181941_BNS.docx.pdf

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BRAND NAME SPECIFICATION

Subscription License for SIMULIA Abaqus software

PR 1300701708

BACKGROUND:

Requiring Activity: Naval Undersea Warfare Center, Division Newport, Code 1512

End Product: SIMULIA ABAQUS Software Licenses

Market Research Conducted: Other software packages were evaluated and compared. A cost estimate to switch from ABAQUS was then conducted. It was determined that there would be a significant negative impact to the program if a different software package was chosen (see below).

Procurement History: ABAQUS has been previously procured for this program, this procurement is for renewing existing software licenses and an increase in the number of licenses over the previous year.

N66604-16-F-1514 - FY16 Initial procurement N66604-17-F-1831 - FY17 renewal

Period of performance: 5/12/2018 to 5/11/2019

REQUIREMENT:

MFGR Part No. Description/Title Qty.

5CP-QAX-YLC SIMULIA Abaqus/CAE Extended 1

5CP-QVW-YLC SIMULIA Abaqus/ViewerShareab 1 5TP-QXT-YLC SIMULIA Abaqus Extend Tokens 16

BRAND NAME SPECIFICATION:

Vendor and Requirement:

The Advanced Undersea Technology program needs the capability for standalone high performance computing for system design and performance predictions for advanced underwater systems. A critical piece of this standalone system is the Finite Element Analysis (FEA) software ABAQUS which will be used for design analysis. Without this system and software the required system design and performance predictions cannot be done.

Governments Minimum Requirement/Salient Characteristics:

The Government requires FEA software ABAQUS to enable design analysis, optimization, and performance prediction for models with a large degree of freedom count. ABAQUS is optimized v1.2_JUNE2016 for the analysis of large models and it has all of the required capabilities necessary for the analysis.

Why No Other Models Meet the Government Minimum Requirements:

Dassault Systems is the only manufacturer who can produce software that is compatible with the current ABAQUS models. The use of another manufacturer’s software would necessitate rebuilding existing models using the other manufacturer’s software and would require a significant amount of training leading to unacceptable delays in the schedule. Additionally the ABAQUS analysis software has been validated against test data, switching to a new software package would require revalidation. It is estimated that it would cost in and a delay of if another FEA software package was chosen.

RESELLERS:

Resellers need to be an ABAQUS authorized vendor to ensure license compatibility and continued technical support from SIMULIA ABAQUS.