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90035432 - Supply of Double Toroidal Focussing Mirror System(M2) for Beamline K18
No classification published
Location not published
Published value
£320,000
Submission deadline 26 Nov 2025, 12:00 GMT
Lots published1
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Tenderline Synopsis: DIAMOND LIGHT SOURCE LIMITED: "90035432 - Supply of Double Toroidal Focussing Mirror System(M2) for Beamline K18". Published status: complete. Published value: £320,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 26 Nov 2025, 12:00 GMT. See the official notice for participation instructions.
| Contracting Authority | DIAMOND LIGHT SOURCE LIMITED | Scope & Categories | Not published | Submission Window | Closed 26 Nov 2025, 12:00 GMT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Submission Gateway | Direct notice route | Legal Basis & Regime | Standard procurement | Estimated Value (exc. VAT) | £320,000 |
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Coverage: 41 active published awards; 13 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Price reduction compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityDIAMOND LIGHT SOURCE LIMITED | Procedure methodNot published | Procurement categoryNot published |
Statuscomplete | Framework / DPSNot published | CompetitionNot published |
Above thresholdNot published | Legal basisNot published | Tender period startsNot published |
Clarification deadlineNot published | Electronic submissionNot published | Submission languagesNot published |
Published12 Feb 2026, 15:59 GMT | Last source update12 Feb 2026, 15:59 GMT | Recurring procurementNot published |
ClassificationNot published | ||
Delivery areaLocation not published | ||
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-05d42b | ||
What is being bought
Located on the Harwell Science & Innovation Campus in Oxfordshire, Diamond Light Source (DLS) is a leading-edge facility for science, engineering and innovation. DLS 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 the contract is for the design, supply of material, manufacture, assembly, test, delivery, installation and commissioning of a Double Toroidal Focussing Mirror System for the K18 beamline.
The minimum scope of the contract is the design, manufacture, test, and delivery of:
• M2 downward deflecting, tangentially bent, double toroidal focusing, monochromatic
Xray beam mirror & mechanics.
• Motorized elliptical 4-point mechanical bender to adjust tangential curvature of the mirror
reflecting surface.
• Motorized gravitational sag compensator(s).
• Temperature monitoring
• Temperature stabilisation if required
• Vacuum vessel and associated controls.
• Support frame
• Interface to beamline services.
and includes the following:
• Design
• Contract Terms and Conditions
• Supply and purchasing of materials and components.
• Quality Assurance
• Manufacture of mirror system
• Inspection
• Cleaning
• Assembly
• Vacuum baking
• Testing
• Packing and Delivery
What changed
From the official release history
- Official notice release published
12 Feb 2026, 15:59 GMT - tender value changed
19 Jan 2026, 15:22 GMT - Status changed to complete
19 Jan 2026, 15:22 GMT - Official notice release published
19 Jan 2026, 15:22 GMT - Submission deadline changed to published date
19 Jan 2026, 15:22 GMT - Published value updated to £320,000
27 Oct 2025, 12:50 GMT - Status changed to active
27 Oct 2025, 12:50 GMT - Official notice release published
27 Oct 2025, 12:50 GMT - Submission deadline changed to 26 Nov 2025, 12:00 GMT
27 Oct 2025, 12:50 GMT - Buyer information updated
27 Oct 2025, 12:50 GMT
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
- Lot 1 · #1Individual lot title not publishedcompletePublished valueNot publishedThe source published no individual title or description for this lot.Contract periodNot publishedEligibilityNot publishedOptions / renewalNot published
Timeline
- Procedure published
12 Feb 2026, 15:59 GMT - Submission deadline
26 Nov 2025, 12:00 GMT - Award active
Not published · Not published - Contract active
Signed 2 Feb 2026, 00:00 GMT · £434,000
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards INSTRUMENT DESIGN TECHNOLOGY LIMITED Not published · Not published · active |
Contracts 9003543 - Supply of Double Toroidal Focussing Mirror System (M2) for Beamline K18 £434,000 · signed 2 Feb 2026, 00:00 GMT · active Contract period: 2 Feb 2026, 00:00 GMT — 30 Sept 2027, 23:59 BST |
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published |
Buyer and organisations in this procedure
DIAMOND LIGHT SOURCE LIMITED
Contracting authority GB-COH-04375679Documents (1)
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