Spend profile

Award value by month — rolling 24 months. Line shows 12-month moving average.

£16.2m
12 m spend
£36.8m
Prior 12 m
-56%
YoY change
£450k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
DIAMOND LIGHT SOURCE LIMITED — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0£2.6m£5.1m£7.7m£10mAugNovFebMayAugNovFebMay

Contract pipeline

Forward flow — planned notices through to completed awards in the last 90 days.

Planned

17

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

1

Live tenders

Awarded (90d)

1

£312k

Frameworks open

0

Framework / DPS routes

Procurement mix

How this buyer procures — by procedure, instrument, and publication source.

Contract type

Unspecified128 · £75.8m
goods155 · £19.5m
services6 · £0
works2 · £0

Instrument type

call off58 · £55.9m
contract233 · £39.4m
Source:Find a Tender: 221Contracts Finder: 70

Awarded contracts · 48 live

All contracts with a published award notice where DIAMOND LIGHT SOURCE LIMITED is the contracting authority.

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Top suppliers · by total award value

Ranked by cumulative awarded value. YoY = last 12 months vs prior 12 months.

1
DA
4 contracts · SME · 16 May15 Jul
£11.1m
2
FF
15 contracts · SME · 26 Jun11 Mar
£10.7mest.
3
KS
6 contracts · SME · 05 Nov25 Feb
£8.3mest.
4
SI
2 contracts · SME · 22 Mar
£7.4m
5
DA
6 contracts · SME · 20 May13 Mar
£5.4mest.
6
ID
8 contracts · SME · 29 Aug17 Mar
£4.0mest.
7
NE
5 contracts · SME · 06 May26 Feb
£3.7mest.
8
XO
14 contracts · SME · 24 Mar17 Mar
£3.5mest.
970
···
62 other suppliers
long tail · 52 SMEs
£39.8m

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Other
117 contracts
£34.0m
36%
Electrical machinery
17 contracts
£27.1m
29%
Construction materials
9 contracts
£11.9m
13%
Industrial machinery
8 contracts
£9.1m
10%
Laboratory, scientific
16 contracts
£7.7m
8%
Office equipment, IT
2 contracts
£2.2m
2%
Support transport services
1 contract
£1.4m
2%
Security, emergency equipment
1 contract
£904k
1%

Activity heatmap

Award volume by CPV division × month. Darker = more £ awarded.

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Construction materials
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LessMore (£m awarded)

Commercial & procurement leadership

Who signs off contracts, owns frameworks and runs SME engagement.

Coming Q3 2026

Curated leadership roster

Chief commercial officer, framework owners, SME lead and clinical sign-offs per buyer. Top-50 contracting authorities first, rolling out by sector.

Modifications · 0 in 90 d

Variations logged under Procurement Act 2023 s.74. Above-tolerance modifications attract a flag.

Total mods
0
Above tolerance
0
Total value
£0
Novations
0

No modifications recorded in the last 90 days.

DIAMOND LIGHT SOURCE LIMITED has not filed a modification notice in the selected window.

Compliance & transparency

FOIA performance, statutory disclosures & prompt payment.

Coming Q4 2026

FOIA & prompt-payment ingestion

Notice timeliness and modification flags are derivable today. FOIA refusal rate, prompt-payment %, KPI reporting and net-zero plans need new data sources — work scoped, ingestion next quarter.

SME & social value

Performance against Cabinet Office targets & PPN 06/20.

88%
SME supplier share
target 33%
156
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
70
Distinct suppliers

Peer benchmark

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News mentions

Major UK press & trade publications.

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Statutory & accountability

Legal status, identifiers & accountable officers.

Identifiers & contact

Type
Contracting authority
Region
UKJ14
Companies House
04375679
Contact
Debbie Pryor
Email
procurement@diamond.ac.uk

Board & accountable officers

Coming Q3 2026

Accountable officer + board roster

Pulled from gov.uk for arm's-length bodies and from Companies House for company-form buyers — chair, CEO, SRO and sign-off authority per contract band.

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