Scope
Reference
9003543
Description
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 Double Toroidal Focussing Mirror System for the K18 beamline.
The minimum scope of the contract is the design, manufacture, test, and delivery of:
• M2 downward deflecting, tangentially bent, double toroidal focusing, monochromatic Xray beam mirror & mechanics.
• Motorized elliptical 4-point mechanical bender to adjust tangential curvature of the mirror
reflecting surface.
• Motorized gravitational sag compensator(s).
• Temperature monitoring
• Temperature stabilisation if required
• Vacuum vessel and associated controls.
• Support frame
• Interface to beamline services.
and includes the following:
• Design
• Contract Terms and Conditions
• Supply and purchasing of materials and components.
• Quality Assurance
• Manufacture of mirror system
• Inspection
• Cleaning
• Assembly
• Vacuum baking
• Testing
• Packing and Delivery
Contract 1. 9003543 - Double Toroidal Focussing Mirror System (M2) for Beamline K18
Supplier
Contract value
- £434,000 excluding VAT
- £520,800 including VAT
Above the relevant threshold
Award decision date
19 January 2026
Date assessment summaries were sent to tenderers
19 January 2026
Standstill period
- End: 28 January 2026
- 8 working days
Earliest date the contract will be signed
30 January 2026
Contract dates (estimated)
- 30 January 2026 to 30 June 2027
- 1 year, 5 months, 2 days
Main procurement category
Goods
CPV classifications
- 38622000 - Mirrors
Contract locations
- UKJ14 - Oxfordshire
Information about tenders
- 2 tenders received
- 2 tenders assessed in the final stage:
- 2 submitted by small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)
- 0 submitted by voluntary, community and social enterprises (VCSE)
- 1 supplier awarded contracts
- 1 supplier unsuccessful (details included for contracts over £5 million)
Procedure
Procedure type
Open procedure
Supplier
INSTRUMENT DESIGN TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
- Companies House: 03950882
- Public Procurement Organisation Number: PXXJ-4619-ZMQW
Unit 2 Turnstone Business Park
Widnes
WA8 0WN
United Kingdom
Email: ford@idtnet.co.uk
Website: http://www.idtnet.co.uk
Region: UKD71 - East Merseyside
Small or medium-sized enterprise (SME): Yes
Voluntary, community or social enterprise (VCSE): No
Supported employment provider: No
Public service mutual: No
Contract 1. 9003543 - Double Toroidal Focussing Mirror System (M2) for Beamline K18
Contracting authority
DIAMOND LIGHT SOURCE LIMITED
- Companies House: 04375679
- Public Procurement Organisation Number: PNGG-3778-PWBM
Diamond House
Didcot
OX11 0DE
United Kingdom
Email: procurement@diamond.ac.uk
Region: UKJ14 - Oxfordshire
Organisation type: Public authority - central government