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9004200 - Supply of M1 and M2 Collimating Mirror System for I20

Published
Published 6 February 2026
Deadline
Closed 9 March 2026

Overview

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 for the design, manufacture, assembly, delivery and installation of a pair of cooled, high power mirror systems (M1 and M2) for the I20-Scanning beamline to the performance detailed in the specification document.

Key details

Country
United Kingdom
Status
In delivery
Category
Goods
Estimated value
£500,000
Procedure
Open
SME suitable
Yes
Published
6 February 2026
Deadline
Closed
Classification (CPV)
Mirrors

Award outcome

Awarded value
£599,000
Award date
17 March 2026
Contract period
28 March 2026 → 26 June 2028
Winner
  • INSTRUMENT DESIGN TECHNOLOGY LIMITED

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Notice history

Every published notice in this contracting process, newest first.

  1. Contract

    7 April 2026

    View notice ↗
  2. Contract

    17 March 2026

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  3. Contract Notice

    6 February 2026

    View notice ↗

Contracting authority

  • DIAMOND LIGHT SOURCE LIMITED

    Buyer

    Didcot, United Kingdom

    GB-COH: 04375679

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Awarded: 9004200 - Supply of M1 and M2 Collimating Mirror System for I20 — won by INSTRUMENT DESIGN TECHNOLOGY LIMITED — Skim