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<p>No viable UK bid was received by the Prime Contractor, BAE Systems, to supply the
specialised steel required for this part of the Successor submarine manufacture.</p><p>Other
stages of construction will include grades of steel manufactured by British suppliers
and we expect them to take the opportunity to bid.</p><p>The Successor programme represents
billions of pounds of investment in thousands of British jobs across hundreds of companies
from Scotland to the South East.</p><p>85% of BAE System's supply chain for the new
submarines is based in the UK.</p>
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