--- title: "Supply of Diamond-II Group C Girder Vacuum Vessels" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-262c09c6-2047-4885-bd41-1751e9e691d3" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-262c09c6-2047-4885-bd41-1751e9e691d3" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-262c09c6-2047-4885-bd41-1751e9e691d3.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-262c09c6-2047-4885-bd41-1751e9e691d3.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Award" buyer: "DIAMOND LIGHT SOURCE LTD" published: "2024-10-09" --- # Supply of Diamond-II Group C Girder Vacuum Vessels Buyer: DIAMOND LIGHT SOURCE LTD Current stage: Award OCID: ocds-b5fd17-262c09c6-2047-4885-bd41-1751e9e691d3 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-262c09c6-2047-4885-bd41-1751e9e691d3) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-262c09c6-2047-4885-bd41-1751e9e691d3.json) ## Summary Diamond Light Source Ltd, located in Didcot, Oxfordshire, has completed a procurement process under the title "Supply of Diamond-II Group C Girder Vacuum Vessels," classified under the CPV code 44615000 for Pressure Vessels. The tender, initiated as an open procedure above the threshold, focused on the procurement stage of awarding the contract. The primary scope involved manufacturing several pre-series and production vessels required for the Diamond-II Storage Ring assembly, including design, trials, manufacture, welding, inspection, testing, and delivery. Key dates included the tender end on 24th June 2024, and the contract period running from 27th September 2024 to 11th May 2026 in Oxfordshire, with the awarded contract having a value of £1,457,018.99 to Strumenti Scientifici Cinel s.r.l. This tender presents significant business growth opportunities for companies specialising in high-precision engineering, manufacturing, and those capable of producing complex pressure vessels. Small and medium-sized enterprises are especially suited to compete, given Diamond Light Source Ltd’s emphasis on innovation and advanced manufacturing methods. Businesses that have expertise in development activities such as design, trials, welding, and inspection will find this procurement aligns well with their capabilities, allowing them to contribute to a high-profile scientific project and expand their portfolio in the scientific and industrial sectors. ## Notice 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 vessels 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. 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Link to the site: https://tenders.diamond.ac.uk/Home.aspx (https://tenders.diamond.ac.uk/Home.aspx). ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/a1dc9784-ff1c-4451-89eb-691be4d9a41b | | 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 | | All stages | Tender, Award | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 9 Oct 2024 | | Submission deadline | 24 Jun 2024 | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | 26 Sep 2024 | | Contract period | 26 Sep 2024 - 11 May 2026 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | Not specified | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | £1,457,018 | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Complete | | Lots status | Not specified | | Awards status | Active | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | DIAMOND LIGHT SOURCE LTD | | Locality | DIDCOT, OXFORDSHIRE | | Post town | Oxford | | Postcode | OX11 0DE | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLJ South East (England) | | ITL 2 | TLJ1 Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire | | ITL 3 | TLJ14 Oxfordshire CC | | Local authority | Vale of White Horse | | Electoral ward | Blewbury & Harwell | | Westminster constituency | Didcot and Wantage | | Delivery location | Not specified | ## Supplier | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Number of suppliers | 1 | | Supplier names | STRUMENTI SCIENTIFICI CINEL | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 44 - Construction structures and materials; auxiliary products to construction (except electric apparatus) ### Codes - 44615000 - Pressure vessels ## Release History - 9 Oct 2024 at 13:36 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/a1dc9784-ff1c-4451-89eb-691be4d9a41b - 22 May 2024 at 11:50 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/6579d62b-ed99-4fc3-899a-6ca72dfbd851 ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/a1dc9784-ff1c-4451-89eb-691be4d9a41b 9th October 2024 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/6579d62b-ed99-4fc3-899a-6ca72dfbd851 22nd May 2024 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder ## Notice URLs - https://tenders.diamond.ac.uk/Home.aspx ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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