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Published 17 Jul 2026, 14:25 BST

Official UK procurement notice

9005026 - Supply of APPLE-II Undulator for Beamline K07

Official notice

Authority: DIAMOND LIGHT SOURCE LIMITED (Central government)

Direct awardSME suitable
Awarded value£797,000published award · exc. VAT
Award in standstill Not publishedno call for competition
Award (standstill) to Kyma S.p.A.

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 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 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.

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Direct award
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Notice status
Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
17 Jul 2026, 14:25 BST
Last source update
17 Jul 2026, 14:25 BST
Authority reference
9005026
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-067868
Latest notice
Transparency notice (UK5)
Delivery area
South East (UKJ14)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06ce03 Find a Tender
Why no open competition
Switching Direct Award
Published justification

Switching to a direct award - this was the only tender bid received from the tendering procedure.

Notice history

2 events · 1 release on Find a Tender · since 17 Jul 2026
  1. Transparency notice published
    17 Jul 2026, 14:25 BST
    UK5
  2. Contract signature expected
    17 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST
    scheduled

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1some still in standstill
Awarded value £797,0001 award exc. VAT
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Kyma S.p.A.SME17 Jul 2026 – 21 Oct 2027£797,000—Standstill

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 (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

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