Intent to Award Sole Source: STAR CCM+
Closed Special Notice Posted
- Agency
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Air Force Research Laboratory
Air Force Materiel Command, Department of Defense
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 541519 Other Computer Related Services
- Place of performance
- Wright Patterson AFB, Ohio 45433, United States
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory intends to issue a firm-fixed-price purchase order as a sole source to Siemens Government Technologies for STAR-CCM+ software maintenance and technical support, with award anticipated on or about September 29, 2026, under FAR 12.102(a) authority (only one source reasonably available). The period of performance is 365 days. This is not a request for competitive quotations, but the Air Force will consider capability statements, proposals, or quotations from all responsible sources received within five days of this notice's issuance to determine whether to conduct a full and open competitive procurement or establish a small business set-aside. Responses will be evaluated solely to assess whether competition is warranted; the Government will not pay for information submitted. The procurement covers maintenance renewal for Simcenter STAR-CCM+ Power Session and Add 1 licenses, which sustain computational fluid dynamics simulation capabilities supporting Air Force Research Laboratory research programs, including inlet and turbomachinery component analysis and airframe-propulsion configuration verification. Sole-source justification rests on significant prior investment in perpetual licenses, specialized technical capabilities required, cost advantages of flat-price parallel licensing versus per-core alternatives, and duplication costs and training burdens from switching systems. Responding sources must provide points of contact, addresses, email addresses, phone numbers, and business size classification based on NAICS 541519.
Notice text
The United States Air Force intends to issue a Firm-Fixed-Price Purchase order to a single source, Siemens Government Technologies, under the authority of RFO 12.102(a) (only one source reasonably available) on or about 29 September 2026. The period of performance (PoP) shall be 365 days ARO.
FSC: 7A21
NAICS: 541519
Size Standard: 34M
Subscription name: Star-CCM+
Supplier name: Siemens Government Technologies
Product description and characteristics:
- SEE REDACTED D&F
This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotations. However, all responsible sources may submit a capability statement, proposal, or quotation, which shall be considered by the Government. The Government will consider responses received within 5 days of issuance of this notice. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether or not to conduct a full and open competitive procurement or a small business set aside competitive procurement. The Government will not pay for any information received in response to this announcement.
If the Government decides to compete this requirement, a synopsis shall be issued utilizing the combined synopsis/solicitation procedure identified in RFO 12.202(b). If this effort becomes a Small Business Set-Aside, RFO 52.219-14, Limitation on Subcontracting, will apply. Therefore, small businesses that want to be considered for a small business set-aside should demonstrate how they intend to comply.
A determination not to compete this requirement based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.
Contractors should be aware of the following information:
- Contractors must include the following information:
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- Points of contact, addresses, email addresses, phone numbers.
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- Identification as a large U.S. business, a small U.S. business, or a foreign business. Please note that size indicated should be based on the NAICS code for this effort listed above.
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- Identification of any other socioeconomic status including: Women-Owned Small Business, Economically Disadvantaged Small Business, 8(a), Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business, Veteran Owned Small Business or HUBZone.
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- Company CAGE Code or UEI Number.
- In your response, you must address how your product meets the product characteristics specified above.
- Submitted information shall be UNCLASSIFIED.
- Responses are limited to 10 pages in a Microsoft Word compatible format.
Responses should be emailed to Shelby Sartin at shelby.sartin.1@us.af.mil no later than 28 September 2026, 12:00 PM EST. Any questions should be directed to Shelby Sartin through email.
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| BOM-EAST-316------Software---Star-CCMMaintenanceRenewal.xlsx | XLSX spreadsheet | |
| Star-CCM Determinations and Findings_Redacted.pdf |
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