Bentley Hydraulic Software Renewal 2025-2030
Awarded Limited / Sole Source Justification Posted
- Solicitation number
- 47QSWA18D008F-75H70125A00001
- Agency
-
Indian Health Service
Department of Health and Human Services
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- Contract number
- 47QSWA18D008F-75H70125A00001 Federal IDV award
- Awardee
- Carahsoft Technology Corp
- NAICS code
- 513210 Software Publishers
- Place of performance
- Albuquerque, New Mexico 87113, United States
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Department of Health and Human Services Indian Health Service issued a Limited/Sole Source Justification Notice for the renewal of Bentley hydraulic software subscription services through a Blanket Purchase Agreement with Carahsoft Technology Corporation. The contract covers subscription services for IHS's existing portfolio of 14 seats of OpenFlows water and sewer modeling software (4 seats of Water Standard, 8 seats of Water Advanced, 1 seat of Water Ultimate, and 1 seat of Sewer Standard) used by the Division of Sanitation Facilities Construction to design water and sewer systems serving Native American populations nationwide. The sole source justification is based on Bentley Systems being the only provider of this specialized hydraulic modeling software, with Carahsoft serving as the exclusive GSA Schedule vendor for these subscription services. The contract value is $399,216.74 over the full performance period, which runs from 2026 to 2030 with a 12-month base period plus four 12-month option periods. IHS determined that maintaining the subscription service is cost-effective compared to purchasing individual software licenses for each workstation, which would cost an estimated $450,000, and eliminates the need for expensive software upgrades and extensive staff retraining that would be required with alternative solutions.
Notice text
IHS’ Office of Environmental Health and Engineer, Division of Sanitation Facilities Construction (DSFC) manages a Bentley software portfolio consisting of 4 seats of OpenFlows Water Standard, 8 seats of OpenFlows Water Advanced, 1 seat of OpenFlows ater Ultimate, and 1 seat of OpenFlows Sewer Standard valued at over $130,500. This software is utilized by staff located across the continental United States to model water and sewer systems serving the Native American population.Hydraulic modeling is required to design moderate to large size water systems by calculating water flows, quality, pressures, and fire flows.
Subscription services are required to leverage the Bentley software portfolio investment across our IHS offices and requires an annual contract. This service provides software license distribution to an unlimited number of computers, software usage reporting, access to software upgrades, and 24/7 support. The Learn subscription services provides access to on-demand and web facilitated training to improve modeling accuracy and employee competencies. Market research has shown that Carahsoft is the only source for Bentley software subscription services.
To be clear, the government needs subscription services to leverage the limited number of existing IHS owned software seats across dozens of IHS offices located nationwide. Bentley Systems is the only provider of the software defined in part one above. Should the government opt to eliminate subscription services, the DSFC program would need to purchase software for each hydraulic modeling workstation at an estimated cost of over $450,000 (assumes an additional 46 seats of software required.) Additional fees would also apply to upgrade software versioning every 1-3 years.
Performance Location: Nationwide
Period of Performance: 2026 to 2030, 12-month Base plus four 12-month Option periods.
Contract Type: Firim-fixed-priced Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA)
Awarded contract 47QSWA18D008F-75H70125A00001 to unknown vendor for unknown amount on 2025-09-02.
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| A08 JA Sole Source Bentley FAR 8-405-1 DC.pdf |
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