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title: "9002451 - Supply of Double Crystal Monochromator for I15 Extreme Conditions Beamline"
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# 9002451 - Supply of Double Crystal Monochromator for I15 Extreme Conditions Beamline

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/9002451-supply-of-double-crystal-monochromator-for-i15-extreme-conditions-beamline-ocds-h6vhtk-05519a). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** DIAMOND LIGHT SOURCE LIMITED: "9002451 - Supply of Double Crystal Monochromator for I15 Extreme Conditions Beamline". Published status: complete. Published Value: £400,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 23 Jul 2025, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: diamond.ac.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [DIAMOND LIGHT SOURCE LIMITED](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/diamond-light-source-limited-coh-04375679)
- **Published Value:** £400,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 23 July 2025 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** X-ray devices
- **Delivery Location:** UKJ14
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £473,000 (exc. VAT, 1 award)
- **Official Documents:** 5 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/9002451-supply-of-double-crystal-monochromator-for-i15-extreme-conditions-beamline-ocds-h6vhtk-05519a#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-05519a`

## 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/9002451-supply-of-double-crystal-monochromator-for-i15-extreme-conditions-beamline-ocds-h6vhtk-05519a#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [diamond.ac.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.diamondtenders%40diamond.ac.uk)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/9002451-supply-of-double-crystal-monochromator-for-i15-extreme-conditions-beamline-ocds-h6vhtk-05519a#participate

## Description
Located 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.
I5 is Diamond's dedicated beamline for Extreme Conditions research. In operation since 2007, it utilises a superconducting multipole wiggler X-ray source to deliver X-rays across a broad energy range from 20 to 80 keV to its end stations. It supports both powder and singlecrystal diffraction experiments under high-pressure and variable temperature conditions. While primarily dedicated to extreme conditions research, the beamline also
facilitates a broad spectrum of studies requiring high-energy X-ray scattering techniques.
The D-II upgrade will increase the machine energy from 3 GeV to 3.5 GeV. The I15 Double Crystal Monochromator (DCM), as the beamline's first optical element, will consequently experience a substantial increase in power load due to this upgrade. Therefore, it is crucial to upgrade the DCM to ensure continued efficient and effective beamline operation without significant flux loss under the higher power load conditions on D-II.
This contract covers the design, manufacture, testing, delivery, and installation of a Double Crystal Monochromator (DCM) system, guided by the properties of the X-ray source and the
performance requirements set out in the specification.
The Supplier is responsible for delivering a complete and functional system, including all necessary mechanical, electrical, and cooling components, suitable for integration into the
available DLS infrastructure.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 33111000
- **Delivery regions:** UKJ
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £400,000

- **Contract Period:** 31/08/2025 to 26/01/2027

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 9002451 - Supply of Double Crystal Monochromator for I15 Extreme Conditions Beamline (active)
  - Award id: `1`
  - Supplier(s): **INSTRUMENT DESIGN TECHNOLOGY LIMITED**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-32474`
  - Value: £473,000 (exc. VAT)
  - Date: 28/08/2025

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 9002451 - Supply of Double Crystal Monochromator for I15 Extreme Conditions Beamline (active)
  - Signed Value: £473,000
  - Signed Date: 07/09/2025

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F034335-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-10-02T14:05:13.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-26T17:37:12.993Z
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