AwardedAwarded 26 January 2026

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

Queen's University Belfast · Education

In brief

Queen's University Belfast awarded laboratory equipment work to Sable Systems Europe GmbH on 26 January 2026.

The notice gives a value of £391,250 excluding VAT.

The contract runs for 20 years, up to 30 years with extensions, starting 23 January 2026.

The buyer says it is suitable for small and medium-sized businesses.

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What the notice says

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.

Who won

Winner	Value	Dates
Sable Systems Europe GmbH (SME) 2 bids received	£370,000	Awarded 22 December 2025 26 January 2026 to 25 January 2029

Values as the award notice gives them, excluding VAT where stated.

Timeline

13 November 2025Preliminary market engagement notice · UK2, notice 073668-2025
13 November 2025Tender notice · UK4, notice 073689-2025
21 November 2025Tender notice · UK4, notice 076150-2025
22 December 2025Contract award notice · UK6, notice 085609-2025
18 February 2026Contract details notice · UK7, notice 014668-2026

Last time this was bought

250262 - Contract for Supply, Delivery, Installation & Commissioning of a Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR) System.

Won by: Global Life Sciences Solutions Operations UK Ltd
Awarded: 9 January 2026
Value: £700,000
Bids: 1
Contract ends: 8 January 2029

Matched on Queen's University Belfast, the type of work and the title; it may be a related contract rather than the same one. Check the notice to be sure.

About the buyer

Queen's University BelfastLast 12 months

Procurements

Awards

Suppliers it has used most for laboratory equipment

Amplitude1 contract
Global Life Sciences Solutions Operations UK Ltd1 contract
Hiden Isochema Ltd1 contract
LK Metrology Group Ltd1 contract
Leica Microsystems(UK)Ltd1 contract

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From notice 073668-2025 on Find a Tender, first published 13 November 2025, last updated 18 February 2026. We last checked for changes on 28 September 2026.