Fibre-optic materials: UK Tenders, Buyers & Competition
CPV 32560000·Supplies · class·in Radio, television, communication, telecommunication and related equipment
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Tenders you can still bid for.
Notices at tender stage whose deadline has not passed, counted the way the search counts them: a notice shows under every code and region it names.
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Notices published in the last 12 months.
Counted per tender, not per lot, against the 12 months before where shown.
Codes and neighbouring classes
The 8-digit CPV codes notices in this class actually use, and the other classes of the same division
32560000 Fibre-optic materials3 notices · 17%32561000 Fibre-optic connections2 notices · 11%32562000 Optical-fibre cables2 notices · 11%32562100 Optical-fibre cables for information transmission2 notices · 11%32562200 Optical telecommunication cables1 notices · 6%32562300 Optical-fibre cables for data transmission1 notices · 6%- Television and audio-visual equipment 108 · 12m
- Network equipment 62 · 12m
- Local area network 61 · 12m
- Radio transmission apparatus with reception apparatus 43 · 12m
- Microphones and loudspeakers 37 · 12m
- Mobile telephones 28 · 12m
- Networks 25 · 12m
- Telecommunications equipment and supplies 20 · 12m
- Parts of sound and video equipment 16 · 12m
- Telecommunications cable and equipment 14 · 12m
- All of Radio, television, communication, telecommunication and related equipment →
Who buysi
Which buyers publish the most notices here.
Buyers ranked by the number of notices, duplicate names merged.
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Which buyers publish the most notices here.
Buyers ranked by the number of notices, duplicate names merged.
All notices carrying this code · official UK_CA_TYPE where published (NHS bodies are central government authorities), else derived from the authority name
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What kinds of public bodies buy here.
Notices by the buyer’s type as published, otherwise by its name.
Central government67%(12 notices)
12 of 18 notices are Central government (67%).Other public bodies11%(2 notices)
2 of 18 notices are Other public bodies (11%).Education & universities11%(2 notices)
2 of 18 notices are Education & universities (11%).Local authorities11%(2 notices)
2 of 18 notices are Local authorities (11%).
| Contracting authority | Type | Notices | Last 12 months | Open now |
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| UK Research and Innovation | Central government | 8 | 6 | 0 |
| ASTON UNIVERSITY | Education & universities | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Ministry of Defence | Central government | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Ceredigion County Council | Local authorities | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Derbyshire County Council | Local authorities | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Medway NHS Foundation Trust | Central government | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| NPL Management Limited | Other public bodies | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| National Armament Director Group | Central government | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Transport for London | Other public bodies | 1 | 1 | 0 |
9 distinct authorities in total · the ten most active shown.
Where the work is deliveredi
Where the work on these notices is delivered.
Delivery regions published on the notices. A notice with several regions counts in each.
Where the work is, not where the buyer is based.
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Where the work on these notices is delivered.
Delivery regions published on the notices. A notice with several regions counts in each.
Where the work is, not where the buyer is based.
Delivery regions (ITL1) published on 6 of 18 notices · a notice covering several regions counts in each · competition columns: contracts awarded in the last 36 months, lots delivered in the region
| Region | Notices | Bids / lot | SME wins | Local wins |
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| West Midlands | — | — | — | |
| East Midlands | — | — | — | |
| Greater London | — | — | — | |
| Wales (Cymru) | — | — | — | |
| North East England | — | — | — | |
| North West England | — | — | — | |
| Yorkshire and the Humber | — | — | — | |
| East of England | — | — | — | |
| South East England | — | — | — | |
| South West England | — | — | — |
Local wins = the winner’s registered region is the delivery region. Dashes: fewer than ten observations.
How it is boughti
How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
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How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
Commercial tool, procedure route and threshold as published on the notice, not a legal-regime claim
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How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
Contract100%(18 notices)
18 of 18 notices are Contract (100%).
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Which procedures buyers here use.
Notices by the procedure they declare: open, selective, limited or direct. Open and selective are competitions; limited and direct are not.
Limited / restricted33%(6 notices)
6 of 18 notices are Limited / restricted (33%).Direct award28%(5 notices)
5 of 18 notices are Direct award (28%).Route not published17%(3 notices)
3 of 18 notices are Route not published (17%).Open17%(3 notices)
3 of 18 notices are Open (17%).Selective6%(1 notices)
1 of 18 notices are Selective (6%).
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How much of this market is above the legal threshold.
Notices by whether the buyer marked them above or below the threshold that triggers the full rules.
Above threshold100%(3 notices)
3 of 3 notices are Above threshold (100%).
Who winsi
Which suppliers win the most here.
Suppliers ranked by the number of tenders won, not by money. A supplier on one big framework with many call-offs does not outrank one that won many separate competitions.
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Which suppliers win the most here.
Suppliers ranked by the number of tenders won, not by money. A supplier on one big framework with many call-offs does not outrank one that won many separate competitions.
Ranked by distinct procedures won on notices carrying this code, then award records · 14 awards to 12 suppliers
| Supplier | Procedures | Awards | Last 12 months | Buyers |
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| ALKER Fibre optic Specialists LTD | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Thorlabs Ltd | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| AMCo-Giffen | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Armadillo SIA | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| British Telecommunications Plc | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| COMPUTER LINKS LIMITED | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| CONNECTIX LIMITED | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| DAISY CORPORATE SERVICE TRADING LTD | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Where to submiti
Where bids for this work are submitted.
Notices by the portal in their submission link, where one is published.
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Where bids for this work are submitted.
Notices by the portal in their submission link, where one is published.
E-sourcing portals named in the submission address · 3 of 18 notices name one · each portal page explains registration
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- What counts here. Every notice with a CPV code starting 3256. A notice with several codes counts in each sector it names. Notices from 2022 to 20 Oct 2026.
- Competition. Bids and winners cover the last three years and count each lot as its own contest; frameworks and dynamic purchasing systems are shown apart from ordinary contracts.
- Why no total spend. Notice estimates often repeat a framework’s ceiling, so adding them up would overstate the market. Typical contract values are shown instead.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.