# Combat Electromagnetic Environmental Simulator \(CEESIM\) In-Service Support

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

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Defence Equipment and Support](/buyers/defence-equipment-and-support/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: Northrop Grumman International Trading, Inc\.
- Award value: £3,158,523
- Tender value: £3,158,523
- Award date: 11 August 2021
- Published: 22 September 2021
- Contract start: 12 August 2021
- Contract end: 11 August 2024
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 46995807-acd3-4370-989c-0e94383cc2f4-470468
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-d6e9b957-5185-4828-8b10-ca15acec918e

## Description

The CEESIM is a bespoke computer controlled radar simulator/signal generator that can produce highly complex radio frequency signals that replicate "real-life" radar systems, for direct injection into aircraft Radar Warning Receiver Systems \(RWRs\) in a laboratory environment\. There are three CEESIMs installed at the AWC required for Electronic Warfare \(EW\) modelling in support of current operations\. As part of the Ministry of Defence, the Air Platform Systems \(APS\) Delivery Team \(DT\) has placed a new Contract \(701254414\) for the extended warranty/support of the existing Qty 3 Combat Electromagnetic Simulators \(CEESIM\) at the Air and Space Warfare Centre \(ASWC\), Royal Air Force \(RAF\) Waddington until August 2024\. The duration of the Contract is 3 years with an optional 1-year extension, which amounts to 4 years in total\. It is considered that this Contract can be placed using the negotiated procedure without prior publication of a contract notice pursuant to Article 28\(1\)\(e\) Direction 2009/81/EC \(Regulation 16\(1\)\(a\)\(ii\) of the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011\) for technical reasons\. The single source model has been identified as the most appropriate commercial model due to NGIT owning the Intellectual Property Rights \(IPR\) for the equipment and supporting software and are unwilling to share this IPR with any third parties\. As the OEM, NGIT is the sole contractor with the capabilities, know-how and expertise to continue to support the equipment\.

## Related contract awards

- [714687450 - MIRANDA Sustainment Contract](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-cd328027-dcda-4202-95c4-106c3e65ec65): DEFENCE EQUIPMENT & SUPPORT
- [715663454 BIWMS\+ Vital PowerApps](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-7d77c405-83ea-4ceb-a807-17a3787b213b): DEFENCE EQUIPMENT & SUPPORT
- [715624450 - COGNOS Developer Requirement](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-108e18ee-c53d-4a20-9e6d-2cc5ab99306c): DEFENCE EQUIPMENT & SUPPORT
- [Lightning AMML Support](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-8d0886ea-bb80-415d-a8e3-96013687f756): Defence Equipment and Support
- [Provision of Large Aircraft Infrared Countermeasures \(LAIRCM\) In-Serivce Support](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-b109b56c-d6eb-4b9a-84fd-765dedfe36b3): Ministry of Defence, Air Support, Air Platform Systems Project Team \(APS PT\)

## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/46995807-acd3-4370-989c-0e94383cc2f4-470468)