Official UK procurement notice
9003706 - Supply of Thin Septum Magnets
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 carry out the detailed design, manufacture, quality control, testing and delivery of a pre-series in-vacuum thin septum magnet and power supply, and two production magnets and power supplies as detailed in the specification.
CPV: Magnets
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedPublished value£780,000
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: 30%
- Experience and Capacity: 15%
- Delivery: 10%
- Commercial: 5%
- Price: 40%
Published award criteria (5)
- Technical Quality
- Experience and 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
- 11 Nov 2025, 14:10 GMT
- Last source update
- 18 Mar 2026, 11:11 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 18 Dec 2025
- Authority reference
9003706- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-072830- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05dec0Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 11 Dec 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Please email tender submission to:
and send a hard copy to:
Diamond Procurement
Diamond House
Diamond Light Source Ltd
Harwell Science and Innovation Campus
Didcot
Oxon
OX11 0DE
United Kingdom
Timeline
11 Nov 2025 → 18 Mar 2026 · 7 dates- Tender notice published345 days ago11 Nov 2025, 14:10 GMT
- Submission deadline315 days ago11 Dec 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Award decision expected by308 days ago18 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts276 days ago20 Jan 2026
- Assessment summaries sent267 days ago29 Jan 2026
- Standstill ends255 days ago9 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Latest notice published218 days ago18 Mar 2026, 11:11 GMT
Notice history
5 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 11 Nov 2025- Tender notice published11 Nov 2025, 14:10 GMTUK4
- Contract award notice published29 Jan 2026, 12:20 GMTUK6
- Status changed to complete29 Jan 2026, 12:20 GMT
- Contract signature expected10 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMTscheduled
- Contract details notice published18 Mar 2026, 11:11 GMTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Danfysik A/S9003706 - Supply of Diamond-II Thin Septum Magnets10 Feb 2026 – 30 Oct 2027 | €1,248,700 | 29 Jan 2026 | Awarded |
Contracts
9003706 - Supply of Thin Septum Magnets · Danfysik A/S
- Signed
- 10 Feb 2026
- Value
- €1,248,700
- Period
- 10 Feb 2026 – 30 Oct 2027
- Status
- active
No agreed KPIs: Contract value is below £5 million.
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3final-stage tenders | 3 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- DanfysikAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Technical specifications Visit out web page: https://tenders.diamond.ac.uk 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