--- title: "9003983 - Supply of the APPLE-II Undulator for I08" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-05eee5" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-05eee5" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-05eee5.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-05eee5.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Award" buyer: "DIAMOND LIGHT SOURCE LIMITED" published: "2026-03-17" --- # 9003983 - Supply of the APPLE-II Undulator for I08 Buyer: DIAMOND LIGHT SOURCE LIMITED Current stage: Award OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-05eee5 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-05eee5) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-05eee5.json) ## Summary 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. ## 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 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 ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/024223-2026 | | 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 | | All stages | Tender, Award | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 17 Mar 2026 | | Submission deadline | 20 Jan 2026 | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | 25 Feb 2026 | | Contract period | 10 Mar 2026 - 6 Sep 2027 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £1,500,000 | | Lots value | £1,500,000 | | Awards value | £1,130,000 | | Contracts value | £1,130,000 | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Complete | | Lots status | Complete | | Awards status | Active | | Contracts status | Active | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | DIAMOND LIGHT SOURCE LIMITED | | Locality | DIDCOT | | 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 | TLJ14 Oxfordshire CC | ## Supplier | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Number of suppliers | 1 | | Supplier names | KYMA | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 38 - Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) ### Codes - 38000000 - Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) ## Release History - 17 Mar 2026 at 15:55 - Award - UK7 - Contract Details Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/024223-2026 - 25 Feb 2026 at 15:10 - Award - UK6 - Contract Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/016985-2026 - 4 Dec 2025 at 14:51 - Tender - UK4 - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/079810-2025 ## Documents - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/024223-2026 17th March 2026 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/016985-2026 25th February 2026 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/079810-2025 4th December 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender - https://tenders.diamond.ac.uk Visit our web page: https://tenders.diamond.ac.uk Here Suppliers are required to complete a one-off simple registration form. You are then able to login to register an interest against the tender and download the Tender Documents. ## Notice URLs - https://diamondtenders@diamond.ac.uk - https://kyma-undulators.com/?lang=en - https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. The canonical page is https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-05eee5. The underlying structured data is available as OCDS JSON at https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-05eee5.json.