AwardedAwarded 27 March 2026

9004214 - Supply of I13-2 Imaging Beamline Double Multilayer Monochromator System

Diamond Light Source Limited · Central government

In brief

Diamond Light Source Limited awarded medical supplies work to XDS Oxford Limited on 27 March 2026.

The notice gives a value of £500,000 excluding VAT.

The contract runs for 17 months, starting 25 February 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 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 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, manufacture, assembly, test, delivery, installation and commissioning of a Double Multilayer Monochromator for the I13 Imaging Beamline.

Who won

WinnerValueDates
XDS Oxford Limited (SME)
3 bids received
£280,000
Awarded 17 March 2026
27 March 2026 to 19 July 2027

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

Timeline

  1. Tender notice · UK4, notice 084209-2025
  2. Contract award notice · UK6, notice 023940-2026
  3. Contract details notice · UK7, notice 031593-2026

Last time this was bought

9002451 - Supply of Double Crystal Monochromator for I15 Extreme Conditions Beamline

Awarded
8 September 2025
Value
Not stated, or split across lots
Contract ends
7 December 2026

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

Procurements

34

Awards

25

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From notice 084209-2025 on Find a Tender, first published 18 December 2025, last updated 7 April 2026. We last checked for changes on 28 September 2026.