Scope
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 coordinated 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 to supply, delivery and install a new, off-the-shelf, XRF Microscope.
Contract 1. Supply of XRF Microscope for Beamline I18
Supplier
Contract value
- £272,898 excluding VAT
- £327,477.60 including VAT
Above the relevant threshold
Award decision date
24 November 2025
Date assessment summaries were sent to tenderers
24 November 2025
Standstill period
- End: 4 December 2025
- 8 working days
Earliest date the contract will be signed
5 December 2025
Contract dates (estimated)
- 5 December 2025 to 20 April 2026
- 4 months, 16 days
Main procurement category
Goods
CPV classifications
- 38515200 - Fluorescent microscopes
Contract locations
- UKJ14 - Oxfordshire
Information about tenders
- 3 tenders received
- 3 tenders assessed in the final stage:
- 3 submitted by small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)
- 0 submitted by voluntary, community and social enterprises (VCSE)
- 1 supplier awarded contracts
- 2 suppliers unsuccessful (details included for contracts over £5 million)
Procedure
Procedure type
Open procedure
Supplier
BLUESCIENTIFIC LIMITED
- Companies House: 08658405
- Public Procurement Organisation Number: PPJG-6397-YPBQ
St John's Innovation Centre, Cowley Road
Cambridge
CB4 0WS
United Kingdom
Email: info@blue-scientific.com
Website: https://blue-scientific.com/
Region: UKH12 - Cambridgeshire CC
Small or medium-sized enterprise (SME): Yes
Voluntary, community or social enterprise (VCSE): No
Supported employment provider: No
Public service mutual: No
Contract 1. Supply of XRF Microscope for Beamline I18
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