AwardedAwarded 17 December 2025

9003203 - Supply of K14 SWIFT Beamline M1 and M2 Mirror Systems

Diamond Light Source Limited · Central government

In brief

Diamond Light Source Limited awarded laboratory equipment work to Instrument Design Technology Limited on 17 December 2025.

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What the notice says

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 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, supply of material, manufacture, assembly, test and delivery of two mirrors and their position adjustment systems for the K14 Beamline. The minimum scope of the contract is the design, manufacture, test, and delivery of: • M1 - upward reflecting, vertical collimating, white beam mirror & mechanics. • M2 - downward reflecting, toroidal focussing, monochromatic beam mirror & mechanics. • Cooling arrangements. • Vacuum system • Support system • Interface to beamline services

Who won

WinnerValueDates
Instrument Design Technology Limited (SME)
3 bids received
£736,000
Awarded 5 December 2025
17 December 2025 to 12 July 2027

Values as the award notice gives them, excluding VAT where stated.

Timeline

  1. Contract award notice · UK6, notice 080223-2025
  2. Contract details notice · UK7, notice 001399-2026

Last time this was bought

9004002 - Supply of K14 SWIFT Beamline HRM Mirror Systems

Awarded
10 March 2026
Value
£320,000
Bids
1
Contract ends
30 September 2027

Matched on Diamond Light Source Limited, the type of work and the title. Check the notice to be sure.

About the buyer

Procurements

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Awards

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From notice 080223-2025 on Find a Tender, first published 5 December 2025, last updated 8 January 2026. We last checked for changes on 28 September 2026.