AwardedAwarded 25 March 2026

9004199 - Supply of Booster Kicker Magnets for Diamond-II

Diamond Light Source Limited · Central government

In brief

Diamond Light Source Limited awarded this contract to Danfysik on 25 March 2026.

The notice gives a value of £1,200,000 excluding VAT.

The contract runs for 19 months, starting 30 March 2026.

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

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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 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…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 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 this contract is to carry out the detailed design, manufacture, quality control, testing and delivery of 4 in-vacuum kicker magnets and power supplies. The main parts of all four magnets will be identical with individual matching pieces for each magnet. One magnet is used for injection and requires a rapid return to zero field, the other three are used for extraction and require a rapid rise to nominal field which is also stronger than in the injection magnet. It is envisaged that these differences should be achieved in the power supplies i.e. there will be two different power supply types, which should use as many common components as possible. The DLS design envisages a common magnet structure and main vessel for all 4 kickers with bespoke taper/matching pieces for each location. Use of a common power supply design tuned for the two different requirements is desired but different designs would be considered with appropriate justification.

Who won

WinnerValueDates
Danfysik (SME)
1 bid received
€1,345,700
Awarded 13 March 2026
25 March 2026 to 10 December 2027

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

Timeline

  1. Tender notice · UK4, notice 007663-2026
  2. Contract award notice · UK6, notice 022989-2026
  3. Contract details notice · UK7, notice 031754-2026

Last time this was bought

9003706 - Supply of Thin Septum Magnets

Won by
Danfysik
Awarded
10 February 2026
Value
€1,248,700
Bids
3
Contract ends
30 October 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.

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From notice 007663-2026 on Find a Tender, first published 28 January 2026, last updated 8 April 2026. We last checked for changes on 28 September 2026.