Scope
Reference
9002631
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 this contract is to Supply, deliver, install and commission a Fizeau laser interferometer, subject to the performance specification. The specification details the
requirements for a Fizeau interferometer to accurately measure the surface quality of Xray optics for Diamond's beamlines in the Optics Metrology Lab (OML).
The Optics & Metrology group at Diamond requires a Fizeau interferometer with a ~ 150 mm diameter exit laser beam to measure the slope and figure error of synchrotron X-ray
mirrors and crystals. Such optics are manufactured from single-crystal silicon, often with a metallic coating to enhance X-ray reflectivity.
Advances in optical production technology, including ion beam figuring and elastic emission machining, mean that it is now possible to produce X-ray optics with figure errors less than 1 nm rms. To accurately characterise such optics, a measurement tool is required with an accuracy and repeatability.
Contract 1. 9002631 - Supply of a Fizeau Intererometer for Diamond Light Source
Supplier
Contract value
- £213,500 excluding VAT
- £256,200 including VAT
Above the relevant threshold
Award decision date
29 September 2025
Date assessment summaries were sent to tenderers
29 September 2025
Standstill period
- End: 8 October 2025
- 8 working days
Earliest date the contract will be signed
9 October 2025
Contract dates (estimated)
- 9 October 2025 to 16 March 2026
- 5 months, 8 days
Main procurement category
Goods
CPV classifications
- 38636000 - Specialist optical instruments
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
LAMBDA PHOTOMETRICS LIMITED
- Companies House: 01332370
- Public Procurement Organisation Number: PLZC-1136-LQGN
Lambda House
Harpenden
AL5 5BZ
United Kingdom
Email: contact@lambdaphoto.co.uk
Website: http://www.lambdaphoto.co.uk
Region: UKH23 - Hertfordshire
Small or medium-sized enterprise (SME): Yes
Voluntary, community or social enterprise (VCSE): No
Supported employment provider: No
Public service mutual: No
Contract 1. 9002631 - Supply of a Fizeau Intererometer for 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