FY25 Fidelity Pointwise Renewal

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration Shared Services Center (NASA/NSSC) has published a Special Notice for the FY25 Fidelity Pointwise Renewal contract opportunity. NASA intends to issue a sole source contract to Cadence Design Systems Inc. under FAR 13.106-1(b)(1)(i), having determined them as the sole provider for this software renewal. The procurement involves the purchase of Fidelity Pointwise software licenses for NASA Ames Research Center, classified under NAICS Code 513210 for Software Publishers. The contract will be managed as a commercial acquisition under FAR Parts 12 and 13, with performance located at NASA Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, California. The procurement covers two line items totaling 17 software licenses with specific server/client host IDs for the CFD111SC part number.

The primary purpose of this Special Notice is to determine whether the procurement should be conducted on a competitive basis rather than as a sole source award to Cadence Design Systems Inc. Interested organizations must submit their capabilities and qualifications in writing to the primary point of contact, Laura Quave, by 3:00 p.m. Central Standard Time on June 24, 2025, with all correspondence referencing Notice ID 80NSSC25907077Q. Oral communications are not acceptable for this submission process. The government will evaluate submissions solely to determine the competitive approach, retaining full discretion over the final procurement method. The performance period for the software licenses runs from July 1, 2025, to June 30, 2026, supporting NASA's computational fluid dynamics capabilities at the Ames Research Center. Eligible contractors must demonstrate their ability to provide equivalent Fidelity Pointwise software licensing services to be considered for potential competition.