Fidelity Pointwise
Closed Special Notice Posted
- Solicitation number
- F4FDBM6211A002
- Agency
-
AFLCMC Wright Patterson AFB
Lifecycle Management Center, Department of Defense
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 513210 Software Publishers
- Place of performance
- Wright Patterson AFB, Ohio 45433, United States
- Points of contact
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC) intends to award a sole-source Firm-Fixed Price contract to Cadence Design Systems, Inc. for Pointwise License Maintenance, with written capability statements or quotations due by August 17, 2026 at 12 p.m. EST. This procurement is justified under FAR 13.106-1(b) based on Pointwise being specialized software available from a single source; the justification asserts that no alternative meshing software has demonstrated equivalent capability for high-fidelity computational fluid dynamics analysis and full-aircraft CAD model mesh generation required by AFLCMC and other government agencies (AFRL, NASIC, AFIT, DEVCOM AvMC). The contract covers two years of annual maintenance on three perpetual licenses previously held by the A-10 SPO and donated to AFLCMC, with back-pay for 2025-2026 necessitated by a funding lapse and waiver of the 90-day license termination rule. The estimated contract cost is redacted; performance is estimated at 365 days after award under FY26 appropriation. Although sole-source justification has been approved, the agency states that all responsible sources may submit evidence of their ability to provide the required supplies or services, and the Government's determination not to compete remains within its discretion. Colonel Paul W. Tinker has been appointed as Ombudsman to receive contractor concerns outside the source selection process.
Notice text
The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center intends to negotiate a sole source Firm-Fixed Price contract for Pointwise License Maintenance. This justification is for a single source in accordance with the following authority, as applicable: FAR 13.106-1(b) and the circumstances of the contract action deem only one source reasonably available. The procurement of the Pointwise software is essential to support the current intelligence, technological, and warfare model production environments. Pointwise is specialized software that is sold through a single source and Pointwise, Inc. is the only source that can provide Pointwise software perpetual licenses. Please see the Justification and Approval document attached to this posting for additional details.
This is not a request for competitive proposals and no solicitation is available at this time. All responsible sources may submit a capability statement, proposal, or quotation which shall be considered by the agency. Interested sources must respond in writing with clear and convincing evidence to support their ability to provide the required supplies/services by 17 August 2025 at 12PM EST. A determination by the Government not to compete this action based on responses received is solely within the discretion of the Government.
Col(S) Paul W. Tinker has been appointed as Ombudsman to hear concerns from offerors, or potential offerors, during the proposal development. The purpose of the Ombudsman is to communicate contractor concerns, issues, disagreements, and recommendations to the appropriate government personnel. Existence of the Ombudsman does not diminish the authority of the program director or the contracting officer. Accordingly, the Ombudsman does not participate in the preparation of solicitations, the evaluation of proposals or the source selection process and, therefore, for routine matters on individual solicitations, please contact the buyer at the telephone number listed herein. When requested, the Ombudsman will maintain strict confidentiality as to the source of the concern. Should you desire to contact the Ombudsman, Col(S) Paul W. Tinker can be reached at e-mail: asca@us.af.mil.
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| J_A - Pointwise Annual Maintenance_2026_final_Redacted.pdf |
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