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DLSITT1027 - Supply of Diamond-II Group E - Part 1 Girder Vacuum Vessel Crotch Absorber Assemblies

DIAMOND LIGHT SOURCE LTD

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23 Jan 2025 at 14:09

Award Notice
Tender

28 Oct 2024 at 11:05

Tender Notice
Summary of the contracting process

Diamond Light Source Ltd (DLS), situated at the Harwell Science and Innovation Campus in Oxfordshire, has awarded the contract for "DLSITT1027 - Supply of Diamond-II Group E - Part 1 Girder Vacuum Vessel Crotch Absorber Assemblies" to FMB Feinwerk und Messtechnik GmbH. The procurement process was an open procedure and aimed at enhancing the Diamond-II upgrade, which includes the manufacturing of pressure vessels. The tender, published on 28th October 2024, had a submission deadline of 27th November 2024. The contract officially commenced on 6th January 2025 and will run until 16th December 2026, focusing on the manufacture, design, trials, welding, inspection, testing, and delivery of specified absorbers, but not their installation. The total value of the contract awarded is £635,697.77.

This contract presents significant opportunities for businesses in the high-tech manufacturing and engineering sectors, particularly those specialising in precision instruments and pressure vessels. Companies capable of conducting complex development and testing processes stand to gain from the association with a prestigious research facility such as Diamond Light Source. Moreover, the scope of this upgrade project ensures that involvement can bolster a company’s credentials, potentially opening doors for future collaborations within the scientific and industrial research community. SMEs are encouraged to engage, given their suitability highlighted in the tender documents.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

DLSITT1027 - Supply of Diamond-II Group E - Part 1 Girder Vacuum Vessel Crotch Absorber Assemblies

Notice 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. The scope of the contract is to manufacture a number of Pre-series and Production crotch Absorber assembies which will be required for the assembly of the Diamond-II Storage Ring, this will require several development activities, such as design, trials, manufacture, welding, inspection, testing and delivery to Diamond Light Source. Installation at DLS is not included.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-b5fd17-f28ade10-eed9-4258-8696-516df4bff62d
Publication Source
Contracts Finder
Latest Notice
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/5bbfd5df-21ba-470f-a047-2d3fd5e60c6b
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Award Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Goods
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure (above threshold)
Tender Suitability
SME
Awardee Scale
SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

44 - Construction structures and materials; auxiliary products to construction (except electric apparatus)

CPV Codes

44615000 - Pressure vessels

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
£635,697 £500K-£1M
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
23 Jan 20251 years ago
Submission Deadline
27 Nov 2024Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
6 Jan 20251 years ago
Contract Period
6 Jan 2025 - 16 Dec 2026 1-2 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Not Specified
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
DIAMOND LIGHT SOURCE LTD
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
DIDCOT, OXFORDSHIRE
Postcode
OX11 0DE
Post Town
Oxford
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLJ South East (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLJ1 Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLJ14 Oxfordshire CC
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Vale of White Horse
Electoral Ward
Blewbury & Harwell
Westminster Constituency
Didcot and Wantage

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

FMB FEINWERK UND MESSTECHNIK

Further Information

Notice Documents

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