# UKRI-1308 DUNE APA Printed Circuit Boards

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [UK Research & Innovation](/buyers/uk-research-innovation/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: Merlin Circuit Technology Ltd
- Award value: £1,315,512
- Tender value: £1,315,512
- Award date: 12 January 2022
- Published: 14 January 2022
- Contract start: 13 January 2022
- Contract end: 30 September 2027
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: goods
- Notice ID: f98fa872-aa2d-4faf-be82-7361a8977458-500914
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-1c6761e9-1863-4bf1-92f1-1a708bc75ff1

## 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\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/f98fa872-aa2d-4faf-be82-7361a8977458-500914)