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title: "9004200 - Supply of M1 and M2 Collimating Mirror System for I20"
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# 9004200 - Supply of M1 and M2 Collimating Mirror System for I20

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/9004200-supply-of-m1-and-m2-collimating-mirror-system-for-i20-ocds-h6vhtk-0649a3). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** DIAMOND LIGHT SOURCE LIMITED: "9004200 - Supply of M1 and M2 Collimating Mirror System for I20". Published status: complete. Published Value: £500,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 9 Mar 2026, 12:00 GMT. Published submission portal: diamond.ac.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [DIAMOND LIGHT SOURCE LIMITED](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/diamond-light-source-limited-coh-04375679)
- **Published Value:** £500,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 9 March 2026 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Mirrors
- **Delivery Location:** UKJ14
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £599,000 (exc. VAT, 1 award)
- **Official Documents:** 5 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/9004200-supply-of-m1-and-m2-collimating-mirror-system-for-i20-ocds-h6vhtk-0649a3#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-0649a3`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/9004200-supply-of-m1-and-m2-collimating-mirror-system-for-i20-ocds-h6vhtk-0649a3#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [diamond.ac.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiamondtenders%40diamond.ac.uk)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/9004200-supply-of-m1-and-m2-collimating-mirror-system-for-i20-ocds-h6vhtk-0649a3#participate

## Description
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, manufacture, assembly, delivery and installation of a pair of cooled, high power mirror systems (M1 and M2) for the I20-Scanning beamline to the performance detailed in the specification document.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 38622000
- **Delivery regions:** UKJ
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £500,000

- **Contract Period:** 28/03/2026 to 26/06/2028

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 9004200 - M1 and M2 Collimating Mirror System for Beamline I20 (active)
  - Award id: `1`
  - Supplier(s): **INSTRUMENT DESIGN TECHNOLOGY LIMITED**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-32474`
  - Value: £599,000 (exc. VAT)
  - Date: 17/03/2026

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 9004200 - Supply of M1 and M2 Collimating Mirror System for I20 (active)
  - Signed Value: £599,000
  - Signed Date: 27/03/2026

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F010766-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-04-07T15:48:48.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T01:39:44.170Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-0649a3