# STEP B1\.3 Vacuum Vessel State of the Art and Best Practice Study

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

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority](/buyers/united-kingdom-atomic-energy-authority/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: Nuclear AMRC
- Award value: £39,830
- Award date: 20 October 2020
- Published: 20 October 2020
- Contract start: 26 October 2020
- Contract end: 1 March 2021
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 0d742865-f3bb-403f-a283-292d0eb8ea34-388173
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-3181c8cf-c9d0-4655-b491-79a0e2a66fb5

## Description

This report is expected to produce a diverse selection of pressure vessel manufacturing methods; designed towards different process strengths and weaknesses which can be compared against pressure vessel codes to identify risks in technology readiness, manufacturing costs, manufacturing time, bottlenecks and dependent processes\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/0d742865-f3bb-403f-a283-292d0eb8ea34-388173)