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title: "9005401 - Supply of K14 SWIFT Beamline KB Mirror System"
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# 9005401 - Supply of K14 SWIFT Beamline KB Mirror System

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/9005401-supply-of-k14-swift-beamline-kb-mirror-system-ocds-h6vhtk-06a620). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** DIAMOND LIGHT SOURCE LIMITED: "9005401 - Supply of K14 SWIFT Beamline KB Mirror System". Published status: complete. Published Value: £250,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 26 Jun 2026, 12:00 BST. 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:** £250,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 26 June 2026 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Mirrors
- **Delivery Location:** UKJ14
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £355,000 (exc. VAT, 1 award)
- **Official Documents:** 5 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/9005401-supply-of-k14-swift-beamline-kb-mirror-system-ocds-h6vhtk-06a620#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-06a620`

## Before you bid
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- **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/9005401-supply-of-k14-swift-beamline-kb-mirror-system-ocds-h6vhtk-06a620#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [diamond.ac.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiamondtenders%40diamond.ac.uk)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/9005401-supply-of-k14-swift-beamline-kb-mirror-system-ocds-h6vhtk-06a620#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, 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.
• 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).

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 38622000
- **Delivery regions:** UKJ
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £250,000

- **Contract Period:** 20/07/2026 to 13/12/2027

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 9005401 - K14 SWIFT Beamline Kirkpatrick-Baez (KB) Mirrors System (active)
  - Award id: `1`
  - Supplier(s): **XDS OXFORD LIMITED**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-COH:04138193`
  - Value: £355,000 (exc. VAT)
  - Date: 26/08/2026

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 9005401 - Supply of K14 SWIFT Beamline KB Mirror System (active)
  - Signed Value: £355,000
  - Signed Date: 08/09/2026

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F049636-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-09-21T12:39:51.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-29T05:08:40.947Z
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