Official UK procurement notice
DLSPAG0160 - Supply of Vacuum Gauges & Control Units for Diamond-II
Authority: DIAMOND LIGHT SOURCE LIMITED (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionLocated 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 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.
Currently Diamond has a legacy installation of around 1000 Gauge sets and 500 Gauge controllers from MKS. In the Diamond-II accelerator upgrade we plan on using the legacy controllers and purchase new gauges and a few additional new controllers. Approximately numbers of new kit for Diamond-II is 370 gauge sets and 55 Gauge controllers.
- The MKS gauge controllers which are currently integrated in the racks and control systems for Diamond are planned to be used again on Diamond II accelerators.
- The MKS gauge controllers are not compatible with any other makers gauges in the market.
- There are no gauge controllers in the market which are compatible with the MKS gauges.
- It is not currently possible to buy gauges and controllers from an alternative supplier to fit with what we already have.
There are no gauge controllers in the market that have a fast response trigger that can be used without fast valve controller system.
The requirement is for equipment that is compatible with the existing installation:
- Pirani gauges
- Inverted Magnetron vacuum gauges
- Vacuum gauge control units
CPV: Pressure gauges
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 11 Oct 2024, 10:29 BST
- Last source update
- 30 Oct 2024, 13:55 GMT
- Authority reference
DLSPAG0160- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-035175- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04a7e9Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
Currently Diamond has a legacy installation of around 1000 Gauge sets and 500 Gauge controllers from MKS. In the Diamond-II accelerator upgrade we plan on using the legacy controllers and purchase new gauges and a few additional new controllers. Approximately numbers of new kit for Diamond-II is 370 gauge sets and 55 Gauge controllers.
- The MKS gauge controllers which are currently integrated in the racks and control systems for Diamond are planned to be used again on Diamond II accelerators.
- The MKS gauge controllers are not compatible with any other makers gauges in the market.
- There are no gauge controllers in the market which are compatible with the MKS gauges.
- It is not currently possible to buy gauges and controllers from an alternative supplier to fit with what we already have.
There are no gauge controllers in the market that have a fast response trigger that can be used without fast valve controller system.
The requirement is for equipment that is compatible with the existing installation:
- Pirani gauges
- Inverted Magnetron vacuum gauges
- Vacuum gauge control units
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| MKS Instruments UK Ltd | £767,195 † | — | Awarded |
| MKS Instruments UK LtdSupply of Vacuum Gauges & Control Units for Diamond-II | £0 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Supply of Vacuum Gauges & Control Units for Diamond-II · MKS Instruments UK Ltd
- Signed
- 23 Oct 2024
- Value
- £0
- Status
- active
Contract 032736-2024-1 · MKS Instruments UK Ltd
- Signed
- 11 Oct 2024
- Value
- £767,195
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Diamond Light SourceReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- MKS Instruments UK LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.