Purchase Order 80NSSC26P0457

NASA's Shared Services Center awarded a $85,300.56 firm fixed-price purchase order to Siemens Industry Software Inc. (doing business as Siemens PLM Software) on April 8, 2026, for Simcenter STAR-CCM+ Power Session Plus software licenses. The contract, which will be completed by April 7, 2027, procures two concurrent floating licenses of this computational fluid dynamics (CFD) software for a 12-month subscription period to support NASA Glenn Research Center's boiling and condensation heat transfer research capabilities. The procurement was conducted as a sole source acquisition under FAR 13.106-1(b)(1)(i), with performance occurring in Plano, Texas, reflecting NASA's determination that Siemens is the sole provider capable of supplying this specialized CFD software product. This award carries no set-aside designation.

This purchase order is issued under NASA's broader Blanket Purchase Agreement with Siemens PLM Software, a $4.97 million BPA established in 2021 that encompasses electronic design automation, computational fluid dynamics, CAD/CAM solutions, and product lifecycle management software across multiple NASA centers. Siemens PLM Software, a foreign-owned subsidiary of the global Siemens technology conglomerate, specializes in advanced engineering and manufacturing software solutions critical to federal research and development, aerospace and defense initiatives, and scientific computing activities. The company's extensive customer base includes NASA, the Department of Defense, the Department of the Navy, the Army, the Air Force, the FDA, and the FAA, with previous notable awards including a $498,063 Army contract for STAR-CCM+ software licenses and support.