Official UK procurement notice
9005401 - Supply of K14 SWIFT Beamline KB Mirror System
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, supply of material, manufacture, assembly, test, delivery, installation and commissioning of a two-mirror combined system (a pair of
Kirkpatrick-Baez (KB) mirrors) and its position adjustment systems. The mirrors will focus the beam onto a sample positioned in the K14 beamline second end-station.
• The minimum scope of the contract should include: HFM - Horizontally Focusing Mirror Horizontally (outboard) reflecting, monochromatic beam mirror & mechanics.
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• VFM - Vertically Focusing Mirror- Vertically (upward) reflecting, monochromatic beam mirror & mechanics.
• Temperature monitoring for interlocking.
• Vacuum vessel.
• Support frame.
• Interface to beamline services.
• Training for Diamond personnel in the operation of the mirrors
• Installation of the mirrors in their benders at the DLS Optics Metrology Lab (OML).
CPV: Mirrors
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Lot 1AwardedPublished value£250,000
- Value
- £250,000 exc. VAT · £300,000 inc. VAT
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 & Capacity — 25%
- Delivery — 5%
- Commercial — 5%
- Price — 40%
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
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 21 Sept 2026, 13:39 BST
- Last source update
- 21 Sept 2026, 13:39 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end — 9 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST
- Authority reference
9005401- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06a620Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 26 Jun 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
7 published dates · Europe/London- Tender notice published120 days ago27 May 2026, 13:10 BST
- Submission deadline90 days ago26 Jun 2026, 12:00 BST
- Award decision expected by76 days ago9 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts65 days ago21 Jul 2026, 00:00 BST
- Assessment summaries sent28 days ago27 Aug 2026, 00:00 BST
- Standstill ends15 days ago8 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
- Latest notice published2 days ago21 Sept 2026, 13:39 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics — not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| XDS OXFORD LIMITEDSME9005401 - K14 SWIFT Beamline Kirkpatrick-Baez (KB) Mirrors System9 Sept 2026 — 9 Jan 2028 | £355,000 | 27 Aug 2026 | Awarded |
Contracts
9005401 - Supply of K14 SWIFT Beamline KB Mirror System · XDS OXFORD LIMITEDSME
- Signed
- 9 Sept 2026
- Value
- £355,000
- Period
- 9 Sept 2026 — 9 Jan 2028
- 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 | — |
Notice history
7 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 27 May 2026- Contract details notice published21 Sept 2026, 13:39 BSTUK7
- Contract signature expected9 Sept 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract award notice published27 Aug 2026, 16:22 BSTUK6
- Published value updated27 Aug 2026, 16:22 BSTwas £250,000
- Status changed to complete27 Aug 2026, 16:22 BST
- Deadline withdrawn27 Aug 2026, 16:22 BST
- Tender notice published27 May 2026, 13:10 BSTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- XDS OXFORD LIMITEDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (5)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Conflict of interest declarationNot published
- Technical specifications Visit our web page: https://tenders.diamond.ac.uk Here Supplier 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