2018-09-20_Sole_Source_Justification_Pointwise_Redacted.pdf

SOLE SOURCE JUSTIFICATION FOR SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITIONS

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To: Simplified Acquisition Section

Subj: SOLE SOURCE JUSTIFICATION

1. DESCRIPTION OF REQUIRED SUPPLIES/SERVICES, ESTIMATED VALUE, AND

DELIVERY REQUIREMENTS

This is an annual license renewal and support contract for engineering software that is in current use at NSWC Carderock Division’s classified Ship Engineering and Analysis Technology Center (SEATech) at West Bethesda, MD. This will also add one new instance of the license on PWI- 04-15 The software is used to generate numeric grids upon which hydrodynamic modeling equations are solved. This software will be used in hydrodynamic design and analysis. The software has established a record of being successfully used to generate high quality, structured grids suitable for detailed viscous flow analysis at high Reynolds numbers. The software runs with the existing in-house engineering computers and produces output that is compatible with the in-house hydrodynamic engineering computer codes. The software handles overset gridding.

The code must be validated by the Technical Warrant Holder. The estimated value of the annual license renewal and support contract, plus one additional license, is

The recommended sole source product is:

POINTWISE

Pointwise, Inc.

213 South Jennings Avenue Fort Worth, TX 76104-1107 sales@pointwise.com

(817) 377-2807

(817) 377-2799 (fax)

2. SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION FOR SOLE SOURCE BASED ON PRODUCT’S

UNIQUE QUALIFICATIONS OR NATURE OF THE ACQUISITION

SEATech uses Pointwise to support the Engineers’ research. The Carderock Engineers and Naval Architects use Pointwise for mesh and grid generation and services for computational fluid dynamics. In order to have access to the required support to keep this software (Phone/E-mail support and software updates), a support contract is required. In order to continue using the software, a license renewal is required. Pointwise software is available through Pointwise, Inc., as they are the developers and sole distributors of the product in the U.S.A.

Based on market research and past use, POINTWISE is the best software for this application.

This software has proven accuracy and ease of use for this application. It is the successor