Aspen Plus, Aspen HYSYS and Aspen Exchanger Design and Rating Desktop Software

The U.S. Chemical Safety Board intends to award a purchase order on a sole-source basis to ASPEN Technology Inc., Burlington, MA for the following:

Aspen Plus, Aspen HYSYS, and Aspen Exchanger Design and Rating Desktop Software based on 1-year license term.

This purchase order is being issued to ASPEN Technology Inc. because it is required by the government to perform systems analysis in connection with CSB incident investigations. The CSB uses the ASPEN Technology Inc process simulation software to better understand the process in each investigation including potential failure modes. No other software can supply ASPEN Plus, ASPEN HYSYS and ASPEN Exchanger Design and Rating. ASPEN Technology Inc is the developer and only supplier of ASPEN Plus, AH, and AEDR.

This purchase is being issued to ASPEN Technology Inc because there is no alternative since they are the only source who can provide the items being requested by the government. This request is considered to be sole source to ASPEN Technology Inc. All responsible sources may submit a bid proposal, or quotation which shall be considered by this agency. Offerors shall provide sufficient technical literature, documents, etc, in order for the Government evaluation team to make an adequate technical assessment of the quote as meeting technical acceptability. Therefore, no solicitation will result from this announcement. The North American Classification Code (NAICS) is 511210. This award shall be made using FAR Part 13, Simplified Acquisition Procedures. All interested firms must respond to CSB-15-0009 by 05:00 P.M. EST, November 18, 2014. Request for information should be addressed to the Contracting Officer, Amy McCormick at 202-261-7630 or via email at contracts@csb.gov. All proposals should be e-mailed to contracts@csb.gov.