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title: "9005026 - Supply of APPLE-II Undulator for Beamline K07"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-06ce03"
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source: "Find A Tender Service"
current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "DIAMOND LIGHT SOURCE LIMITED"
published: "2026-07-17"
---

# 9005026 - Supply of APPLE-II Undulator for Beamline K07

Buyer: DIAMOND LIGHT SOURCE LIMITED  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06ce03

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## Summary

Diamond Light Source Limited, a prominent public authority within central government, is conducting a procurement process for the supply of an APPLE-II Undulator for Beamline K07 as part of the Diamond-II upgrade on the Harwell Science & Innovation Campus in Didcot, Oxfordshire. This contract was awarded via a direct award method due to being the sole tender bid, with a pending award status as of 17th July 2026. The contract involves the design, manufacture, test, and delivery of the device by Kyma S.p.A., spanning from 17th July 2026 to 21st October 2027. The industry category for this procurement falls under laboratory, optical, and precision equipment, excluding glasses. The procurement method rationale suggests a necessary switch to direct award due to procedural constraints.

This tender presents substantial business growth opportunities, especially for SMEs in the engineering, science, and manufacturing sectors due to its focus on creating high-precision scientific equipment. Companies with expertise in advanced manufacturing and the production of precision instruments, particularly those that can supply complex magnetic structures and components, would find this contract particularly beneficial. It offers a significant financial value of £797,000, with a gross value of £956,400, indicating a robust return for businesses equipped to meet the detailed specifications and quality standards required by Diamond Light Source Limited.

## Notice

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 coordinated 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.

### Procurement Information

Switching to a direct award - this was the only tender bid received from the tendering procedure.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/067868-2026 |
| Notice type | UK5 - Transparency Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Goods |
| Procurement method | Direct |
| Procurement method details | Direct award |
| Tender suitability | SME |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 17 Jul 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 17 Jul 2026 |
| Contract period | 16 Jul 2026 - 21 Oct 2027 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £797,000 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Complete |
| Awards status | Pending |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## 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 | Not specified |

## 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 Jul 2026 at 13:25 - Award - UK5 - Transparency Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/067868-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/067868-2026
  17th July 2026 - Transparency notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- https://kyma-undulators.com/?lang=en
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/api/1.0/ocdsReleasePackages/ocds-h6vhtk-06a2b8
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

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