Official UK procurement notice
8053902 - Supply of XRF Microscope for Beamline I18
Authority: DIAMOND LIGHT SOURCE LIMITED (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionLocated 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.
CPV: Fluorescent microscopes
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedPublished value£350,000
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (4)
- Technical Quality: 25%
- Experience: 25%
- Options: 10%
- Price: 40%
Published award criteria (4)
- Technical Quality
- Experience
- Options
- Price
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 21 Oct 2025, 14:49 BST
- Last source update
- 7 Jan 2026, 15:38 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 1 Dec 2025
- Authority reference
8053902- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-067146- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05d0d1Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 20 Nov 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Please email tender submission to:
and send a hard copy to:
Diamond Procurement
Diamond House
Diamond Light Soure Ltd
Harwell Science and Innovation Campus
Didcot
Oxon
OX11 0DE
UK
Timeline
21 Oct 2025 → 7 Jan 2026 · 7 dates- Tender notice published372 days ago21 Oct 2025, 14:49 BST
- Submission deadline342 days ago20 Nov 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Assessment summaries sent338 days ago24 Nov 2025
- Award decision expected by330 days ago1 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Standstill ends327 days ago4 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts316 days ago16 Dec 2025
- Latest notice published294 days ago7 Jan 2026, 15:38 GMT
Notice history
5 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 21 Oct 2025- Tender notice published21 Oct 2025, 14:49 BSTUK4
- Contract award notice published24 Nov 2025, 11:59 GMTUK6
- Status changed to complete24 Nov 2025, 11:59 GMT
- Contract signature expected5 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMTscheduled
- Contract details notice published7 Jan 2026, 15:38 GMTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| BlueScientific LtdSMESupply of XRF Microscope for Beamline I185 Dec 2025 – 20 Apr 2026 | £272,898 | 24 Nov 2025 | Awarded |
Contracts
8053902 - Supply of XRF Microscope forBeamline I18 · BlueScientific LtdSME
- Signed
- 5 Dec 2025
- Value
- £317,184
- Period
- 5 Dec 2025 – 27 Apr 2026
- Status
- active
No agreed KPIs: Contract value is below £5 million.
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3final-stage tenders | 3 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- BLUESCIENTIFIC LIMITEDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Technical specifications Visit our web page: https://tenders.diamond.ac.uk Here Suppliers are required to complete a one-off simple registration form. You are then able to login to register an interest against the tender and download the Tender Documents.
Notices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender