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Published 11 Oct 2024, 10:29 BST

Official UK procurement notice

DLSPAG0160 - Supply of Vacuum Gauges & Control Units for Diamond-II

Official notice

Authority: DIAMOND LIGHT SOURCE LIMITED (Central government)

GoodsAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Sectors: Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) (38) Delivery: South East (UKJ14)
Awarded value£767,1952 contracts · exc. VAT
Awarded 23 Oct 2024no call for competition
Awarded to MKS Instruments UK Ltd2 awards

What is being bought

Published requirement 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 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 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.

Currently Diamond has a legacy installation of around 1000 Gauge sets and 500 Gauge controllers from MKS. In the Diamond-II accelerator upgrade we plan on using the legacy controllers and purchase new gauges and a few additional new controllers. Approximately numbers of new kit for Diamond-II is 370 gauge sets and 55 Gauge controllers.

  1. The MKS gauge controllers which are currently integrated in the racks and control systems for Diamond are planned to be used again on Diamond II accelerators.
  2. The MKS gauge controllers are not compatible with any other makers gauges in the market.
  3. There are no gauge controllers in the market which are compatible with the MKS gauges.
  4. It is not currently possible to buy gauges and controllers from an alternative supplier to fit with what we already have.

There are no gauge controllers in the market that have a fast response trigger that can be used without fast valve controller system.

The requirement is for equipment that is compatible with the existing installation:

  • Pirani gauges
  • Inverted Magnetron vacuum gauges
  • Vacuum gauge control units

CPV: Pressure gauges

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Awarded
Delivery: South East

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Goods
Notice status
Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
11 Oct 2024, 10:29 BST
Last source update
30 Oct 2024, 13:55 GMT
Authority reference
DLSPAG0160
FTS notice number
2024/S 000-035175
Classification (CPV)
Pressure gauges
Delivery area
South East (UKJ14)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04a7e9 Find a Tender
Why no open competition
The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
Published justification

Currently Diamond has a legacy installation of around 1000 Gauge sets and 500 Gauge controllers from MKS. In the Diamond-II accelerator upgrade we plan on using the legacy controllers and purchase new gauges and a few additional new controllers. Approximately numbers of new kit for Diamond-II is 370 gauge sets and 55 Gauge controllers.

  1. The MKS gauge controllers which are currently integrated in the racks and control systems for Diamond are planned to be used again on Diamond II accelerators.
  2. The MKS gauge controllers are not compatible with any other makers gauges in the market.
  3. There are no gauge controllers in the market which are compatible with the MKS gauges.
  4. It is not currently possible to buy gauges and controllers from an alternative supplier to fit with what we already have.

There are no gauge controllers in the market that have a fast response trigger that can be used without fast valve controller system.

The requirement is for equipment that is compatible with the existing installation:

  • Pirani gauges
  • Inverted Magnetron vacuum gauges
  • Vacuum gauge control units

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 2
Awarded value £767,1952 contracts exc. VAT
Bids received 1
Contracts signed 2latest 23 Oct 2024
Awarded toValueDateStatus
MKS Instruments UK Ltd£767,195 †—Awarded
MKS Instruments UK LtdSupply of Vacuum Gauges & Control Units for Diamond-II£0 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1bids———

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

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Diamond Light SourceReview body Didcot

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • MKS Instruments UK LtdAwarded supplierGB-COH: 06391618 2 Cowley Way, Weston Road,, Crewe, Cheshire, North West, CW1 6AE

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.