InsightsEU lab-instrument tenders
What the tender data says
Short reads from our quarterly analysis of every EU public tender for lab, analytical and precision instruments. The full Q3 2026 report is free by email.
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Half of Europe's lab-instrument tenders get one bid. Here is where.
55% of competitively tendered lab-instrument lots in Europe drew a single bid in the year to September 2026. Greece, Slovenia, Czechia, Poland and Austria are at 60% or more. Data from 11,692 TED lots.
Where lab-instrument contracts skip the tender
One in ten lab-instrument contracts in Europe is awarded without a call for competition; 46% in the Netherlands and 33% in Germany. How direct awards work and how suppliers can see them coming.
Competition is worth about 10% on the price of a lab instrument
Single-bid lab-instrument awards in Europe land at 99.8% of the buyer's estimate; awards with two or more bids at 89.8%. Price benchmarks and the eight least contested country-segment pairs.