Official UK procurement notice
9003990 - Supply of Mechanical Equipment for the D-II 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 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 various parts including push brackets, Belleville washer covers, survey and inclinometer plates and height adjustment blocks to DLS designs. An example of these parts is presented in Figure 1 of the specification.
These parts will be assembled to various electromagnets and then onto 52 girder assemblies.
The contract for this includes:
- Contract management
- Purchase of all materials.
- Manufacture of the parts according to the table specified above.
- All jigs and tooling required for manufacture
- Cleaning and protecting
- Quality assurance documentation
- Packing
- Delivery
CPV: Miscellaneous fabricated products and related items
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedPublished value£750,000
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: 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
- 15 Jan 2026, 11:28 GMT
- Last source update
- 19 Mar 2026, 10:54 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 3 Mar 2026
- Authority reference
9003990- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-003411- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-060674Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 16 Feb 2026, 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
15 Jan 2026 → 19 Mar 2026 · 7 dates- Tender notice published283 days ago15 Jan 2026, 11:28 GMT
- Submission deadline251 days ago16 Feb 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Assessment summaries sent241 days ago26 Feb 2026
- Award decision expected by235 days ago3 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Standstill ends229 days ago9 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts222 days ago17 Mar 2026
- Latest notice published220 days ago19 Mar 2026, 10:54 GMT
Notice history
5 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 15 Jan 2026- Tender notice published15 Jan 2026, 11:28 GMTUK4
- Contract award notice published26 Feb 2026, 15:49 GMTUK6
- Status changed to complete26 Feb 2026, 15:49 GMT
- Contract signature expected10 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMTscheduled
- Contract details notice published19 Mar 2026, 10:54 GMTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| NCF Engineering Ltd T/A FerrositiSME9003990 - Supply of Mechanical Equipment for Magnets for Diamond-II10 Mar 2026 – 11 Aug 2026 | £301,418 | 26 Feb 2026 | Awarded |
Contracts
9003990 - Supply of Mechanical Equipment for Diamond-II Magnets · NCF Engineering Ltd T/A FerrositiSME
- Signed
- 11 Mar 2026
- Value
- £301,418
- Period
- 11 Mar 2026 – 11 Aug 2026
- Status
- active
No agreed KPIs: Contract value is below £5 million.
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8final-stage tenders | 8 | 0 | — |
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
- Technical specifications Visit our web page: https://tenders.diamond.ac.uk Here Suppliers are required to complete a one-off simple registration form. You are 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