AwardedAwarded 2 February 2026

90035432 - Supply of Double Toroidal Focussing Mirror System(M2) for Beamline K18

Diamond Light Source Limited · Central government

In brief

Diamond Light Source Limited awarded laboratory equipment work to Instrument Design Technology Limited on 2 February 2026.

The notice gives a value of £320,000 excluding VAT.

The contract runs for 18 months, starting 12 January 2026.

The buyer says it is suitable for small and medium-sized businesses.

Built from the notice's own fields. Always check the official notice before you bid.

What the notice says

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 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…Read the full description
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 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 for the design, supply of material, manufacture, assembly, test, delivery, installation and commissioning of a Double Toroidal Focussing Mirror System for the K18 beamline. The minimum scope of the contract is the design, manufacture, test, and delivery of: • M2 downward deflecting, tangentially bent, double toroidal focusing, monochromatic Xray beam mirror & mechanics. • Motorized elliptical 4-point mechanical bender to adjust tangential curvature of the mirror reflecting surface. • Motorized gravitational sag compensator(s). • Temperature monitoring • Temperature stabilisation if required • Vacuum vessel and associated controls. • Support frame • Interface to beamline services. and includes the following: • Design • Contract Terms and Conditions • Supply and purchasing of materials and components. • Quality Assurance • Manufacture of mirror system • Inspection • Cleaning • Assembly • Vacuum baking • Testing • Packing and Delivery

Who won

WinnerValueDates
Instrument Design Technology Limited (SME)
2 bids received
£434,000
Awarded 19 January 2026
2 February 2026 to 30 September 2027

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

Timeline

  1. Tender notice · UK4, notice 068539-2025
  2. Contract award notice · UK6, notice 004434-2026
  3. Contract details notice · UK7, notice 013089-2026

Last time this was bought

9003532 - Supply of KB Mirror System for K21

Awarded
29 January 2026
Value
£465,000
Bids
5
Contract ends
30 July 2027

Matched on Diamond Light Source Limited, the type of work and the title; it may be a related contract rather than the same one. Check the notice to be sure.

About the buyer

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From notice 068539-2025 on Find a Tender, first published 27 October 2025, last updated 12 February 2026. We last checked for changes on 28 September 2026.