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    ContractsK14 SWIFT Beamline Kirkpatrick-Baez Mirror System for Diamond Light Source
    Closed contract

    K14 SWIFT Beamline Kirkpatrick-Baez Mirror System for Diamond Light Source

    Contract value
    £250k
    Closed 26 Jun 2026

    Supply and install a precision two-mirror Kirkpatrick-Baez focusing system with associated mechanics and controls for Diamond Light Source's K14 beamline upgrade.

    🇬🇧United Kingdom· EnglandPublished 27 May 2026· 4 months agoviaFind a Tender
    Contract value
    £250k
    Closed 26 Jun 2026
    Tender deadline passed on 26 Jun 2026.

    Decision brief

    4 fields
    • Contract value
      est.£250,000
      Pounds sterling
    • Tender closed
      26 Jun 2026
      3 months ago
    • Sector
      Research & Innovation
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    • Location
      🇬🇧United Kingdom
      England

    Lifecycle

    Closed

    Tender closed on 26 Jun 2026. Awaiting award.

    27 May 2026Today26 Jun 2026

    Brief

    Diamond Light Source (DLS), located on the Harwell Science & Innovation Campus in Oxfordshire, is a world-leading facility enabling researchers from academia and industry to investigate matter at the atomic and molecular level. As part of the Diamond-II upgrade programme, this contract involves designing, supplying, manufacturing, assembling, testing, delivering, installing and commissioning a two-mirror Kirkpatrick-Baez (KB) focusing system for the K14 beamline's second end-station. The system will comprise: a horizontally focusing mirror (HFM) for horizontal beam deflection, a vertically focusing mirror (VFM) for vertical beam deflection, both with associated mechanics and monochromatic beam optics; a vacuum vessel and support frame; temperature monitoring and interlocking systems; interfaces to beamline services; and installation of mirrors in their benders at the DLS Optics Metrology Lab. Successful bidders must also provide training to Diamond personnel on system operation. This contract is part of a transformative upgrade that will enhance speed, spatial resolution and user access to advanced instruments for life and physical sciences research.

    Track record

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    Original closed notice on the publisher's site

    Publisher
    UK Cabinet Office
    Licence
    OGL v3.0
    Source
    find-tender.service.gov.uk
    Record ID
    ocds-h6vhtk-06a620
    DL
    Buyer
    DIAMOND LIGHT SOURCE LIMITED
    Sector
    Research & Innovation