# GaFIB Upgrade - Cryo stage & Vacuum transfer system

> 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: [Leica Microsystems Uk](/contract-winners/leica-microsystems-uk/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £196,386
- Tender value: £180,000
- Award date: 24 March 2022
- Published: 24 March 2022
- Contract start: 24 March 2022
- Contract end: 31 March 2023
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: goods
- Notice ID: fa7b7f5a-bd05-41fe-817a-09c307577be5-521117
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-5166b7bd-1ce6-4538-94d6-45fef8efbcfe

## Description

The design, manufacture and installation of a Cryostage and Vacuum Transfer system to existing Gallium Focused Ion Beam \(GaFIB\) at the Materials Research Facility at Culham Science Centre\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/fa7b7f5a-bd05-41fe-817a-09c307577be5-521117)