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Published 11 Jul 2024, 17:31 BST

Official UK procurement notice

9000817 - Supply of D-II Magnet Mechanical Assemblies

Official notice

Authority: DIAMOND LIGHT SOURCE LIMITED (Central government)

GoodsOpen procedureSME suitable
Awarded value£2,482,355published contract · exc. VAT
Submissions closed 12 Aug 2024awarded 23 Sept 2024
Awarded to RTC Engineering s.a.

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Located on the Harwell Science and Innovation Campus in Oxfordshire, Diamond is a cutting edge facility for science, engineering and innovation. It is the largest science facility to be

built in the UK for 40 years and produces ultra-violet, infra-red and X-ray beams of exceptional brightness. Diamond allows researchers from academia and industry to investigate the structure and behaviour of the world around us at the atomic and molecular level. Areas of investigation include fields such as medicine, the environment, materials and engineering science, physics, chemistry and heritage science. The research undertaken at Diamond brings economic, health and quality of life benefits to the UK and further afield.

The scope of this contract is to carry out manufacture, assembly, quality control and delivery to Diamond of 108 DL magnet mechanical assemblies for the Diamond-II storage

ring, in accordance with the specification.

CPV: Miscellaneous general and special-purpose machinery

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Awarded
Delivery: South East
Variant bids: not allowed

What it takes to win
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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 more
How bids were scored
Quality: 55%Price: 45%
Published sub-criteria (5)
  • Technical Quality: 30%
  • Experience: 15%
  • Delivery: 10%
  • Commercial: 5%
  • price: 40%
Published award criteria (5)
  • Technical Quality: 30
  • Experience: 15
  • Commercial: 5
  • Delivery: 10
  • Price: 40
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 45 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4.5 points. Quality carries 55 of 100: the paper moves it further than 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
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Goods
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
11 Jul 2024, 17:31 BST
Last source update
1 Oct 2024, 13:34 BST
Award evaluation window
12 Aug 2024 – …
Authority reference
9000817
FTS notice number
2024/S 000-031363
Classification (CPV)
Miscellaneous general and special-purpose machinery
Delivery area
South East (UKJ14)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-047cc0 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: portal not identified
Language: EN
Submission deadline
12 Aug 2024, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
90 days from the deadline
Bids opened
12 Aug 2024, 13:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

12 Aug 2024 → 1 Oct 2024 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    12 Aug 2024, 12:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    12 Aug 2024, 13:00 BST
  3. Notice published
    1 Oct 2024, 13:34 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    1 Oct 2024, 13:34 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £2,482,3551 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 22 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 23 Sept 2024
Awarded toValueDateStatus
RTC Engineering s.a.SMESupply of D-II Magnet Mechanical Assemblies£2,482,355 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Supply of D-II Magnet Mechanical Assemblies · RTC Engineering s.a.SME

    Signed
    23 Sept 2024
    Value
    £2,482,355
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
2bids · 2 electronic2——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Diamond Light Source Ltd

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentBody governed by public lawScientific Research GB-COH: 4375679 Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot, South East, OX11 0DEContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Diamond LIght SourceReview body Didcot

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.