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Published 25 Oct 2023, 11:11 BST

Official UK procurement notice

DLSITT1007 - Storage Ring Quadrupole Magnets

Official notice

Authority: DIAMOND LIGHT SOURCE LIMITED (Central government)

GoodsOpen procedureSME suitable
Sectors: Electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting (31) Delivery: South East (UKJ14)
Awarded value£7,435,310published contract · exc. VAT
Submissions closed 12 Feb 2024awarded 22 Mar 2024
Awarded to Sigmaphi
Contract term 3 yrs 1 moends 30 Apr 2027 · starts 28 Mar 2024

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Located on the Harwell Science and Innovation Campus in Oxfordshire, Diamond 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. The Diamond-II Project is 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 this contract is to carry out detailed design, manufacture, quality control,magnetic measurements and delivery to Diamond of a total of 447 quadrupole magnets

(including 4 pre-series magnets and 5 special types) for the Diamond-II upgrade, in accordance with the specification.

CPV: Magnets

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Awarded 3 yrs 1 mo
Contract period: 28 Mar 2024 – 30 Apr 2027 (3 yrs 1 mo)
Delivery: South East
Variant bids: not allowed

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
How bids were scored
Quality: 100%
Published sub-criteria (5)
  • Design: 30%
  • Materials and Production Methods: 30%
  • QA Plan including Magnetic Measurement capability: 30%
  • Promotion of health and wellbeing among staff: 5%
  • tify and manage the risks of slavery in supply chain: 5%
Published award criteria (6)
  • Design: 30
  • Materials and Production Methods: 30
  • QA Plan including Magnetic Measurement capability: 30
  • Promotion of health and wellbeing among staff: 5
  • tify and manage the risks of slavery in supply chain: 5
  • Price: Lowest above quality threshold

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Goods
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
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
25 Oct 2023, 11:11 BST
Last source update
4 Apr 2024, 09:55 BST
Award evaluation window
12 Feb 2024 – …
Authority reference
9000367
FTS notice number
2024/S 000-010871
Classification (CPV)
Magnets
Delivery area
South East (UKJ14)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-040ec4 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
12 Feb 2024, 12:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
90 days from the deadline
Bids opened
12 Feb 2024, 13:00 GMT

Timeline

14 Dec 2023 → 4 Apr 2024 · 5 dates
  1. Next notice expected
    14 Dec 2023
  2. Submission deadline
    12 Feb 2024, 12:00 GMT
  3. Bids opened
    12 Feb 2024, 13:00 GMT
  4. Contract starts
    28 Mar 2024
  5. Notice published
    4 Apr 2024, 09:55 BST

Notice history

4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 12 Jan 2024
  1. Status changed to active
    12 Jan 2024, 16:36 GMT
  2. Procurement method changed
    12 Jan 2024, 16:36 GMT
  3. Deadline published: 12 Feb 2024, 12:00 GMT
    12 Jan 2024, 16:36 GMT
  4. Status changed to complete
    4 Apr 2024, 09:55 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £7,435,3101 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 54 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 22 Mar 2024
Awarded toValueDateStatus
SigmaphiSMEStorage Ring Quadrupole Magnets——Awarded

Contracts

  • Storage Ring Quadrupole Magnets · SigmaphiSME

    Signed
    22 Mar 2024
    Value
    £7,435,310
    Period
    … – 30 Apr 2027
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
5bids · 5 electronic4——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Diamond Light Source Ltd

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentBody governed by public lawScientific Research GB-COH: 4375679 Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot, South East, OX11 0EDContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Diamond Light SourceReview body Didcot

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • SigmaphiAwarded supplier434016176 Zi du Prat, Rue des Freres Montgolfier, Vannes, FR, F 56000

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.