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# Multilayer Deposition System

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/multilayer-deposition-system-ocds-h6vhtk-02de6d). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** DIAMOND LIGHT SOURCE LIMITED: "Multilayer Deposition System". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 7 Oct 2021, 12:00 BST. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [DIAMOND LIGHT SOURCE LIMITED](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/diamond-light-source-limited-coh-04375679)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** 7 October 2021 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Miscellaneous general and special-purpose machinery
- **Delivery Location:** UKJ14
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-02de6d`

## 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/multilayer-deposition-system-ocds-h6vhtk-02de6d#tl-md)

## Description
The scope of the contract is to design, manufacture, test and deliver a fully functional ready to use Multilayer Deposition System (MDS) based on the DC sputter technique.  The MDS will be installed in the DLS Optics Fabrication Building for the fabrication of high-quality single layer and multilayer X-ray optics for use on Diamond beamlines,

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

- **Delivery regions:** UKJ

- **Description:** The multilayer deposition system (MDS) is a thin film deposition system using DC magnetron sputter deposition.  The system shall be custom designed and built based on our functional specifications as outlined in the specification.  The MDS shall have...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** Supply of a Multilayer Deposition System (active)
  - Award id: `030382-2021-8013404-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Bestec GmbH**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-37008`
  - Value: €1,534,000 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Supply of a Multilayer Deposition System (active)
  - Signed Value: €1,534,000
  - Signed Date: 03/12/2021

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F030382-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-12-07T15:18:48.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T05:17:48.985Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-02de6d