Top suppliers
Top suppliers to Diamond Light Source Ltd
Top-five suppliers hold 54% of contract value — a concentrated market.
Procurement categories
What Diamond Light Source Ltd buys
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV) breakdown of contracts awarded over the reporting period.
3144384271353372326348Recent contracts
Latest Diamond Light Source Ltd contracts awarded
The most recently published award notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
Off-Site Storage Facility for Diamond Light Source
Cannon Packing and Logistics · 2025-12-18
£1.4M
DLSITT1058 - Supply of Residual Gas Analysers for Diamond-II
MKS UKmLimited · 2025-04-27
£335K
DLSITT1045 - Supply of Safety Instrumented System for Three Flagship Beamlines and HeXI for DLS
Sella Controls Limited · 2025-03-27
£904K
DLSITT1053 - Supply of Vacuum Vessel String Conditioning Bakeout Ovens for Diamond-II
Scanwel Limited · 2025-03-27
£268K
DLSITT1046 - I17 CSXID Beamline M1, M3 and M5 Mirror Systems
XDS Oxford Limited · 2025-03-24
£400K
Supply of Front Ends for K04, K16 and K21 for Diamond Light Source
FMB Feinwek unde Messtechnik GmbH · 2025-03-24
£941K
DLSITT1032 - Supply of 1st Collimating Mirror for Beamline K18 at Diamond Light Source
XDS Oxford Limited · 2025-03-24
£300K
DLSITT1047 - I17 CSXID Beamline M4 and M6 Mirror Systems for Diamond Light Source
XDS Oxford Limited · 2025-03-24
£412K
DLSITT1052 - Diamond Light Source Front End Module Zeros
Kurt J Lesker Company Limited · 2025-03-17
£185K
DLSITT1049 - Supply of Dipole Magnet Support Cradles for Diamond-II
Revol TT Consulting s.r.o. (RTC) · 2025-03-14
£292K
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Pipeline
Contracts expiring in the next 12 months
When these contracts end, Diamond Light Source Ltd typically re-tenders. SMEs preparing bids 3-6 months ahead win disproportionately often.
Diamond-II HOM-damped RF Cavities
Expires: 2026-09-15
£3.1M
DLSITT1051 - Diamond-II Ring Octupole Corrector Magnets
Expires: 2026-10-30
£750K
DLSITT1040 - Diamond-II Storage Ring Octupole Magnets
Expires: 2026-12-08
£585K
Supply of Front Ends for K04, K16 and K21 for Diamond Light Source
Expires: 2026-12-10
£941K
Hybrid Permanent Magnet Undulators (HPMUs) for Beamlines K16 & K21 for Diamond-II
Expires: 2026-12-14
£2.2M
DLSITT1058 - Supply of Residual Gas Analysers for Diamond-II
Expires: 2026-12-16
£335K
DLSITT1027 - Supply of Diamond-II Group E - Part 1 Girder Vacuum Vessel Crotch Absorber Assemblies
Expires: 2026-12-16
£636K
Supply of Diamond-II Group D Girder Vacuum Vessels
Expires: 2026-12-18
£1.5M
Software and Computing Engineering Services
Expires: 2027-01-18
£0
Storage Ring Quadrupole Magnets
Expires: 2027-01-29
£7.4M
Market analysis
Bidding into Diamond Light Source Ltd — what to expect
Supplier concentration and timing patterns that shape SME bid strategy.
71%
Awards to SMEs
54%
Top-5 supplier share
0%
Framework call-offs
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Awards to social enterprises
Around 71% of Diamond Light Source Ltd’s classified awards go to small and medium-sized enterprises.
Frequently asked
Common questions about selling to Diamond Light Source Ltd
How much does Diamond Light Source Ltd spend on procurement?
Diamond Light Source Ltd awarded 41 contracts totalling £51.8M between 2023-09-15 and 2026-09-15, working with 35 unique suppliers. Average contract value is £1.3M.
Who are Diamond Light Source Ltd's top suppliers?
The largest suppliers to Diamond Light Source Ltd by total award value are Danfysik A/S, Sigmaphi, FMB Feinwek und Messstechnik GmbH. The top five suppliers together hold 54% of contract value.
What does Diamond Light Source Ltd buy from suppliers?
Diamond Light Source Ltd's procurement is concentrated in electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting, construction structures and materials; auxiliary products to construction (except electric apparatus), laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses), alongside specialist categories. See the full CPV breakdown below.
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