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9003224 - Supply of I17 CSXID White Beam Slits

DIAMOND LIGHT SOURCE LIMITED · Contract details notice on Find a Tender

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Opportunity 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 for the design, supply of materials, manufacture, assembly, test and delivery of two White Beam Slit systems (S1 and S2) for the Diamond-II new flagship beamline I17. The WBSs will be used for defining the size and divergence of the beam, controlling the heat load on downstream optics, and providing diagnostic information about the beam. Each system includes the slit blades and their actuators, cooling system, vacuum vessel, support and manual positioning system. The I17 beamline will be a soft x-ray beamline operating in the energy range from 250 eV to 3.5 keV. The beamline will include a series of optical components to focus the beam at the exit slits to which will provide a secondary source for sample illumination. The purpose of the white beam slits is to define the size and power of the beam impinging on mirror M1, to define the dimensions of the accepted beam after deflection from M1, and to provide the ability to tune between flux and transverse coherence.

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XDS OXFORD LIMITED

Matched by number
Contract value
£150k
Awarded
Not supplied
Contract signed
15 Dec 2025
Including VAT
£180k
Award ID
1
Status
active
Identifier
GB-COH 04138193
Location
Oxford, UKJ14, OX2 0ES, United Kingdom

Classification

No classification was supplied.

Lots

  • Lot 1Value not stated

Documents and notices

Published notice details

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Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
9003224
Status
complete
Procurement Method
open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Covered By

GPA

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
complete

Published documents

Entry 1
Id
conflictOfInterest
Document Type
conflictOfInterest
Description
Not published

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Name
DIAMOND LIGHT SOURCE LIMITED
Id
GB-COH-04375679

Identifier

Scheme
GB-COH
Id
04375679

Additional Identifiers

Entry 1
Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PNGG-3778-PWBM

Address

Street Address
Diamond House
Locality
Didcot
Postal Code
OX11 0DE
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKJ14

Contact

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Id
publicAuthorityCentralGovernment
Description
Public authority - central government
Organisation 2
Name
XDS OXFORD LIMITED
Id
GB-COH-04138193

Identifier

Scheme
GB-COH
Id
04138193

Additional Identifiers

Entry 1
Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PLZV-5432-GJHR

Address

Street Address
Unit 1 Ferry Mills
Locality
Oxford
Postal Code
OX2 0ES
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKJ14

Contact

Roles

supplier

Details

Scale
sme
Vcse
No
Public Service Mission Organization
No
Sheltered Workshop
No

Award information

Award 1
Id
1
Status
active
Main Procurement Category
goods

Items

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
42900000
Description
Miscellaneous general and special-purpose machinery

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKJ14
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-COH-04138193
Name
XDS OXFORD LIMITED

Related lots

1

Contracts and changes

Entry 1
Id
1
Award ID
1
Title
9003224 - Supply of I17 CSXID White Beam Slits
Status
active
Above Threshold
Yes
Date Signed
15 Dec 2025, 00:00
No Agreed Metrics Rationale
Contract value is below £5 million.

Period

Starts
15 Dec 2025, 00:00
Ends
31 Jan 2027, 23:59

Value

Including VAT
180,000
Amount
150,000
Currency
GBP

Documents

Entry 1
Id
001066-2026
Document Type
contractNotice
Notice Type
UK7
Description
Contract details notice on Find a Tender
Published
7 Jan 2026, 13:15
Format
text/html

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Didcot · UKJ14 · OX11 0DE · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

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  1. 001066-2026Contract details notice on Find a Tender ·