Lot 1
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Colony Management 2025/26
Buyer: UNIVERSITY OF EXETER →
BuyerUNIVERSITY OF EXETER
StatusAwarded
DeadlineNot published
ValueValue not published
Published3 Mar 2026
What is being bought
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.
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Awards
1
Statusactive
SupplierCHARLES RIVER U.K. LIMITED
Contracts
Colony Management 2025/26
Statusactive
Value£96,000
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| OCID | ocds-h6vhtk-0660d4 |
|---|---|
| Latest release ID | 018925-2026 |
| Latest release timestamp | Tue Mar 03 2026 13:23:43 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) |
| Source | find-a-tender |
| Official notice URL | Not published |
| Tender status | complete |
| Procurement method | direct |
| Procurement method details | Below threshold - without competition |
| Main procurement category | Not published |
| Above threshold | Not published |
| Legal basis | 2023/54 |
| Tender period: start | Not published |
| Tender period: end | Not published |
| Expression of interest deadline | Not published |
| Enquiry deadline | Not published |
| Award period: start | Not published |
| Award period: end | Not published |
| Submission method details | Not published |
| Submission languages | Not published |
| Electronic catalogue policy | Not published |
| Total tender value | Not published |
| Tender lots in source | 1 |
| Tender items in source | 0 |
| Tender documents in source | 0 |
| Awards in latest release | 1 |
| Contracts in latest release | 1 |
| Parties in latest release | 2 |
Notice history
| Date | Event | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| 3 Mar 2026 | award, contract | 018925-2026 |
All source data
Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.
Complete current OCDS release JSON
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3 Mar 2026 · 018925-2026 · award, contract
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