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DLSITT1101 - K14 SWIFT Beamline Kirkpatrick-Baez (KB) Mirrors System for Diamond Light Source
No classification published
Location not published
Published value
£250,000
Submission deadline 26 Jun 2026, 12:00 BST
Lots published1
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Tenderline Synopsis: DIAMOND LIGHT SOURCE LIMITED: "DLSITT1101 - K14 SWIFT Beamline Kirkpatrick-Baez (KB) Mirrors System for Diamond Light Source". Published status: complete. Published value: £250,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 26 Jun 2026, 12:00 BST. See the official notice for participation instructions.
| Contracting Authority | DIAMOND LIGHT SOURCE LIMITED | Scope & Categories | Not published | Submission Window | Closed 26 Jun 2026, 12:00 BST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Submission Gateway | Direct notice route | Legal Basis & Regime | Standard procurement | Estimated Value (exc. VAT) | £250,000 |
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Coverage: 41 active published awards; 13 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Price reduction compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityDIAMOND LIGHT SOURCE LIMITED | Procedure methodNot published | Procurement categoryNot published |
Statuscomplete | Framework / DPSNot published | CompetitionNot published |
Above thresholdNot published | Legal basisNot published | Tender period startsNot published |
Clarification deadlineNot published | Electronic submissionNot published | Submission languagesNot published |
Published27 Aug 2026, 16:22 BST | Last source update27 Aug 2026, 16:22 BST | Recurring procurementNot published |
ClassificationNot published | ||
Delivery areaLocation not published | ||
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-06a620 | ||
What is being bought
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).
What changed
From the official release history
- tender value changed
27 Aug 2026, 16:22 BST - Status changed to complete
27 Aug 2026, 16:22 BST - Official notice release published
27 Aug 2026, 16:22 BST - Submission deadline changed to published date
27 Aug 2026, 16:22 BST - Published value updated to £250,000
27 May 2026, 13:10 BST - Status changed to active
27 May 2026, 13:10 BST - Official notice release published
27 May 2026, 13:10 BST - Submission deadline changed to 26 Jun 2026, 12:00 BST
27 May 2026, 13:10 BST - Buyer information updated
27 May 2026, 13:10 BST
Lots and requirements (1)
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- Lot 1 · #1Individual lot title not publishedcompletePublished valueNot publishedThe source published no individual title or description for this lot.Contract periodNot publishedEligibilityNot publishedOptions / renewalNot published
Timeline
- Procedure published
27 Aug 2026, 16:22 BST - Submission deadline
26 Jun 2026, 12:00 BST - Award pending
27 Aug 2026, 00:00 BST · £355,000
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards XDS OXFORD LIMITED £355,000 · 27 Aug 2026, 00:00 BST · pending |
ContractsNo contract published |
Bid statistics bids: 3 (lot 1) finalStageBids: 3 (lot 1) smeFinalStageBids: 3 (lot 1) vcseFinalStageBids: 0 (lot 1) |
Buyer and organisations in this procedure
DIAMOND LIGHT SOURCE LIMITED
Contracting authority GB-COH-04375679Award and contract changes
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