Purchase Order N0017314P3155

The Office of Naval Research awarded a $26,978 firm fixed-price purchase order to Comsol, Inc. for service renewal of computational modeling and simulation software. The contract, which commenced on September 1, 2014, and was scheduled for ultimate completion on August 31, 2015, supports the government's scientific and engineering research capabilities. Comsol, Inc., headquartered in Burlington, Massachusetts, is a foreign-owned manufacturer of COMSOL Multiphysics, a specialized software platform enabling multiphysics modeling across disciplines including aerospace, automotive, energy, and electronics. No small business set-aside was applied to this procurement.

This purchase order represents a routine renewal of software licensing and support services that enable researchers and engineers to model complex physical phenomena across coupled mechanical, electrical, acoustic, thermal, and other physical effects. ONR has consistently utilized Comsol's commercial off-the-shelf software products to support its research missions, with this award demonstrating the agency's continued reliance on the company's computational modeling capabilities for naval research and development initiatives. The firm fixed-price structure and lack of set-aside designation reflect the specialized and commercially available nature of the software being procured.