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8053902 - Supply of XRF Microscope for Beamline I18

Awarded to BLUESCIENTIFIC LIMITED

DIAMOND LIGHT SOURCE LIMITED(buyer)

Published
Published 21 October 2025
Deadline
Closed 20 November 2025

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Overview

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 supply, delivery and install a new, off-the-shelf, XRF Microscope.

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Key details

Country
United Kingdom
Status
Closed
Category
Goods
Estimated value
£350,000
Procedure
Open procedure
Rules
Procurement Act 2023
SME suitable
Yes
Published
21 October 2025
Deadline
Closed
Classification (CPV)
Fluorescent microscopes

Award outcome

Awarded value
£272,898
Award date
24 November 2025
Contract period
16 December 2025 → 30 April 2026
Contract length
4 months
Against estimate
22% below
Bids received
3
Winner
  • BLUESCIENTIFIC LIMITED

This contract ended on 30 April 2026.

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About the winner

BLUESCIENTIFIC LIMITED

Based in
Cambridge
Public contracts won
22
Across UK and EU notices

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Competition and scoring

Bids received

3

3 from SMEs

Open and restricted tenders in Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) drew a median of 2 bids over the last 24 months; 33% received only one.

How bids were scored

Price 40% · Quality 60%

  • Technical Quality25%
  • Experience25%
  • Options10%
  • Price40%

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Market context

Typical award in Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)

£74,808

Median of 2,392 awards in the last 24 months

This award is 3.6× the median.

DIAMOND LIGHT SOURCE LIMITED in the last 12 months

25

contracts awarded, worth £11,662,476 in total

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Notice history

Every published notice in this contracting process, newest first.

  1. Contract

    7 January 2026

  2. Contract

    24 November 2025

  3. Contract Notice

    21 October 2025

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