Official UK procurement notice
9001858 - Supply of Magnet Base Plates for Diamond-II
Authority: DIAMOND LIGHT SOURCE LIMITED (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionLocated on the Harwell Science and Innovation Campus in Oxfordshire, Diamond Light Source (DLS) is a leading-edge facility for science, engineering and innovation. Diamond allows researchers from academia and industry to investigate the structure and behaviour of the world around us at the atomic and molecular level.
To continue delivering the world changing science that Diamond enables, the facility is being upgraded to Diamond-II, a coordinated programme of development that combines a major
machine upgrade with new instruments and complementary improvements to optics,detectors, sample environment and delivery capabilities, and computing, as well as integrated and correlative methods. This will be transformative in speed and spatial resolution and will offer users streamlined access to enhanced instruments for life and physical sciences.
The scope of the contract is to manufacture 756 magnet base plates to DLS designs. There are 10 different designs of the base plates. The base plates will be assembled to various electromagnets and then onto 52 girder assemblies by DLS.
CPV: Miscellaneous fabricated products and related items
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedPublished value£2,500,000
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (5)
- Technical Quality: 22.5%
- Experience & Capacity: 22.5%
- Delivery: 10%
- Commercial: 5%
- Price: 40%
Published award criteria (5)
- Technical Quality
- Experience & Capacity
- Delivery
- Commercial
- Price
- Price carries 45 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4.5 points. Quality carries 55 of 100: the paper moves it further than the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 13 Mar 2025, 15:26 GMT
- Last source update
- 10 Jun 2025, 13:17 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 12 May 2025
- Authority reference
9001858- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-009274- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04ece8Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 14 Apr 2025, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Please email tender submission to:
and send a hard copy to:
Procurement Department
Dioamond Light Source Ltd
Harwell Science and Innovation Campus
Didcot
Oxon
OX11 0DE
Timeline
13 Mar 2025 → 10 Jun 2025 · 7 dates- Tender notice published13 Mar 2025, 15:26 GMT
- Submission deadline14 Apr 2025, 12:00 BST
- Assessment summaries sent6 May 2025, 00:00 BST
- Award decision expected by12 May 2025, 23:59 BST
- Standstill ends15 May 2025, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts19 May 2025, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published10 Jun 2025, 13:17 BST
Notice history
5 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 13 Mar 2025- Tender notice published13 Mar 2025, 15:26 GMTUK4
- Contract award notice published6 May 2025, 16:21 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete6 May 2025, 16:21 BST
- Contract signature expected19 May 2025, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract details notice published10 Jun 2025, 13:17 BSTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| NCF Engineering Ltd T/A FerrositiSMESupply of Magnet Base Plates for Diamond-II19 May 2025 – 13 May 2026 | £127,966 | 6 May 2025 | Awarded |
Contracts
9001858 - Supply of Magnet Base Plates for Diamond-II · NCF Engineering Ltd T/A FerrositiSME
- Signed
- 19 May 2025
- Value
- £127,966
- Period
- 19 May 2025 – 13 May 2026
- Status
- active
No agreed KPIs: Contract value is below £5 million.
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13final-stage tenders | 12 | 13 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- NCF Engineering Ltd (T/A Ferrositi)Awarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
Notices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender