FAR_13.1_SSJ_POGO_Redacted.pdf

This is a Single Source Justification (Simplified Acquisition) document for a federal contract opportunity. The Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, Materials State Awareness Branch (AFRL/RXNW) seeks to procure one commercial license for Pogo Software, a general elastodynamic finite element solver used to model linear acoustic waves and vibrations interacting with physical structures. Pogo incorporates pre- and post-processing tools to generate input models and view outputs. The contracting activity is AFRL/PZLET, with the project/program name being "Material State Awareness Laboratory Ultrasound Modeling Capability Enhancement." The contract type is Firm Fixed Price (FFP) with a Base Year of 12 months and an Option Year I of 12 months. Funding and contract number are listed as TBD, and the purchase request/local ID number is also TBD.

The identified sole source and exclusive distributor is IC Consultants Ltd (Imperial Consultants), located at 58 Princes Gate, Exhibition Road, London, SW7 2PG, United Kingdom. Items to be acquired include one Pogo Software License for the Base Year and one for the Option Year. The justification for sole source procurement is based on Pogo's unique capability to perform ultrasonic testing (UT) simulations on composite bondlines for Department of Air Force aerospace vehicles using GPU-based parallel processing, which enables complex 3D simulations on local computing nodes rather than requiring high-performance computing center access. An Intent to Award Sole Source (IASS) notice was posted on SAM.gov, and no additional market research was conducted as Pogo Software provided an OEM letter identifying Imperial Consultants as the exclusive distributor to the U.S. Federal Government. The Contracting Officer determined under FAR 13.106-1(b)(1) that only a single source is reasonably available, and AFRL/RXNW committed to monitoring the market to preclude future single source awards.