Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
DIAMOND LIGHT SOURCE LIMITED
04375679
Diamond House
Didcot
OX110DE
UK
Contact person: Debbie Pryor
Telephone: +44 1235567575
E-mail: procurement@diamond.ac.uk
NUTS: UKJ14
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.diamond.ac.uk
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity
Other: Scientific Research
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
9001646 - Supply of 1st Collimating Mirror for Beamline K18
Reference number: 9001646
II.1.2) Main CPV code
38622000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Supplies
II.1.4) Short description
Located on the Harwell Science and Innovation Campus in Oxfordshire, Diamond is a leading-edge facility for science, engineering, and innovation. It is the largest science facility to be
built in the UK for 40 years and produces ultra-violet, infra-red and X-ray beams of exceptional brightness. 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 correlative methods. This will be transformative in speed and spatial resolution and will offer users streamlined access to enhanced instruments for life and physical science.
The scope of the contract is for the design, supply of material, manufacture, assembly, test, delivery, installation and commissioning of a collimating mirror system (M1) for the K18
beamline.
The minimum scope of the contract is the design, manufacture, test, and delivery of:
• M1 upward reflecting, vertical collimating, white beam X-ray mirror & mechanics.
• Motorized mechanical bender to adjust the curvature of M1's reflecting surface.
• Motorized gravitational sag compensator.
• Cooling arrangements as described in the specification.
• Vacuum vessel and associated controls.
• Support frame.
• Interface to beamline services.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
3 000 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKJ14
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Located on the Harwell Science and Innovation Campus in Oxfordshire, Diamond is a leading-edge facility for science, engineering, and innovation. It is the largest science facility to be
built in the UK for 40 years and produces ultra-violet, infra-red and X-ray beams of exceptional brightness. 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 correlative methods. This will be transformative in speed and spatial resolution and will offer users streamlined access to enhanced instruments for life and physical science.
The scope of the contract is for the design, supply of material, manufacture, assembly, test, delivery, installation and commissioning of a collimating mirror system (M1) for the K18
beamline.
The minimum scope of the contract is the design, manufacture, test, and delivery of:
• M1 upward reflecting, vertical collimating, white beam X-ray mirror & mechanics.
• Motorized mechanical bender to adjust the curvature of M1's reflecting surface.
• Motorized gravitational sag compensator.
• Cooling arrangements as described in the specification.
• Vacuum vessel and associated controls.
• Support frame.
• Interface to beamline services.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Technical Quality
/ Weighting: 25
Quality criterion: Experience & Capacity
/ Weighting: 25
Quality criterion: Delivery
/ Weighting: 5
Quality criterion: Commercial
/ Weighting: 5
Price
/ Weighting:
40
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2024/S 000-039849
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: 9001646
Title: Supply of 1st Collimating Mirror for Beamlines K18 for DLS
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
24/03/2025
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 4
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 4
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 4
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
XDS Oxford Limited
04138193
Oxford
OX2 0ES
UK
NUTS: UKJ14
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 300 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Diamond Light Source limited
Didcot
OX11 0DE
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
24/04/2025