Official UK procurement notice
9002513 - Supply of Horizontal and Vertical Collimator Assemblies
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 co-ordinated 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 this contract is to design and manufacture two types of Collimator assemblies which form part of the Diamond-II Storage Ring, this will require several development activities, such as design, trials, manufacture, welding, inspection, testing
and delivery to Diamond Light Sources. Installation at DLS is not included.
There will be six (6) Collimator assemblies required for Diamond-II, three Vertical and three Horizontal. These are used to collect particles lost from the electron beam and to provide machine protection for sensitive components within the Diamond-II Storage Ring, they will be fitted at specific positions around the storage ring mounted on MS Girders.
CPV: Pressure vessels
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedPublished value£300,000
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).
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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: 25%
- Experience and Capacity: 25%
- Delivery: 5%
- Commercial: 5%
- Price: 40%
Published award criteria (5)
- Technical Quality
- Experience and Capacity
- Commercial
- Delivery
- 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
- 28 Jul 2025, 10:25 BST
- Last source update
- 29 Sept 2025, 14:16 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 18 Sept 2025
- Authority reference
9002513- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-043338- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0566c2Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 28 Aug 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
Diamond House
Diamond Light Source Ltd
Harwell Science and Innovation Campus
Didcot
Oxon
OX11 0DE
UK
Timeline
28 Jul 2025 → 29 Sept 2025 · 7 dates- Tender notice published28 Jul 2025, 10:25 BST
- Submission deadline28 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST
- Assessment summaries sent15 Sept 2025, 00:00 BST
- Award decision expected by18 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts399 days ago22 Sept 2025, 00:00 BST
- Standstill ends396 days ago24 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
- Latest notice published392 days ago29 Sept 2025, 14:16 BST
Notice history
5 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 28 Jul 2025- Tender notice published28 Jul 2025, 10:25 BSTUK4
- Contract award notice published15 Sept 2025, 14:02 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete15 Sept 2025, 14:02 BST
- Contract signature expected25 Sept 2025, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract details notice published29 Sept 2025, 14:16 BSTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| FMB Feinwerk und Messtechnik GmbHSME25 Sept 2025 – 18 Dec 2026 | €510,800 | 15 Sept 2025 | Awarded |
Contracts
9002513 - Supply of Horizontal and Vertical Collimator Assemblies · FMB Feinwerk und Messtechnik GmbHSME
- Signed
- 15 Sept 2025
- Value
- €510,800
- Period
- 15 Sept 2025 – 18 Dec 2026
- Status
- active
No agreed KPIs: Contract value is below £5 million.
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1final-stage tenders | 1 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- FMB Feinwerk- und Messtechnik GmbHAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Technical specifications Visit our web page: https://[email protected]/Home.aspx Here Suppliers are required to complete a one-off simple registration form. You are then able to login to register an interest against the tender and download the Tender Documents.
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