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Who wins laboratory, optical and precision equipment contracts in Germany

2,335 contracts were awarded to 1,226 different companies over the two years to July 2026, in CPV division 38. The median award was €221k. Every row here comes from the award notice the contracting authority published in the EU Official Journal.

Contracts awarded
2,335
Distinct winners
1,226
Median award
€221k
With a published value
1,464 of 2,335
Contract types
Services 45, Supplies 2,257, Works 33

The companies winning most often

1
Carl Zeiss Microscopy Deutschland GmbH
67 contracts won
€18.7Mtotal awarded
2
Thermo Fisher Scientific GmbH
66 contracts won
€22.6Mtotal awarded
3
Agilent Technologies Deutschland GmbH
42 contracts won
€6.9Mtotal awarded
4
Bruker Daltonics GmbH & Co. KG
26 contracts won
€7.5Mtotal awarded
5
FEI Deutschland GmbH
23 contracts won
€20.3Mtotal awarded
6
Leica Mikrosysteme Vertrieb GmbH
23 contracts won
€5.1Mtotal awarded
7
Waters GmbH
22 contracts won
€2.6Mtotal awarded
8
Bruker BioSpin GmbH & Co. KG
19 contracts won
€5.1Mtotal awarded
9
JEOL (Germany) GmbH
17 contracts won
€11.3Mtotal awarded
10
Keysight Technologies Deutschland GmbH
17 contracts won
€2.5Mtotal awarded
11
Oxford Instruments GmbH
16 contracts won
€1.9Mtotal awarded
12
Illumina GmbH
15 contracts won
€5.0Mtotal awarded
13
Quantum Design GmbH
14 contracts won
€5.2Mtotal awarded
14
AB Sciex Germany GmbH
14 contracts won
€1.7Mtotal awarded
15
Becton Dickinson GmbH
13 contracts won
€3.2Mtotal awarded
16
Nikon Europe B.V. Zweigniederlassung Deutschland
13 contracts won
€1.8Mtotal awarded
17
Roche Diagnostics Deutschland GmbH
13 contracts won
€357ktotal awarded
18
Carl Zeiss Meditec Vertriebsgesellschaft mbH
12 contracts won
€2.9Mtotal awarded
19
Sysmex Deutschland GmbH
12 contracts won
€2.0Mtotal awarded
20
Beckman Coulter GmbH
11 contracts won
€1.5Mtotal awarded
21
VWR International GmbH
11 contracts won
€744ktotal awarded
22
Rigaku Europe SE
10 contracts won
€2.5Mtotal awarded
23
Malvern Panalytical GmbH
10 contracts won
€1.3Mtotal awarded
24
TESCAN GmbH
10 contracts won
€907ktotal awarded
25
Hamamatsu Photonics Deutschland GmbH
10 contracts won
€629ktotal awarded

Ranked by number of contracts, not by value, because a single framework agreement can carry a ceiling far larger than the work actually done under it. Totals are the sum of published values and should be read as an order of magnitude, not an audited figure.

Most recently awarded

2026-07-31
Germany – Instruments for checking physical characteristics – Shearografie- X/U2CE/VA023/QB419
Won by Italmatic srl · bought by Bundesamt für Ausrüstung, Informationstechnik und Nutzung der Bundeswehr
€212k
2026-07-31
Germany – Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) – Mischkryostat
Won by Bluefors Oy · bought by Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH
€216k
2026-07-31
Germany – Meter reading service – Visuelle Ablesung 2026ff
Won by Ingenieurbüro für Industrieanlagen · bought by Stromnetz Berlin GmbH
€1
2026-07-31
Germany – Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) – Röntgendiffraktometer
Won by Malvern Panalytical GmbH · bought by Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY
€400k
2026-07-31
Germany – Mass spectrometer – Massenspektrometer für PFAS-Analytik
Won by AB Sciex Germany GmbH · bought by Helmholtz-Zentrum hereon GmbH
€349k
2026-07-31
Germany – Lasers – Manufacture and delivery of 2 units Femtosecond Laser
Won by Light Conversion GmbH · bought by Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY
2026-07-31
€91k
2026-07-30
Germany – Lasers – Herstellung und Lieferung eines Pump Laser (Diode Pump Sources)
Won by Laserline GmbH · bought by Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY
2026-07-30
Germany – Mass spectrometer – high-performance TOF-SIMS with SPM (IMWS-13.1) - PR876572-2690-P
Won by IONTOF GmbH · bought by Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft - Einkauf B12
2026-07-29
Germany – Lasers – robust ultra-short pulse laser system - PR1239751-2660-W
Won by Light Conversion · bought by Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, Einkauf B12

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