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Life Technologies Ltd

Medical equipment · Paisley
Large

Thermo Fisher Scientific is the world leader in serving science, providing analytical instruments, equipment, reagents, consumables, software, and services for research, healthcare, life sciences, and industrial applications. Life Technologies Ltd, now part of Thermo Fisher Scientific, specialises in life science tools including genomics, cell biology, proteomics, and molecular biology products. The company enables scientists to make the world healthier, cleaner, and safer through innovative scientific solutions.

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Summary from the supplier’s website — unverified

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Awarded
£1.7bn
Live
85
Buyers
60
12m
£4.0m
At a glance
  • Quick answer
Profile
  • Social value
  • ESG & policies
  • Capabilities6
  • Buyer references
  • Accreditations
Track record · verified
  • KPI performance
  • Contracts85 / 285
  • Top buyers60
  • Category mix
  • Geography
  • Peers5
Trust & risk
  • Red flags0
  • Compliance
  • Modifications
  • News
Company
  • Companies House
  • Financial
  • Org tree
Quick answer — Life Technologies LtdUpdated 06 Jul 2026

At a glance · for buyers and watchdogs

Life Technologies Ltd has won £1.7bn across 60 public-sector buyers, with 85 live contracts. No active Companies House risk flags.

Why: top buyer Department of Health and Social Care (T&T) at 67% · 41% in Medical equipment · 0 active risk flags · 0 modifications.

Decision signals
0Active red flags
ActiveCompany status
85 of 285Live contracts
67%Top-buyer concentration
41%Category exposure
0Contract modifications
If you're a buyer:CapabilitiesReferencesKPIComplianceWatchdog?FlagsModificationsConcentrationNews

Social value · 1/5

Commitments mapped to the Government Social Value Model themes. Each is tagged self-reported or from the website.

◐ From supplier website
JobsNo commitment stated✓
SkillsNo commitment stated✓
Environment1 commitment✓
Tackling inequalityNo commitment stated✓
CommunityNo commitment stated✓
Environment · 1
  • WebsiteNet zero target2050

Extracted automatically from thermofisher.com on Jun 2026. Not independently verified — treat as the supplier’s own marketing claims.

ESG & policies vault · 0/5

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

↔ Cross-checked
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
Sectors served · 1/8
Central government✓
Local government✓
NHS & health✓
Housing✓
Utilities & energy✓
Financial services✓
Education✓
Defence✓
Services · 9
Laboratory instruments
Reagents and consumables
Genomics tools
Cell biology products
Proteomics
Molecular biology
Clinical diagnostics
Bioproduction
Software and informatics
Frameworks & DPS · 6 from notices
  • National Microbiology Framework - Lot 3 Manufacturing, Product Development and CommercialisationPublic Health England · £277.8m
  • National Microbiology Framework - Lot 1: Diagnostic Goods and ServicesPublic Health England · £25.6m
  • Sample Preparation for Mega LabsDepartment of Health and Social Care (T&T) · £5.7m
  • UK SBS RE18339 Molecular Biology and Laboratory Chemicals ProductsUK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED · £2.7m
  • UK SBS RE18190 Oligonucleotide Synthesis and DNA Sequencing ServicesUK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED · £2.0m
  • Cell Sorter for Biological SciencesUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON · £532k

Extracted automatically from thermofisher.com on Jun 2026. Not independently verified — treat as the supplier’s own marketing claims.

Case studies

Delivery stories the supplier has published, with sector and outcome.

⚑ Self-reported
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No case studies yet

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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 · 3

Credentials listed on the supplier’s website. Not yet checked against issuer registers.

◐ From supplier website
Core credentials · 2/6
Cyber EssentialsNot evidenced✓
Cyber Essentials PlusNot evidenced✓
ISO 27001 — Information securityNot evidenced✓
ISO 9001 — QualityListed on site✓
ISO 14001 — EnvironmentalListed on site✓
ISO 45001 — Health & safetyNot evidenced✓
Other credentials & memberships · 1
ISO 13485

Extracted automatically from thermofisher.com on Jun 2026. Not independently verified — treat as the supplier’s own marketing claims.

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 · 85 live · 200 historic

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

✓ From notices
TitleBuyerCPVAwardedValueTermStatus
CA17691 - MAINT7131-GOSH-Life Technologies Ltd
Partners Procurement Service5000000001 Apr 2026£28k12 moLive
CA17569 - MAINT6957-RFL- SIMPLIAMPS
Partners Procurement Service5042100002 Apr 2026£18k3 yrsLive
Purchase of TaqPath consumables
UK HEALTH AND SECURITY AGENCY3369650016 Feb 2026£106k1 moClosed
Purchase of Superscript consumables
UK HEALTH AND SECURITY AGENCY3369650011 Feb 2026£17k2 moClosed
Purchase of EVOS M5000 imaging microscopes and accessories
UK HEALTH AND SECURITY AGENCY3851000004 Feb 2026£73k2 moClosed
Purchase of Genexus
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust3310000020 Feb 2026£252k5 yrsLive
UKRI-5559 Maintenance contract for BIGFOOT 7 cell sorter
UK Research and Innovation—11 Mar 2026£201k4 yrspending
Procurement of Fragment Analyser & servicing plan
UK HEALTH AND SECURITY AGENCY3843400011 Dec 2025£65k3 yrsLive
Purchase of Extraction Platforms
UK HEALTH AND SECURITY AGENCY3895000011 Dec 2025£161k5 yrsLive
Supply and Support of HLA Rapid Typing Systems (PA23)
NHS Blood & Transplant (NHSBT)—01 Mar 2026£2.9m8 yrspending
Total live value £6.5m · mean award £5.9m1–10 of 285

Top buyers · 60 buyers · top 3 = 98%

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

✓ From notices
1
Department of Health and Social Care (T&T)
22 contracts
67%
since 2020
2
Public Health England
30 contracts
20%
since 2016
3
UK HEALTH AND SECURITY AGENCY
32 contracts
11%
since 2021
4
THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM
9 contracts
0%
since 2015
5
UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED
27 contracts
0%
since 2018
6
NEUPC Ltd
2 contracts
0%
since 2020
7
NHS Blood & Transplant (NHSBT)
7 contracts
0%
since 2020
8
ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH AGENCY
3 contracts
0%
since 2024
9
UK Research & Innovation
8 contracts
0%
since 2022
10
Southern Universities Purchasing Consortium
1 contract
0%
since 2017

Category mix

CPV-division share of last-12m awarded value.

✓ From notices
Medical equipment33
41%
Laboratory equipment38
31%
Repair & maintenance50
17%
Other services98
11%

Geography

Distribution of awarded value by buyer region.

✓ From notices
UK · schematic only
London56 contracts
92%
South West67 contracts
4%
West Midlands14 contracts
2%
Yorkshire13 contracts
2%
South East5 contracts
1%
North East20 contracts
0%
Eastern16 contracts
0%
East Midlands4 contracts
0%
Wales4 contracts
0%
Northern Ireland2 contracts
0%
Scotland14 contracts
0%
North West2 contracts
0%
Region resolved for 22% of awarded value (by buyer postcode); the remainder lacks a usable address.

Peers

Suppliers with overlapping CPVs & buyers (last 24m). Life Technologies Ltd highlighted.

✓ From notices
SupplierSME?Awarded · 24mContracts
TC
Topcoat Construction Limited / TCL Group
Yes£67.6m2
IW
Ian Williams
No£67.6m2
WH
Westone Housing
Yes£67.6m2
ER
EQUANS Regeneration Limited
No£67.6m2
CH
C Hanlon Facilities Management Ltd
Yes£67.6m2
LT
Life Technologies Ltd
No£4.0m—
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Red flags · 0 active

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

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

Compliance scorecard

Derived from Companies House filings — not a full supplier-assurance check.

↔ Cross-checked
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 17 May 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.

✓ From notices
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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

We haven't matched any recent UK press coverage to this supplier. Mentions appear here automatically as they're published.

Companies House

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

✓ Live sync

Registered details

Company no.
SC083107
Status
Active
Type
Private limited
Incorporated
13 May 1983
Reg. office
3 Fountain Drive, Inchinnan Business Park, Paisley, PA4 9RF
SIC codes
32990
Last accounts
31 Dec 2024
Next accounts due
30 Sept 2026

Directors & PSC

  • GREEN, Georgina Adams — director
    Appointed 18 Apr 2024
  • STARR, Alison Jane — director
    Appointed 18 Apr 2024
  • AHMED, Syed Waqas — director
    Appointed 23 Mar 2020
  • CAMERON, Euan Daney Ross — director
    Appointed 31 Oct 2018
  • SMITH, Anthony Hugh — director
    Appointed 06 Oct 2017
  • OAKWOOD CORPORATE SECRETARY LIMITED — corporate secretary
    Appointed 06 May 2014
  • Thermo Fisher Scientific Life Holdings 2 Limited — person with significant control
    ownership of shares 75 to 100 percent · voting rights 75 to 100 percent · right to appoint and remove directors

Financial

Filed accounts from Companies House.

↔ From Cos House
£

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.

↔ From Cos House
LIFE TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
SC083107 · this company

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