Cadence Software Licenses

Added: Aug 25, 2016 8:24 am This is a Notice of Proposed Contract Action under FAR Part 12 Acquisition of Commercial Items and FAR Part 13 Simplified Acquisition Procedures. This notice is for information only; a solicitation will not be issued. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. No contract will be awarded on the basis of offers received in response to this notice. The associated North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 511210 with a small business size standard of $38.5 million average annual revenue.

AFRL requires 1 each eDA Gold Card 24/7 access to Cadence software library and tools for 36 months. The software to be accessed allows the user to lay out integrated circuit designs. The primary tool assists in Integrated Circuit (IC) floor plan entry, places and routes the standard cells, and times the resulting IC design. The eDA Gold Card enables flexible term licenses, access to new software products, internet based access, 24 hour self-service, license generation, and high speed download.

The following items comprise the requirements:

PN: EDS310
EDI System Hierarchical Design option

PN: 95310
Virtuoso Layout Suite XL

The program office has developed a complex series of commands, applications, and customized tools to control the Cadence IC layout software based on the unique command structure of the product. At this time the engineers only have developed a command set to control the Cadence set of IC place and route tools and their flow supports only Cadence software for layout of IC design, making it the only suitable product for the current IC layout effort. The design flow and tools are interdependent; using another software product would require significant engineering man hours and cost to redevelop the series of commands, applications, and customized tools.

Award to any other source would result in substantial duplication of cost to the Government that is not expected to be recovered through competition and unacceptable delays in fulfilling the requirements including costs related to training, installation, software development, engineering, maintenance, and support.

Cadence IC layout software will be needed daily by Government personnel during this effort. Procuring the eDA Gold Card is necessary to successfully complete multiple contracts and in house tasks valued at several million dollars.

The Government intends to negotiate a sole source contract with Cadence Design Systems, 2655 Seely Ave Bldg. 5, San Jose, CA 95134

This is a notice of proposed contract action and not a request for competitive proposals; however, all responsible sources may submit a capability statement or proposal, which shall be considered by the agency. All inquiries should be sent by email to Brooke.Hoffman@us.af.mil.

Responses must be submitted by the date/time listed on the notice. Any response to this notice must show clear and convincing evidence that competition would be advantageous to the Government in future procurements.

Responses received will be evaluated; however a determination by the Government not to compete the proposed procurement based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. The Government anticipates an award date on or before 30 September 2016.

A Sole Source Justification will be attached to the subsequent Notice of Award in accordance with applicable regulation.

Department of the Air Force, Air Force Materiel Command, AFRL - Rome Research Site, AFRL/Information Directorate
26 Electronic Parkway
Rome, New York 13441
United States