CARL ZEISS LTD

Large enterpriseMedical equipmentUK · CambridgeCompany No. 00542141

CARL ZEISS LTD is a UK limited company, based in Cambridge, incorporated in 1954. Has won 300 UK public-sector contracts worth £126.2m across 99 buyers, primarily NHS Supply Chain and medical equipment work.

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Active contracts

▲ 1 new award (30d)

Contracted (12m)

£4.8m

▼ 66% vs prior 12m

Framework headroom (12m)

£111k

eligibility, not revenue

Public buyers

stable this month

Top buyer share

41%

NHS Supply Chain

Buyer concentration

Each block sized by share of total award value. A dominant block signals dependency on one buyer.

Diversified. Top 3 buyers = 60% of revenue.

NHS Supply Chain

£51.3m

41%

HealthTrust Europe LLP (HTE) acting on behalf of

£13.3m

11%

NHS Shared Business Services Ltd (NHS SBS)

£11.6m

SUPPLY CHAIN COORDINATION LIMITED

£6.3m

THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM

£3.2m

Other (5 buyers)

Title	Buyer	Award type	Value	Awarded	Status
Imaging, Radiotherapy, Endoscopy, Ancillary Devices and related goods & services	NHS Supply Chain	Shared contract	£43.3m lot total · 86 suppliers	19 Oct 2021	active
Framework Agreement for the Supply of Ophthalmic Surgical Pathway Goods & Services	HealthTrust Europe LLP (HTE) acting on behalf of	Shared contract	£13.3m lot total · 15 suppliers	25 Jun 2024	active
The Provision Artificial Intelligence (A.I), Imaging and Radiotherapy Equipment, Associated Products and Diagnostic Imaging	NHS Shared Business Services Ltd (NHS SBS)	Shared contract	£11.6m lot total · 31 suppliers	31 Aug 2021	expired
Operating Microscopes and Associated Accessories	NHS Supply Chain	Shared contract	£8.0m lot total · 10 suppliers	27 Oct 2022	expired
CF - Complete Ophthalmology Solutions 3	SUPPLY CHAIN COORDINATION LIMITED	Framework call off	£6.3m ceiling · ~£111k share (÷57)	03 Sept 2025	active
PHE Public Health Microbiology Framework - Lot 1 Diagnostics	Public Health England	Shared contract	£2.0m lot total · 60 suppliers	19 Jul 2016	expired
Awarded - Supply/Installaton/Maintenance of a Nanotechnology Ion Beam Microscope	ROYAL HOLLOWAY, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON	Direct contract	£1.6m	23 Mar 2018	active
Cryogenic focused ion beam field emission gun scanning electron microscope & confocal laser scanning light microscope - AWARD	The University of Nottingham	Direct contract	£1.5m	04 Sept 2020	expired
UKRI-1757 Crossbeam (FIB-SEM) with Gemini II Electron Optics	UK Research & Innovation - Medical Research Council	Direct contract	£1.2m	10 Nov 2021	expired
UKRI-5798 FIB-SEM Instrument	UK Research and Innovation	Direct contract	£1.1m	31 Mar 2026	active
(NU/1296) The Supply and Installation of a Live-Cell Confocal Microscope, a Multi-Photon Microscope and a High Content Imaging System	Newcastle University	Direct contract	£1.0m	31 Jul 2017	expired
Supply and Installation of a HIGH RESOLUTION X-RAY TOMOGRAPHY (XRT) INSTRUMENT WITH CAPABILITY FOR IN-SITU THERMO-MECHANICAL TESTING and SERVICE CONTRACT	University of Bristol	Direct contract	£920k	15 Feb 2017	expired
Lattice Light Sheet Microscope	Durham University	Direct contract	£848k	16 Jan 2024	expired
3946/JN/23 - Laser-Based Lattice Light-Sheet Microscope	UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD	Direct contract	£796k	17 Nov 2023	expired
GB-Egham: RHUL-23058 Super-Resolution Confocal Microscope	Royal Holloway and Bedford New College, known as Royal Holloway, University of London	Direct contract	£748k	03 Apr 2023	active

CARL ZEISS LTD

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Contracts won · 300 total · 96 active · 201 expired

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