Official UK procurement notice
9001646 - Supply of 1st Collimating Mirror for Beamline K18
Authority: DIAMOND LIGHT SOURCE LIMITED (Central government)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionLocated on the Harwell Science and Innovation Campus in Oxfordshire, Diamond is a leading-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.
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 correlative methods. This will be transformative in speed and spatial resolution and will offer users streamlined access to enhanced instruments for life and physical science.
The scope of the contract is for the design, supply of material, manufacture, assembly, test, delivery, installation and commissioning of a collimating mirror system (M1) for the K18
beamline.
The minimum scope of the contract is the design, manufacture, test, and delivery of:
- M1 upward reflecting, vertical collimating, white beam X-ray mirror & mechanics.
- Motorized mechanical bender to adjust the curvature of M1's reflecting surface.
- Motorized gravitational sag compensator.
- Cooling arrangements as described in the specification.
- Vacuum vessel and associated controls.
- Support frame.
- Interface to beamline services.
CPV: Mirrors
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
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 (5)
- Technical Quality: 25%
- Experience & Capacity: 25%
- Delivery: 5%
- Commercial: 5%
- price: 40%
Published award criteria (5)
- Technical Quality: 25
- Experience & Capacity: 25
- Delivery: 5
- Commercial: 5
- Price: 40
- 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 Dec 2024, 09:46 GMT
- Last source update
- 24 Apr 2025, 16:11 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 22 Jan 2025 – …
- Authority reference
9001646- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-016855- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04c633Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 22 Jan 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 90 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 22 Jan 2025, 13:00 GMT
Timeline
22 Jan 2025 → 24 Apr 2025 · 3 dates- Submission deadline22 Jan 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Bids opened22 Jan 2025, 13:00 GMT
- Notice published24 Apr 2025, 16:11 BST
Notice history
2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 24 Apr 2025- Status changed to complete24 Apr 2025, 16:11 BST
- Buyer details updated24 Apr 2025, 16:11 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| XDS OXFORD LIMITEDSupply of 1st Collimating Mirror for Beamlines K18 for DLS | £300,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Supply of 1st Collimating Mirror for Beamlines K18 for DLS · XDS OXFORD LIMITED
- Signed
- 24 Mar 2025
- Value
- £300,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4bids · 4 electronic | 4 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- Diamond Light Source LtdContracting authorityBody governed by public lawScientific Research
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Diamond Light SourceReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- XDS Oxford LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.