DLSITT1082 - Standard Absorbers and 1st Apertures for Diamond-II

What the buyer is asking for

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 the manufacture, test and delivery of twelve Absorber Assemblies and five 1st Aperture Assemblies for Diamond-II in accordance with the specification. The assembly is situated in a restricted area and so must be capable of continuous operation over long periods without maintenance. See specification for further details.

How this is scored

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• 25%qualityTechnical Quality
• 25%qualityExperience & Capacity
• 5%qualityCommercial
• 5%qualityDelivery
• 40%pricePrice

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Timeline

3 published dates · Europe/London

1. Tender notice publishedyesterday

   9 Nov 2026, 14:42 GMT
2. Submission deadlinein 29 days

   9 Dec 2026, 12:00 GMT
3. Award decision expected byin 56 days

   5 Jan 2027, 23:59 GMT

Commercial outcome and contract awards

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Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender

1. Tender notice9 Nov 2026, 14:42 GMT106295-2026

Documents

• Visit our web page: https://tenders.diamond.ac.uk Here Suppliers are required to complete a one-off simple registration form. You are then able to login to register an interest against the tender and download the Tender Documents.
• Tender notice on Find a Tender