Award

9003983 - Supply of the APPLE-II Undulator for I08

DIAMOND LIGHT SOURCE LIMITED

This public procurement record has 3 releases in its history.

Award

17 Mar 2026 at 15:55

Award

25 Feb 2026 at 15:10

Tender

04 Dec 2025 at 14:51

Summary of the contracting process

The procurement process for the supply of the APPLE-II Undulator for Diamond Light Source Limited involves the design, manufacture, testing, and delivery of precision laboratory equipments. The purchasing organisation, Diamond Light Source Limited, situated on the Harwell Science and Innovation Campus in Oxfordshire, is handling this upgrade project as part of the Diamond-II initiative to enhance scientific research capabilities. The procurement method utilised is the open procedure, and it has reached the award stage, with the contract active from 10th March 2026 to 6th September 2027. This tender is categorised under Laboratory and optical equipment, ensuring compliance with central government standards.

This contract offers significant opportunities for businesses in the precision engineering and laboratory equipment manufacturing sectors, highlighted by the active participation of suppliers such as Kyma S.p.A. that specialise in complex equipment manufacturing. Companies experienced in technical quality and control systems for scientific research facilities are well-suited to compete in such tenders, promoting growth through collaboration with leading organisations like Diamond Light Source Limited. SMEs with capabilities in precision engineering could greatly benefit from these initiatives, leveraging the business opportunities provided through public procurement to expand their influence in the scientific and research industry segments.

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Notice Title

9003983 - Supply of the APPLE-II Undulator for I08

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 the design, manufacture, test and delivery to DLS of one complete eight axes out-of-vacuum APPLE-II undulator, subject to the performance specification, together with all the necessary drawings and documentation to ensure the insertion device (ID) can be operated and maintained without supplier support if necessary

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-05eee5
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/024223-2026
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

38000000 - Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£1,500,000 £1M-£10M
Lots Value
£1,500,000 £1M-£10M
Awards Value
£1,130,000 £1M-£10M
Contracts Value
£1,130,000 £1M-£10M

Notice Dates

Publication Date
17 Mar 20261 months ago
Submission Deadline
20 Jan 2026Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
25 Feb 20261 months ago
Contract Period
10 Mar 2026 - 6 Sep 2027 1-2 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Complete
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Active

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
DIAMOND LIGHT SOURCE LIMITED
Contact Name
Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Contact Email
Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Contact Phone
Available with D3 Tenders Premium →

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

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

KYMA

Further Information

Notice Documents

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