Official UK procurement notice
DLSITT1071 - Supply of Arc Vessel Support Components for D-II
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 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.
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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 publishedLot #1Lot 1AwardedPublished value£900,000
- Value
- £900,000 exc. VAT · £1,080,000 inc. VAT
What it takes to win
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published — the tender pack may add morePublished sub-criteria (10)
- Technical Quality — 22.5
- Experience and Capacity — 22.5
- Delivery — 10
- Technical Quality — 22.5
- Experience and Capacity — 22.5
- Delivery — 10
- Commercial — 5
- Price — 40
- 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
- 14 Sept 2026, 11:34 BST
- Last source update
- 14 Sept 2026, 11:34 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end — 18 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
- Authority reference
9005760- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06dee6Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 7 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
7 published dates · Europe/London- Tender notice published44 days ago7 Aug 2026, 11:24 BST
- Submission deadline13 days ago7 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
- Assessment summaries sent7 days ago14 Sept 2026, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published6 days ago14 Sept 2026, 11:34 BST
- Award decision expected by2 days ago18 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
- Standstill endsin 3 days23 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
- Contract startsin 10 days1 Oct 2026, 00:00 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics — not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| NCF Engineering Ltd (T/A Ferrositi)SME9005760 - Supply of Arc Vessel Support Components for D-II24 Sept 2026 — 21 Feb 2028 | £603,705 | 14 Sept 2026standstill to 23 Sept 2026 | Standstill |
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5final-stage tenders | 5 | 0 | — |
Notice history
6 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 7 Aug 2026- Contract signature expected24 Sept 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract award notice published14 Sept 2026, 11:34 BSTUK6
- Published value updated14 Sept 2026, 11:34 BSTwas £900,000
- Status changed to complete14 Sept 2026, 11:34 BST
- Deadline withdrawn14 Sept 2026, 11:34 BST
- Tender notice published7 Aug 2026, 11:24 BSTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- NCF Engineering Ltd (T/A Ferrositi)Awarded supplierView supplier profile →
Official documents & specifications (4)
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 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 award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender