The U.S. Army Materiel Command awarded a $31,266 firm fixed-price purchase order to Thermo-Calc Software Inc. on August 26, 2025, for the delivery of a titanium database (TCFE14: TCS Steels/Fe-alloys database version 14.0) to support thermodynamic modeling software used in calculating and modeling processing conditions for advanced titanium alloys. The contract, which originated from a sole-source solicitation (W911QX-25-Q-A108) issued by Army Contracting Command Aberdeen Proving Ground, requires electronic delivery to Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland within 45 days of award. The work will be performed at Thermo-Calc Software Inc.'s Canonsburg, Pennsylvania location, with no set-aside designation applied. The contract is scheduled for ultimate completion by September 30, 2025.
Thermo-Calc Software Inc., a foreign-owned computational thermodynamics software specialist headquartered in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, has established itself as a critical vendor to the Department of Defense and other federal agencies through its proprietary software suite and specialized databases. The company's Thermo-Calc software platform and related modules such as DICTRA and TC-PRISMA are widely utilized across federal agencies including NASA, the Naval Sea Systems Command, and the National Institute of Standards and Technology for materials science research, metallurgy optimization, and advanced manufacturing applications. This award reflects the government's continued reliance on Thermo-Calc's specialized database capabilities for supporting military materials research and development initiatives.