FY26 LaRC Pointwise Center Consolidated Renewal

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration Shared Services Center is seeking to procure Fidelity Pointwise software licenses and support services through a sole source contract award. This procurement involves renewal of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and computational aeroacoustics (CAA) software essential to NASA Langley Research Center's operations, including support for critical projects such as the Artemis II Moon mission. The contract will be conducted as a commercial item acquisition under FAR Part 12 procedures, with the government justifying sole source procurement on the grounds that Pointwise software is uniquely necessary and no equivalent alternatives currently exist that would provide compatible integration with NASA's existing USM3D CFD flow solver, supercomputing infrastructure, and legacy workflows. Organizations interested in challenging the sole source determination may submit written capabilities and qualifications to demonstrate whether the procurement should be conducted on a competitive basis; however, the government retains discretion over its final procurement approach. All written submissions must be received by Shanna Patterson (Shanna.L.Patterson@nasa.gov) no later than 7 a.m. Central Standard Time on April 6, 2026, with the solicitation posted on April 2, 2026. Oral communications are not acceptable, and the NASA FAR Supplement Clause 1852.215-84 (Ombudsman) applies to this acquisition.

This is a sole source procurement with no set-aside designations, and the incumbent contractor is Cadence Design Systems, Inc. The contract covers the renewal of two software licenses for a server/client host system and support services across three distinct systems totaling 18 support licenses. The performance period extends from July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2027, with all work to be performed at NASA Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia (Site Number A-057978). The estimated cost is redacted from available documentation, preventing public disclosure of the award value or budget range. The NAICS classification for this procurement is 513210 (Software Publishers), and the PSC category is DA10 (IT and Telecom - Business Application/Application Development Software as a Service).