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Published 5 Oct 2026, 10:43 BST

Official UK procurement notice

9005760 - Supply of Arc Vessel Support Components for Diamond-II

Official notice

Authority: DIAMOND LIGHT SOURCE LIMITED (Central government)

GoodsOpen procedureAbove thresholdSME suitable
Sectors: Construction Materials & Prefab (44) Delivery: South East (UKJ14)
Published estimate£900,000≈ £635k / year · £1,080,000 inc. VAT · 1 value update32.9% below published estimate
Submissions closed 7 Sept 2026awarded 14 Sept 2026
Awarded to NCF Engineering Ltd T/A Ferrositi
Contract term 1 yr 5 mostarts 1 Oct 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 to manufacture various vessel support fabrications, assemblies and machined components to DLS designs as detailed in the specification.

All assemblies should be delivered fully assembled and set to their mid travel where applicable.

Completed components are to be delivered to Diamond Light Source.

DLS will supply detailed manufacturing drawings and models with the specification. These specify geometry, materials, machining, stress relieving and any coatings required.

Suppliers are invited to make recommendations to modify the designs to improve performance, cost or delivery in their tender submission.

The contract for this includes:

• Contract management

• Purchase of all materials.

• Manufacture of the components according to the table specified in specification

• All jigs and tooling required for manufacture

• Cleaning and protecting

• Quality assurance documentation

• Delivery

• Packing

CPV: Miscellaneous fabricated products and related items

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Awarded 1 yr 5 moSMEPublished value£900,000
Contract period: 1 Oct 2026 — 1 Mar 2028 (1 yr 5 mo)Eligibility: SME eligibleDelivery: South East
Value
£900,000 exc. VAT · £1,080,000 inc. VAT
44400000 Miscellaneous fabricated products and related items

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 — 22.5%
  • Experience and Capacity — 22.5%
  • Delivery — 10%
  • Commercial — 5%
  • Price — 40%
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
No (one-off requirement)
First published
5 Oct 2026, 10:43 BST
Last source update
5 Oct 2026, 10:43 BST
Award evaluation window
Submission end — 18 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
Authority reference
9005760
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-075200
Latest notice
Contract details notice (UK7)
Classification (CPV)
Miscellaneous fabricated products and related items
Delivery area
South East (UKJ14)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06dee6 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: portal not identified
Electronic submission allowedLanguage: EN
Submission deadline
7 Sept 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 Harwell Science and Innovation Campus Didcot Oxon OX11 0DE UK

Timeline

7 published dates · Europe/London
  1. Tender notice published62 days ago
    7 Aug 2026, 11:24 BST
  2. Submission deadline31 days ago
    7 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
  3. Assessment summaries sent24 days ago
    14 Sept 2026, 00:00 BST
  4. Award decision expected by19 days ago
    18 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
  5. Standstill ends14 days ago
    23 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
  6. Contract starts7 days ago
    1 Oct 2026, 00:00 BST
  7. Latest notice published3 days ago
    5 Oct 2026, 10:43 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics — not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £603,7051 award exc. VAT
Bids received 55 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 23 Sept 2026
Awarded toValueDateStatus
NCF Engineering Ltd T/A FerrositiSME9005760 - Supply of Arc Vessel Support Components for D-II24 Sept 2026 — 21 Feb 2028£603,70514 Sept 2026Awarded

Contracts

  • 9005760 - Supply of Arc Vessel Support Components for Diamond-II · NCF Engineering Ltd T/A FerrositiSME

    Signed
    23 Sept 2026
    Value
    £603,705
    Period
    23 Sept 2026 — 21 Feb 2028
    Status
    active

    No agreed KPIs: Contract value is below £5 million.

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
5final-stage tenders50—

Notice history

7 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 7 Aug 2026
  1. Contract details notice published
    5 Oct 2026, 10:43 BSTUK7
  2. Contract signature expected
    24 Sept 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
  3. Contract award notice published
    14 Sept 2026, 11:34 BSTUK6
  4. Published value updated
    14 Sept 2026, 11:34 BSTwas £900,000
  5. Status changed to complete
    14 Sept 2026, 11:34 BST
  6. Deadline withdrawn
    14 Sept 2026, 11:34 BST
  7. Tender notice published
    7 Aug 2026, 11:24 BSTUK4

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 0DE [email protected]

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications (5)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Conflict of interest declarationtenderConflict of interest declarationNot published
  • 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
  • Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender
  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender