Official UK procurement notice
DLSITT1100 - Supply of APPLE-II Undulator for Beamline K07 for Diamond Light Source
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 for the design, manufacture, test, and delivery to DLS of one complete eight axis out-of-vacuum APPLE-II undulator, subject to the performance specification, together with all the necessary drawings and documentation to ensure the
insertion devices (IDs) can be operated and maintained without Supplier support.
The APPLE-II undulator must comprise of an out-of-vacuum permanent magnetic structure with a period length of 64 mm, designed to operate over a physical gap range of 14 to 65 mm, where physical gap refers to the minimum clearance between the upper and lower magnet surfaces, taking the magnet coating thickness into account.
CPV: Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedPublished value£800,000
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 & Experience: 40%
- Supply DLS Control Rack: 5%
- Delivery: 10%
- Commercial: 5%
- Price: 40%
Published award criteria (5)
- Technical Quality & Experience
- Supply DLS Control Rack
- 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
- 26 May 2026, 09:41 BST
- Last source update
- 20 Jul 2026, 10:14 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 15 Jul 2026
- Authority reference
9005026- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-048444- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06a2b8Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 25 Jun 2026, 12:00 BST
- 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
26 May 2026 → 30 Jul 2026 · 5 dates- Tender notice published149 days ago26 May 2026, 09:41 BST
- Submission deadline119 days ago25 Jun 2026, 12:00 BST
- Award decision expected by99 days ago15 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST
- Latest notice published94 days ago20 Jul 2026, 10:14 BST
- Contract starts85 days ago30 Jul 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
4 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 26 May 2026- Tender notice published26 May 2026, 09:41 BSTUK4
- Transparency notice published17 Jul 2026, 14:25 BSTUK5
- Contract details notice published20 Jul 2026, 10:14 BSTUK7
- Status changed to complete20 Jul 2026, 10:14 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kyma S.p.A.SME | £797,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
9005026 - Supply of APPLE-II Undulator for Beamline K07 for Diamond Light Source · Kyma S.p.A.SME
- Signed
- 17 Jul 2026
- Value
- £797,000
- Period
- 17 Jul 2026 – 21 Oct 2027
- Status
- active
No agreed KPIs: Contract value is below £5 million.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Kyma S.p.A.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 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
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender