Scope
Reference
9004002
Description
Located 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.
The scope of the contract is for the design, supply, manufacture, assembly, test, delivery, installation and commissioning of a Double Multilayer Monochromator for the I13 Imaging Beamline.
Contract 1. 9004002 - Supply of Harmonics Rejection Mirror Systems for 14 SWIFT Beamline at Diamond Light Source
Supplier
Contract value
- £320,000 excluding VAT
- £384,000 including VAT
Above the relevant threshold
Award decision date
25 February 2026
Date assessment summaries were sent to tenderers
25 February 2026
Standstill period
- End: 6 March 2026
- 8 working days
Earliest date the contract will be signed
10 March 2026
Contract dates (estimated)
- 10 March 2026 to 30 September 2027
- 1 year, 6 months, 22 days
Main procurement category
Goods
CPV classifications
- 38622000 - Mirrors
Contract locations
- UKJ14 - Oxfordshire
Information about tenders
- 1 tender received
- 1 tender assessed in the final stage:
- 1 submitted by small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)
- 0 submitted by voluntary, community and social enterprises (VCSE)
- 1 supplier awarded contracts
- 0 suppliers unsuccessful (details included for contracts over £5 million)
Procedure
Procedure type
Open procedure
Supplier
XDS OXFORD LIMITED
- Companies House: 04138193
- Public Procurement Organisation Number: PLZV-5432-GJHR
Unit 1 Ferry Mills
Oxford
OX2 0ES
United Kingdom
Email: sales@xds-oxford.com
Website: https://xds-oxford.com/
Region: UKJ14 - Oxfordshire
Small or medium-sized enterprise (SME): Yes
Voluntary, community or social enterprise (VCSE): No
Supported employment provider: No
Public service mutual: No
Contract 1. 9004002 - Supply of Harmonics Rejection Mirror Systems for 14 SWIFT Beamline at Diamond Light Source
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