Source: https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13be6-b015-733c-b32c-b752a8ad4e60/9005760-supply-of-arc-vessel-support-components-for-diamond-ii awarded GB open procedure Suitable for SMEs # 9005760 - Supply of Arc Vessel Support Components for Diamond-II [Diamond Light Source Limited](https://tendernation.io/buyers/diamond-light-source-limited) Estimated value £900,000 Published 5 Oct 2026 Deadline Closed 7 Sept 2026 ## Who can bid - Buyer says suitable for SMEs The buyer ticked “suitable for SMEs” on the notice. Anyone can still bid. - Open procedure Anyone can submit a full tender; there is no shortlisting stage. [More contracts for small businesses and VCSEs](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/for-small-businesses) ## About this tender 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 to manufacture various vessel support fabrications, assemblies and machined components to DLS designs as detailed in the specification. All assemblies should be delivered fully assembled and set to their mid travel where applicable. Completed components are to be delivered to Diamond Light Source. DLS will supply detailed manufacturing drawings and models with the specification. These specify geometry, materials, machining, stress relieving and any coatings required. Suppliers are invited to make recommendations to modify the designs to improve performance, cost or delivery in their tender submission. The contract for this includes: - Contract management - Purchase of all materials. - Manufacture of the components according to the table specified in specification - All jigs and tooling required for manufacture - Cleaning and protecting - Quality assurance documentation - Delivery - Packing Read full description ## CPV classification Miscellaneous fabricated products and related items Source Find a Tender (UK) · Notice ocds-h6vhtk-06dee6-2026-10-05T10:43:12+01:00 [View official notice](https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/ocds-h6vhtk-06dee6-2026-10-05T10:43:12+01:00) Never miss a tender like this again Get AI summaries, deadline alerts and a bid pipeline for tenders matched to your business. Free to start. 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