers, with 8 live contracts. No active Companies House risk flags.

Why: top buyer Public Health England at 84% · 100% in Laboratory equipment · 0 active risk flags · 0 modifications.

Decision signals
0Active red flags
ActiveCompany status
8 of 21Live contracts
84%Top-buyer concentration
100%Category exposure
0Contract modifications
If you're a buyer:CapabilitiesReferencesKPIComplianceWatchdog?FlagsModificationsConcentrationNews

Social value

Commitments mapped to the Government Social Value Model themes.

⚑ Self-reported
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No social-value commitments yet

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ESG & policies vault · 0/5

Key governance & sustainability policies. Published documents link out; missing ones are greyed.

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Net-zero planNot provided✓
Modern slavery statementNot provided✓
EDI policyNot provided✓
Anti-briberyNot provided✓
Data protectionNot provided✓

Capabilities

What this supplier does, where they sit, who they sell to.

◐ From website & notices
Services · 12
Primary antibodies & secondary antibodiesAssays and ELISAsBiochemicalsBlood and biospecimensCell biologyDiagnostics and healthDrug discoveryInstruments and accessoriesMolecular biologyNext generation sequencingProteins and peptidesServices
Frameworks & DPS · 2 from notices
  • National Microbiology Framework - Lot 1: Diagnostic Goods and ServicesPublic Health England · £25.6m
  • UK SBS RE18339 Molecular Biology and Laboratory Chemicals ProductsUK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED · £2.7m

Extracted automatically from bioscience.co.uk on Jul 2026. Not independently verified — treat as the supplier’s own marketing claims.

Case studies · 3

Delivery stories from the supplier’s website. Clients are not yet cross-checked against award records.

◐ From supplier website
NK cell dysfunction and its implications for cancer immunotherapyYield you can rely on: scaling plasmid production for industrial R&DCayman Chemical LNPs for targeted delivery in gene therapy

Extracted automatically from bioscience.co.uk on Jul 2026. Not independently verified — treat as the supplier’s own marketing claims.

Buyer references

Named public-sector contacts who have agreed to act as a reference.

✓ Confirmed by buyer
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No buyer references yet

Public-sector buyers can confirm they'll act as a reference for this supplier. Confirmed references — with the contract they relate to — show here.

Accreditations & memberships

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No accreditations recorded

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KPI performance

Delivery, budget and satisfaction scores reported quarterly by buyers.

✓ Verified
84

No verified KPI scores yet

Once buyers report contract KPIs — delivery on time, on budget, satisfaction, adoption and accessibility — a weighted grade and breakdown appear here.

Contracts · 8 live · 13 historic

Pulled from Contracts Finder & Find a Tender. Most recent first.

✓ From notices
TitleBuyerCPVAwardedValueTermStatus
Zymo Research Sample Collection Devices
UK HEALTH AND SECURITY AGENCY3891100023 Dec 2025£4.1m3 moClosed
GSS23839 - DS-11 FX Microvolume Spectrophotometer
UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED3843300017 Oct 2023£11k2 moClosed
Supply of Nanodrop and Spectrophotometers
BIRKBECK COLLEGE3843300005 Jun 2023£42k2 yrsClosed
Microvolume Spectrophotometer / Fluorometer with Cuvette Mode
Defence Science and Technology Laboratory3800000020 Jan 2023£25k1 moClosed
CEFAS21-135 RFQ for Real-Time PCR System
DEFRA3800000021 Jan 2022£15k2 moClosed
IRLA - Antibodies and Sera (and other matrices) Framework (1)
Southern Universities Purchasing Consortium3300000001 Jul 2021£1.8m2.5 yrsClosed
Supply of Specialist Laboratory Equipment
UNIVERSITY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE3800000029 Apr 2021£36k17 moClosed
PHE_Covid-19 Emergency Purchases - ecm 8064
Public Health England3369800001 Dec 2019£11k16 moClosed
National Microbiology Framework - Lot 2: Research and Development Goods and Services
Public Health England3300000023 Apr 2021£21.1m2 yrsClosed
National Microbiology Framework - Lot 1: Diagnostic Goods and Services
Public Health England3300000009 Apr 2021£25.6m2 yrsClosed
Total live value — · mean award £2.7m1–10 of 21

Top buyers · 13 buyers · top 3 = 96%

Share of awarded value. Concentration fires above 40% for any single buyer.

✓ From notices
1
Public Health England
5 contracts
84%
since 2021
2
UK HEALTH AND SECURITY AGENCY
1 contract
7%
since 2025
3
UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED
2 contracts
5%
since 2019
4
Southern Universities Purchasing Consortium
2 contracts
3%
since 2021
5
Department of Health and Social Care (T&T)
1 contract
1%
since 2020
6
BIRKBECK COLLEGE
1 contract
0%
since 2023
7
UNIVERSITY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE
1 contract
0%
since 2021
8
UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM (THE)
1 contract
0%
since 2019
9
Defence Science and Technology Laboratory
1 contract
0%
since 2023
10
DEFRA
1 contract
0%
since 2022

Category mix

CPV-division share of last-12m awarded value. Single-category exposure: 100%.

✓ From notices
Laboratory equipment38
100%
⚠ Concentration: 100% of recent awarded value sits in a single CPV division. A category-specific downturn would materially affect revenue.

Geography

Distribution of awarded value by buyer region.

✓ From notices
UK · schematic only
London7 contracts
91%
South West6 contracts
5%
South East2 contracts
3%
East Midlands1 contract
0%
Scotland3 contracts
0%

Peers

Suppliers with overlapping CPVs & buyers (last 24m). CAMBRIDGE BIOSCIENCE LIMITED highlighted.

✓ From notices
SupplierSME?Awarded · 24mContracts
AH
Alcura Healthcare Ltd.
No£18.7m1
MI
Medline Industries Limited
Yes£10.2m5
GM
GS Medical Healthcare Ltd
Yes£10.2m4
IM
Ideal Medical Solutions
Yes£10.2m9
SU
Stryker UK Limited
Yes£9.1m4
CB
CAMBRIDGE BIOSCIENCE LIMITED
Yes£4.1m—
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Red flags · 0 active

Automated scan of Companies House status, charges and insolvency records.

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✓ Clean. No active risk signals from Companies House status, charges or insolvency records.

Compliance scorecard

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Trading status
Active
Live at Companies House
Annual accounts
Up to date
Last made up to 31 Dec 2024
Confirmation statement
Up to date
Next due 12 Mar 2027
Outstanding charges
0
No charges registered
Insolvency history
None
No insolvency cases registered
Certifications (ISO, Cyber Essentials, Living Wage, B-Corp, modern-slavery) are supplier self-reported and appear once a claimed profile adds them.

Modifications

Variations to awarded contracts logged under Procurement Act 2023 s.74.

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No modifications recorded

No published contract variations for this supplier. Modification notices appear here as they are issued under the Procurement Act 2023.

News mentions

UK trade press & nationals, matched to this supplier.

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No news mentions found

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Companies House

Live sync — registered details, directors, PSC and SIC codes.

✓ Live sync

Registered details

Company no.
04382252
Status
Active
Type
Private limited
Incorporated
26 Feb 2002
Reg. office
Munro House Trafalgar Way, Bar Hill, Cambridge, CB23 8SQ
SIC codes
46180
Last accounts
31 Dec 2024
Next accounts due
30 Sept 2026

Directors & PSC

  • KERINS, Michael — director
    Appointed 02 Nov 2006

Financial

Filed accounts from Companies House.

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No financial filings on record

Turnover, profit and headcount appear here once audited or micro-entity accounts are filed at Companies House.

Org tree

Group structure and ownership.

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CAMBRIDGE BIOSCIENCE LIMITED
04382252 · this company

Independent. No parent company or subsidiaries recorded at Companies House for this entity.