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title: "DLSITT1037 - Supply of UHV Valves for Diamond-II"
url: "https://tenderline.uk/tenders/dlsitt1037-supply-of-uhv-valves-for-diamond-ii-ocds-h6vhtk-049697"
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# DLSITT1037 - Supply of UHV Valves for Diamond-II

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/dlsitt1037-supply-of-uhv-valves-for-diamond-ii-ocds-h6vhtk-049697). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** DIAMOND LIGHT SOURCE LIMITED: "DLSITT1037 - Supply of UHV Valves for Diamond-II". Published status: active. Framework Ceiling: Value not published. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 30 Sept 2024, 12:00 BST. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [DIAMOND LIGHT SOURCE LIMITED](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/diamond-light-source-limited-coh-04375679)
- **Framework Ceiling (notional):** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** 30 September 2024 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Valves defined by function
- **Delivery Location:** UKJ14
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-049697`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **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/dlsitt1037-supply-of-uhv-valves-for-diamond-ii-ocds-h6vhtk-049697#tl-md)

## Description
Located on the Harwell Science and Innovation Campus in Oxfordshire, Diamond Light Source (DLS) is a leading-edge facility for science, engineering and innovation. Diamond 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 to supply of the ultra-high vacuum valves (pneumatic and manual gate valves and right-angled manual valves for Diamond Light Source Limited.
Valves must be current standard catalogue items, which the supplier has a history of supplying; in some cases these will need to be customised to meet the DLS specification.
Tender responses must be compliant with the specification. However, suppliers may also offer available alternatives to those outlined in the specification as options.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active

- **Delivery regions:** UKJ

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F027683-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-08-30T08:09:28.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T22:29:13.753Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-049697