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ClosedStage · tender

Defence Science and Technology Laboratory

Octet R8 System

Laboratory EquipmentCPV 38434500
Value£250,000
Deadline21 Aug 2026
Published21 Jul 2026
RegionNationwide

£250,000 — stated in the notice

Timeline
Published 21 Jul 2026ClosedCloses 21 Aug 2026
Who to contact
dstlcommercial-ipmoandoperationalservices@dstl.gov.uk

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

How to submit
Open the submissions portal

The submission route named on the official notice.

Contract value in context
£250ktotal contract value
median £70k
this tender£0£588k

This is a large award for Laboratory & Precision Equipment — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 9,869 valued Laboratory & Precision Equipment tenders in our corpus.

When this comes round again

Defence Science and Technology Laboratory publishes Laboratory & Precision Equipment work continuously — 178 notices, roughly one every 3 days. This is a stream to watch, not a cycle to wait for.

30% of Defence Science and Technology Laboratory’s awards go to a supplier it has used before.

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The brief

Octet R8 System.

This notice is for the provision of an R8 system and an ITT will be published concurently

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Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06d015
Stage
tender · Open
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
068796-2026
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