Scope
Reference
9003203
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 for the design, supply of material, manufacture, assembly, test and delivery of two mirrors and their position adjustment systems for the K14 Beamline.
The minimum scope of the contract is the design, manufacture, test, and delivery of:
• M1 - upward reflecting, vertical collimating, white beam mirror & mechanics.
• M2 - downward reflecting, toroidal focussing, monochromatic beam mirror & mechanics.
• Cooling arrangements.
• Vacuum system
• Support system
• Interface to beamline services
Further details to be found in Specification.
Contract 1. 9003203 - K14 SWIFT Beamline M1 and M2 Mirror Systems for Diamond Light Source
Supplier
Contract value
- £736,000 excluding VAT
- £883,200 including VAT
Above the relevant threshold
Award decision date
5 December 2025
Date assessment summaries were sent to tenderers
5 December 2025
Standstill period
- End: 16 December 2025
- 8 working days
Earliest date the contract will be signed
12 January 2026
Contract dates (estimated)
- 12 January 2026 to 12 July 2027
- 1 year, 6 months, 1 day
Main procurement category
Goods
CPV classifications
- 38622000 - Mirrors
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
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. 9003203 - K14 SWIFT Beamline M1 and M2 Mirror Systems 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