AwardedAwarded 9 September 2026

9005401 - Supply of K14 SWIFT Beamline KB Mirror System

Diamond Light Source Limited · Central government

In brief

Diamond Light Source Limited awarded laboratory equipment work to XDS Oxford Limited on 9 September 2026.

The notice gives a value of £250,000 excluding VAT.

The contract runs for 17 months, starting 21 July 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 two-mirror combined system (a pair of Kirkpatrick-Baez (KB) mirrors) and its position adjustment systems. The mirrors will focus the beam onto a sample positioned in the K14 beamline second end-station. • The minimum scope of the contract should include: HFM - Horizontally Focusing Mirror Horizontally (outboard) reflecting, monochromatic beam mirror & mechanics. • VFM - Vertically Focusing Mirror- Vertically (upward) reflecting, monochromatic beam mirror & mechanics. • Temperature monitoring for interlocking. • Vacuum vessel. • Support frame. • Interface to beamline services. • Training for Diamond personnel in the operation of the mirrors • Installation of the mirrors in their benders at the DLS Optics Metrology Lab (OML).

Who won

WinnerValueDates
XDS Oxford Limited (SME)
3 bids received
£355,000
Awarded 27 August 2026
9 September 2026 to 9 January 2028

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

Timeline

  1. Tender notice · UK4, notice 049636-2026
  2. Contract award notice · UK6, notice 081928-2026
  3. Contract details notice · UK7, notice 089155-2026

Last time this was bought

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

Awarded
17 December 2025
Value
£736,000
Bids
3
Contract ends
12 July 2027

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

About the buyer

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From notice 049636-2026 on Find a Tender, first published 27 May 2026, last updated 21 September 2026. We last checked for changes on 28 September 2026.