Notice Information
Notice Title
9002631 - Supply of a Fizeau Interferometer for Diamond Light Source
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 this contract is to Supply, deliver, install and commission a Fizeau laser interferometer, subject to the performance specification. The specification details the requirements for a Fizeau interferometer to accurately measure the surface quality of Xray optics for Diamond's beamlines in the Optics Metrology Lab (OML). The Optics & Metrology group at Diamond requires a Fizeau interferometer with a ~ 150 mm diameter exit laser beam to measure the slope and figure error of synchrotron X-ray mirrors and crystals. Such optics are manufactured from single-crystal silicon, often with a metallic coating to enhance X-ray reflectivity. Advances in optical production technology, including ion beam figuring and elastic emission machining, mean that it is now possible to produce X-ray optics with figure errors less than 1 nm rms. To accurately characterise such optics, a measurement tool is required with an accuracy and repeatability.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-058a87
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/066313-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK7 - Contract Details Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Goods
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- SME
- Awardee Scale
- SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
38 - Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)
-
- CPV Codes
38636000 - Specialist optical instruments
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £270,000 £100K-£500K
- Lots Value
- £270,000 £100K-£500K
- Awards Value
- £213,500 £100K-£500K
- Contracts Value
- £222,518 £100K-£500K
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 17 Oct 20254 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 18 Sep 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 28 Sep 20254 months ago
- Contract Period
- 14 Oct 2025 - 30 Mar 2026 1-6 months
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- DIAMOND LIGHT SOURCE LIMITED
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- procurement@diamond.ac.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- DIDCOT
- 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
- TLJ14 Oxfordshire CC
-
- Local Authority
- Vale of White Horse
- Electoral Ward
- Blewbury & Harwell
- Westminster Constituency
- Didcot and Wantage
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/066313-2025
17th October 2025 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/060420-2025
29th September 2025 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/049834-2025
19th August 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://Tenders.diamond.ac.uk
Visit our web page: https://tenders.diamond.ac.uk Here Suppliers are requried to complete a one-off simple registration form. You are then able to login to regiter an interest against the tender and download the Tender Documents.
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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