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DLSITT1100 - Supply of APPLE-II Undulator for Beamline K07 for Diamond Light Source

Diamond Light Source Ltd

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20 Jul 2026 at 10:14

UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Tender

26 May 2026 at 09:41

UK4 - Tender Notice
Summary of the contracting process

Diamond Light Source Limited procured one complete eight-axis, out-of-vacuum APPLE-II undulator for beamline K07 as part of its Diamond-II facility upgrade. The requirement covered design, manufacture, testing and delivery, together with drawings and documentation enabling Diamond Light Source to operate and maintain the insertion device without supplier support. The undulator is a permanent magnetic structure with a 64 mm period length and a physical operating gap of 14 to 65 mm. This is specialist laboratory, optical and precision equipment. The equipment is for Diamond Light Source at the Harwell Science and Innovation Campus in Didcot, Oxfordshire, supporting the facility’s research capabilities for investigating matter at atomic and molecular level across life and physical sciences.

The procurement has been completed and awarded following an open procedure. Kyma S.p.A. was selected as supplier for the single lot. The award decision period ended on 15 July 2026, and the contract was signed on 17 July 2026. The contract runs from 30 July 2026 to 21 October 2027, while the stated lot delivery period runs to 29 October 2027. The estimated procurement value was £800,000 excluding VAT (£960,000 including VAT). The signed contract value is £797,000 excluding VAT (£956,400 including VAT). Evaluation allocated 40% to technical quality and experience, 40% to price, 10% to delivery, 5% to supplying the DLS control rack and 5% to commercial factors. The lot was identified as suitable for SMEs.

This award demonstrates demand from Diamond Light Source for highly specialised insertion-device engineering rather than general laboratory equipment supply. A credible future competitor would need to design, manufacture and test an eight-axis out-of-vacuum APPLE-II undulator, using a permanent magnetic structure with tightly controlled period length and operating-gap performance. The requirement also favours suppliers able to provide complete engineering drawings and maintenance documentation so the facility can operate independently of supplier support. Technical quality and relevant experience carried the same weighting as price, so evidence of comparable specialist equipment delivery would be important. Delivery planning, control-rack capability and commercial management also formed part of the assessment. The opportunity was suitable for SMEs, indicating that a technically capable specialist manufacturer could compete without being a large organisation.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

DLSITT1100 - Supply of APPLE-II Undulator for Beamline K07 for Diamond Light Source

Notice Description

Located on the Harwell Science & Innovation Campus in Oxfordshire, Diamond Light Source (DLS) is a leading-edge facility for science, engineering and innovation. DLS 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 for the design, manufacture, test, and delivery to DLS of one complete eight axis out-of-vacuum APPLE-II undulator, subject to the performance specification, together with all the necessary drawings and documentation to ensure the insertion devices (IDs) can be operated and maintained without Supplier support. The APPLE-II undulator must comprise of an out-of-vacuum permanent magnetic structure with a period length of 64 mm, designed to operate over a physical gap range of 14 to 65 mm, where physical gap refers to the minimum clearance between the upper and lower magnet surfaces, taking the magnet coating thickness into account.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-06a2b8
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/068089-2026
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
£800,000 £500K-£1M
Lots Value
£800,000 £500K-£1M
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£797,000 £500K-£1M

Notice Dates

Publication Date
20 Jul 20262 months ago
Submission Deadline
25 Jun 2026Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
17 Jul 2026 - 21 Oct 2027 1-2 years
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 Ltd
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
DIDCOT
Postcode
OX11 0DE
Postcode Area
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 S.p.A.

Further Information

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