Official UK procurement notice
9004143 - Supply of Front End for K14
Authority: DIAMOND LIGHT SOURCE LIMITED (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionLocated 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 to design, manufacture, supply, test and deliver one Front end for the K14 beamline in Diamond-II.
The Front End will be located in a restricted area so it must be capable of continuous operation over long periods without maintenance. The support frames must be rigid construction and constructed so that they minimise the effects of ground vibrations. The support frames must be supported from the floor with three manually adjustable feet to allow them to be accurately surveyed into position.
CPV: Miscellaneous special-purpose machinery
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedPublished value£450,000
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
- 28 Jan 2026, 10:20 GMT
- Last source update
- 7 Apr 2026, 14:22 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 16 Mar 2026
- Authority reference
9004143- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-007444- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-061088Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 27 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
28 Jan 2026 → 7 Apr 2026 · 7 dates- Tender notice published265 days ago28 Jan 2026, 10:20 GMT
- Submission deadline235 days ago27 Feb 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Assessment summaries sent223 days ago11 Mar 2026
- Award decision expected by217 days ago16 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Standstill ends210 days ago23 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts204 days ago30 Mar 2026, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published196 days ago7 Apr 2026, 14:22 BST
Notice history
5 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 28 Jan 2026- Tender notice published28 Jan 2026, 10:20 GMTUK4
- Contract award notice published11 Mar 2026, 14:56 GMTUK6
- Status changed to complete11 Mar 2026, 14:56 GMT
- Contract signature expected24 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMTscheduled
- Contract details notice published7 Apr 2026, 14:22 BSTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| FMB Feinwerk und Messtechnik GmbHSME9004143 - Supply of Front End K14 for Diamond-II24 Mar 2026 – 24 Oct 2027 | €491,310 | 11 Mar 2026 | Awarded |
Contracts
9004143 - Supply of Front End for K14 · FMB Feinwerk und Messtechnik GmbHSME
- Signed
- 25 Mar 2026
- Value
- €491,310
- Period
- 25 Mar 2026 – 18 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- 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://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