Published date: 28 April 2025

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 3 March 2025, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Miscellaneous general and special-purpose machinery - 42900000

Location of contract

OX11 0DE

Value of contract

£0.01

Procurement reference

DLSITT1052

Published date

28 April 2025

Closing date

3 March 2025

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

17 March 2025

Contract end date

18 November 2025

Contract type

Supply contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (above threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

This procedure can be used for procurements above the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No


Description

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 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 the contract is to manufacture, supply and deliver a suite of Front End module zeros. 23 in total of 3 different designs.

The term 'Front End' (FE) refers to the section of the synchrotron that runs between the Storage Ring and the Shield Wall. The Front End conditions the beam in preparation for use on the Beamline. Zero Module Assembly is used for connecting various Front Ends to the Storage Ring.

To apply visit our website which requires suppliers to complete a one-off simple registration form, which will generate a unique password for your account. You are then able to login to register your interest against the Tender and download the tender documents.

Link to the site: https://tenders.diamond.ac.uk/Home.aspx.


More information

Previous notice about this procurement

DLSITT1052 - Diamond Light Source Front End Module Zeros

  • Opportunity
  • Published 31 January 2025


Award information

Awarded date

17 March 2025

Contract start date

17 March 2025

Contract end date

17 November 2025

Total value of contract

£184,867.83

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Kurt J Lesker Company Limited

Address

Austin House
Sidney Little Road
St Leonards On Sea
East Sussex
TN38 9PU

Reference

Companies House number: 02426614

Value of contract

£184,867.83

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No


About the buyer

Contact name

Debbie Pryor

Address

Diamond Light Source, Diamond House
Harwell Science & Innovation Campus
Didcot, Oxfordshire
OX11 0DE
England

Telephone

01235 567575

Email

procurement@diamond.ac.uk