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90035432 - Supply of Double Toroidal Focussing Mirror System(M2) for Beamline K18

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Updated October 14, 2026

Deadline
Deadline not specified
Contract Details
Category
Open Procedure
Reference
013089-2026
Value
£520,800
Location
Merseyside, United Kingdom
Published
October 07, 2026
CPV Code
Project Timeline

Tender Published

February 12, 2026

Contract Start Date

February 02, 2026

Key facts

Estimated value
£520,800
CPV Code
38622000 — Mirrors
Procedure
Open procedure
Lots
Divided into lots
Budget
£520,800
Duration
19 months
Location
Merseyside
Type
Open Procedure

Original Tender Description

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, supply of material, manufacture, assembly, test, delivery, installation and commissioning of a Double Toroidal Focussing Mirror System for the K18 beamline. The minimum scope of the contract is the design, manufacture, test, and delivery of: • M2 downward deflecting, tangentially bent, double toroidal focusing, monochromatic Xray beam mirror & mechanics. • Motorized elliptical 4-point mechanical bender to adjust tangential curvature of the mirror reflecting surface. • Motorized gravitational sag compensator(s). • Temperature monitoring • Temperature stabilisation if required • Vacuum vessel and associated controls. • Support frame • Interface to beamline services. and includes the following: • Design • Contract Terms and Conditions • Supply and purchasing of materials and components. • Quality Assurance • Manufacture of mirror system • Inspection • Cleaning • Assembly • Vacuum baking • Testing • Packing and Delivery

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OCDS RecordDOC
013089-2026_ocds_record.json

This tender is for the design, supply, manufacture, assembly, test, delivery, installation, and commissioning of a Double Toroidal Focussing Mirror System for the K18 beamline at Diamond Light Source, a leading-edge facility for science.

OCDS Release PackageDOC
013089-2026_ocds_release.json

This OCDS Release Package details the award of a contract to INSTRUMENT DESIGN TECHNOLOGY LIMITED by Diamond Light Source for the design, manufacture, and delivery of a Double Toroidal Focussing Mirror System for the K18 beamline.

Official PDF VersionPDF
013089-2026_official.pdf

This document is a public notice announcing the award of a contract to INSTRUMENT DESIGN TECHNOLOGY LIMITED for the design, supply, manufacture, assembly, test, delivery, installation, and commissioning of a Double Toroidal Focussing Mirror System for the K18 beamline at Diamond Light Source, valued at £434,000.

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