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# UKRI-1308 DUNE APA Printed Circuit Boards

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/ukri-1308-dune-apa-printed-circuit-boards-ocds-h6vhtk-02bf2f). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** UK Research and Innovation: "UKRI-1308 DUNE APA Printed Circuit Boards". Published status: complete. Published Value: £950,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 14 Dec 2021, 14:00 GMT. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [UK Research and Innovation](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/uk-research-and-innovation-gov-pb1221)
- **Published Value:** £950,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 14 December 2021 at 14:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Printed circuits
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £1,315,512 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/ukri-1308-dune-apa-printed-circuit-boards-ocds-h6vhtk-02bf2f#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-02bf2f`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/ukri-1308-dune-apa-printed-circuit-boards-ocds-h6vhtk-02bf2f#tl-md)

## Description
Printed Circuit Boards (PCBs) are needed to construct charge readout anode plane assemblies (APAs) for
the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment based at Sanford Underground Research Facility in South Dakota. Each
of these PCBs are required to operate reliably in (Liquid Argon) LAr over many years (20 years) so Quality
Assurance is a critical element to this project. A key requirement for these PCBs are the mechanical tolerances. As
described below, board thickness must be maintained to ±5%, and machining of features on the board is required to a
high tolerance.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete

- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Estimated Value:** £950,000
- **Description:** The requirement is for the fabrication of 45,583 PCBs.
The main specifications are:
a)Thickness of each board must not exceed +/-5% of the total thickness specified in the drawings.
b)Tolerances for Depth milling, Edge milling, Counterbore holes and ...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** DUNE APA Printed Circuit Boards (active)
  - Award id: `001216-2022-UKRI-1308-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Merlin Circuit Technology Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-40960`
  - Value: £1,315,512 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** DUNE APA Printed Circuit Boards (active)
  - Signed Value: £1,315,512
  - Signed Date: 12/01/2022

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F001216-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-01-14T16:15:02.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-24T08:55:30.694Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-02bf2f