Colony Management 2025/26 · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: University of Exeter (Central government)

Below threshold - without competition

Sectors: Research & Development (R&D) (73) Delivery: UK

Awarded value£96,000published contract · inc. VAT

Awarded 23 Sept 2025no call for competition

Awarded to Charles River UK

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Charles River are housing, maintaining and cultivating a specialist line of GM mice used by Gordon Brown. These cannot be sourced elsewhere and the service is only available via Charles River due to their specialist operations. Project includes covered housing, IDs, sentinels for health screening and diet pots as well as the ongoing cryostorage.

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Awarded

Delivery: UK

73111000 Research laboratory services

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record

Procedure method: Below threshold - without competition
Legal basis: UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Notice status: Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold: Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime: Standard
Commercial structure: Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type: Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered: Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 3 Mar 2026, 13:23 GMT
Last source update: 3 Mar 2026, 13:23 GMT
Authority reference: UE255958
FTS notice number: 2026/S 000-018925
Latest notice: Contract details notice (UK7)
Delivery area: UK
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-0660d4 Find a Tender

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender

Contract details notice published
3 Mar 2026, 13:23 GMT
UK7

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value (inc. VAT) £96,0001 contract inc. VAT; no net value published

Contracts signed 1latest 23 Sept 2025

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
Charles River UK	£96,000 inc. VAT †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Colony Management 2025/26 · Charles River UK
Signed
23 Sept 2025
Value
£96,000 inc. VAT
Period
24 Sept 2025 – 23 Sept 2026
Status
active

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

UNIVERSITY OF EXETER

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-COH: RC000653 · GB-PPON: PZYG-2396-XCRZ Northcote House, Queens Drive, Exeter, South West, EX4 4QJContact name, email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

CHARLES RIVER U.K. LIMITEDAwarded supplierGB-COH: 00950184GB-PPON: PMTY-9335-HJRD Manston Road, Kent, South East, CT9 4LTContact email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

Contract details notice contractContract details noticeUK7Contract details notice on Find a Tender3 Mar 2026, 13:23 GMT