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# 250321 Contract for Supply, delivery and Installation of a Metabolic Monitoring System for Mice.

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/250321-contract-for-supply-delivery-and-installation-of-a-metabolic-monitoring-system-for--ocds-h6vhtk-05e0bf). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Queen's University Belfast: "250321 Contract for Supply, delivery and Installation of a Metabolic Monitoring System for Mice.". Published status: complete. Published Value: £391,250. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 10 Dec 2025, 16:00 GMT. Published submission portal: in-tendhost.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Queen's University Belfast](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/queen-s-university-belfast-GB-NIC-101788)
- **Published Value:** £391,250 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 10 December 2025 at 16:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Detection and analysis apparatus, Instruments for measuring quantities, Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses), Research, testing and scientific technical simulator
- **Delivery Location:** UKN06
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £370,000 (inc. VAT; no net value published, 1 award)
- **Official Documents:** 7 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/250321-contract-for-supply-delivery-and-installation-of-a-metabolic-monitoring-system-for--ocds-h6vhtk-05e0bf#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-05e0bf`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/250321-contract-for-supply-delivery-and-installation-of-a-metabolic-monitoring-system-for--ocds-h6vhtk-05e0bf#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [in-tendhost.co.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fin-tendhost.co.uk%2Fqueensuniversitybelfast%2Faspx%2FHome)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/250321-contract-for-supply-delivery-and-installation-of-a-metabolic-monitoring-system-for--ocds-h6vhtk-05e0bf#participate

## Description
School of Medicine, Dentistry & Biomedical Sciences, Biological Services Unit (BSU) wishes to purchase and install a rodent metabolic cage system at the BSU, which can offer high-resolution, real-time collection of metabolic, and behavioural phenotyping data in mice. This includes simultaneously measuring energy expenditure, food and water consumption and physical activity in live animals.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 38000000, 38340000, 38430000, 38970000
- **Delivery regions:** UKN
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £391,250

- **Contract Period:** 23/01/2026 to 23/01/2046
- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 250321 - Contract for Supply, delivery and Installation of a Metabolic Monitoring System for Mice (active)
  - Award id: `1`
  - Supplier(s): **Sable Systems Europe GmbH**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-31671`
  - Value: £370,000 (inc. VAT)
  - Date: 22/12/2025

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 250321 - Contract for Supply, delivery and Installation of a Metabolic Monitoring System for Mice (active)
  - Signed Value: £370,000
  - Signed Date: 26/01/2026

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F073689-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-02-18T11:31:52.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T10:55:01.881Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-05e0bf