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
| Winner | Value | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| 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
- Contract award notice · UK6, notice 080223-2025
- Contract details notice · UK7, notice 001399-2026
Last time this was bought
9004002 - Supply of K14 SWIFT Beamline HRM Mirror Systems
- Won by
- XDS Oxford Limited
- 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
Diamond Light Source LimitedLast 12 months
Procurements
33Awards
25Suppliers it has used most for laboratory equipment
- Instrument Design Technology Limited4 contracts
- Kyma S.p.A.3 contracts
- XDS Oxford Limited3 contracts
- Bestec GmbH1 contract
- Bluescientific Limited1 contract
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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.