In deliveryUnited KingdomGoods£500,000
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
Mirrors
Award outcome
- Awarded value
- £599,000
- Award date
- 17 March 2026
- Contract period
- 28 March 2026 → 26 June 2028
- INSTRUMENT DESIGN TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
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Notice history
Every published notice in this contracting process, newest first.
Contract
7 April 2026
View notice ↗Contract
17 March 2026
View notice ↗Contract Notice
6 February 2026
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Contracting authority
DIAMOND LIGHT SOURCE LIMITED
BuyerDidcot, United Kingdom
GB-COH: 04375679
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