Contract award · 5 Feb 2021
Combat Electromagnetic Environmental Simulator (CEESIM) In-Service Support
Ministry of Defence, Air Support, Air Platform Systems Project Team (APS PT) awarded “Combat Electromagnetic Environmental Simulator (CEESIM) In-Service Support” to Northrop Grumman International Trading, Inc. (Amherst) for £2.68m on 5 Feb 2021. Awarded without open competition.
No competition- Buyer
- Ministry of Defence, Air Support, Air Platform Systems Project Team (APS PT) · Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
- Value
- £2,680,000
- Contract date
- 5 Feb 2021
- Published
- 18 Feb 2021
- Procedure
- Negotiated without publication of a contract notice
- Sector
- Repair & maintenance · Repair and maintenance services (CPV 50000000)
- Region
- East Midlands
- Official notice
- 003281-2021 on Find a Tender
Awarded without open competition. The buyer went directly to one or a few suppliers instead of advertising the contract. Procurement rules allow this only in specific cases, such as extreme urgency, when only one supplier can do the work, or for call-offs from an existing framework.
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.
About the supplier
- Northrop Grumman International Trading, Inc. (Amherst): every public contract they have won.