LSJ_TruckSim_2018-Final.pdf

Department of the Army Limited Source Justification for Purchases under SAT

Purchase Request #: 1190966

1. Contracting Activity: The Army Contracting Command-Warren, MI is the procuring activity for this action.

2. Description of the Supply Purchased: The proposed action is in support of Tank Automotive Research Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC) for the procurement of one TruckSim Network License and one TruckSim Single User License to be used on the Defense Research Engineering Network (DREN). TruckSim is a commercial vehicle dynamics simulation software package used for simulating vehicle dynamics performance of the military wheeled vehicles. The software purchase covers the maintenance and support for one year. Mechanical Simulation Corporation does not authorize the use of option years, so the maintenance and support for the second year onwards will have to be purchased on follow-on contracts.

The software developer, manufacturer, and sole source supplier of this software is:

Mechanical Simulation Corporation 755 Phoenix Drive Ann Arbor, MI 48108

CAGE: 1KDD6

3. Dollar Amount: The type of funds will be FY2018 RDT&E with an estimated total purchase price of $80,625.

4. Authority Cited: The statutory authority permitting other than full and open competition is:

Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services Will Satisfy Agency Requirements and 41 U.S.C. 253(c), as implemented by FAR 13.106-1(b)(1), “Soliciting from a Single Source.”

5. Reason for Authority Cited: “Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services Will Satisfy Agency Requirements.” TruckSim software has a library of validated templates for multi-axle military trucks and trailers that use parametric suspension kinematics and compliance data for inputs in their vehicle model development. TARDEC’s System Simulation Team characterizes kinematics and compliance properties (using Suspension Parameter Identification and Evaluation Rig [SPIDER] machine) of military wheeled vehicles where that data can be used directly for the model development and diagnosing mobility issues with the fielded vehicles. TruckSim also provides the ability to model and integrate existing manned vehicle models into autonomous vehicle models using their library of sensor models.

6. Market Research: Prior experience and market research performed by Ken Norman and Amandeep Singh in February 2018 and earlier has shown that it is not possible to use any other software in place of TruckSim that can leverage TARDEC’s SPIDER data to quickly develop, analyze, and post process multi-axle heavy military vehicles and trailers using historically validated multi-axle truck and trailer templates. TruckSim is relatively much cheaper than other commercial tools that may partially fulfill the requirements. TARDEC has a large database of SPIDER data that can be leveraged to feed critical data into TruckSim software for efficient vehicle dynamics analysis. Market research has not found any other similar software or software providers that are capable of meeting the requirements set forth by TARDEC for this acquisition.

7. The POC for this action is Amandeep Singh, amandeep.singh2.civ@mail.mil, 586-282-

8. Technical Certification: I certify this justification is accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Name: Amandeep Singh Title: Team Leader (Acting) Signature: //s// Amandeep Singh Date: April 25, 2018

9. Contracting Officer Certification: I certify this justification is accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Name: Jennifer S. Pruente Title: Contracting Officer Signature: //JSP// Date: 2018 May 31