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Published 26 May 2026, 09:41 BST

Official UK procurement notice

DLSITT1100 - Supply of APPLE-II Undulator for Beamline K07 for Diamond Light Source

Official notice

Authority: DIAMOND LIGHT SOURCE LIMITED (Central government)

GoodsOpen procedureAbove thresholdSME suitable
Published estimate£800,000≈ £640k / year · £960,000 inc. VAT0.4% below published estimate
Submissions closed 25 Jun 2026awarded 17 Jul 2026
Awarded to Kyma S.p.A.
Contract term 1 yr 3 moends 29 Oct 2027 · starts 30 Jul 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement 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, 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 published
Lot #1Awarded 1 yr 3 moSMEPublished value£800,000
Contract period: 30 Jul 2026 – 29 Oct 2027 (1 yr 3 mo)Value: £800,000 exc. VAT · £960,000 inc. VAT
Delivery: South EastEligibility: SME eligible

What it takes to win
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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 more
How bids were scored
Quality: 55%Price: 45%
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
What this means for your bid
  • 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)
Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)
Delivery area
South East (UKJ14)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06a2b8 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: portal not identified
Electronic submission allowedLanguage: EN
Submission deadline
25 Jun 2026, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Please email tender submission to:

diamond.ac.uk ↗

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
  1. Tender notice published149 days ago
    26 May 2026, 09:41 BST
  2. Submission deadline119 days ago
    25 Jun 2026, 12:00 BST
  3. Award decision expected by99 days ago
    15 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST
  4. Latest notice published94 days ago
    20 Jul 2026, 10:14 BST
  5. Contract starts85 days ago
    30 Jul 2026, 00:00 BST

Notice history

4 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 26 May 2026
  1. Tender notice published
    26 May 2026, 09:41 BST
    UK4
  2. Transparency notice published
    17 Jul 2026, 14:25 BST
    UK5
  3. Contract details notice published
    20 Jul 2026, 10:14 BST
    UK7
  4. Status changed to complete
    20 Jul 2026, 10:14 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £797,0001 contract exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 17 Jul 2026
Awarded toValueDateStatus
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

DIAMOND LIGHT SOURCE LIMITED

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-COH: 04375679 · GB-PPON: PNGG-3778-PWBM Diamond House, Didcot, South East, OX11 0DEContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • Kyma S.p.A.Awarded supplierGB-PPON: PBTQ-7369-RHXQ S.S. 14 - km 163,5 in AREA Science Park, Trieste, IT, 34149, ITContact email

Official documents & specifications (4)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Technical specifications tenderTechnical specificationsVisit 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 contractContract details noticeUK7Contract details notice on Find a Tender
  • Transparency notice tenderTransparency noticeUK5Transparency notice on Find a Tender
  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender