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DLSITT1072 - Supply of a Fizeau Interferometer for Diamond Light Source

DIAMOND LIGHT SOURCE LIMITED

Buyer Contact Info

Buyer Name: DIAMOND LIGHT SOURCE LIMITED

Buyer Address: Diamond House, Didcot, UKJ14, OX11 0DE, United Kingdom

Contact Email: procurement@diamond.ac.uk

Status
active
Procedure
open
Value
270000.0 GBP
Gross: 324000.0 GBP
Published
19 Aug 2025, 12:39
Deadline
18 Sep 2025, 11:00
Contract Start
n/a
Contract End
n/a
Category
goods
CPV
38636000 - Specialist optical instruments
Region
n/a
Awarded To
n/a
Official Source
Open Find a Tender

Description

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 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 this contract is to Supply, deliver, install and commission a Fizeau laser interferometer, subject to the performance specification. The specification details the requirements for a Fizeau interferometer to accurately measure the surface quality of X-ray optics for Diamond's beamlines in the Optics Metrology Lab (OML). The Optics & Metrology group at Diamond requires a Fizeau interferometer with a ~ 150 mm diameter exit laser beam to measure the slope and figure error of synchrotron X-ray mirrors and crystals. Such optics are manufactured from single-crystal silicon, often with a metallic coating to enhance X-ray reflectivity. Advances in optical production technology, including ion beam figuring and elastic emission machining, mean that it is now possible to produce X-ray optics with figure errors less than 1 nm rms. To accurately characterise such optics, a measurement tool is required with an accuracy and repeatability

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Opportunity Context

More Information Links

External Link: https://Tenders.diamond.ac.uk

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External Link: https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/049834-2025

Link Description: Tender notice on Find a Tender

Lots

Lot 1 Status: active

Lot 1 Value: GBP 270,000.00

Lot 1 Value (Gross): GBP 324,000.00

Lot 1 Contract Start: 2025-10-14T00:00:00+01:00

Lot 1 Contract End: 2026-03-14T23:59:59Z

Lot 1 SME Suitable: Yes

Lot 1 Award Criterion (quality): Technical Quality (25%)

Lot 1 Award Criterion (quality): Experience and Capacity (25%)

Lot 1 Award Criterion (quality): Commercial (5%)

Lot 1 Award Criterion (quality): Delivery (5%)

Lot 1 Award Criterion (price): Price (40%)

Documents

Document Description: Not published

Document Description: Visit our web page: https://tenders.diamond.ac.uk Here Suppliers are requried to complete a one-off simple registration form. You are then able to login to regiter an interest against the tender and download the Tender Documents.

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