Notice of Intent to Issue Sole Source Award: Bentley Systems Incorporated License Subscriptions and Renewals

This synopsis is hereby issued in accordance with FAR Part 5.203 and FAR Part 13.5 in response to the mandatory requirement for a 15-day notification. The purpose of this synopsis is to announce the Indian Health Service’s (IHS) intent to negotiate a Firm Fixed Price sole source contract with Bentley Systems Incorporated, 685 Stockton Drive, Exton, PA 19341, to acquire tools to support the 13 perpetual licenses to the WaterCAD, WaterGEMS, WaterHAMMER, and SewerCAD software and requires subscription renewal to access the Bentley hosted license server, software upgrades, and training services.

In addition to the 13 licenses that require subscription renewals DSFC requires the purchase of 1 Open Flows WaterGEMS Unlimited Pipes Perpetual License and 1 seat of WaterGEMS Unlimited Pipes SELECT Sub to support the new license throughout the duration of the requirement to support the Office of Environmental Health and Engineering (OEHE) Sanitation Facilities Construction (SFC) Program within the IHS over the next several years, due to an increase of SFC funding under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) (P.L 117-58).

Only one source Bentley Systems Incorporated, is capable of fulfilling the Governments requirement for providing the required subscription purchases and renewals.  This allows for Bentley to meet the unique compatibility and functionality requirements, with significant money and time having been invested into using Bentley software for modeling. This time and money would be lost when purchasing new base software, retraining staff on software usage, and converting historic models over from Bentley software to new software.

Under this acquisition the Government intends to purchase the following:

1. Continued Support of the following:

• Four (4) seats of OpenFlows WaterCAD 250 Pipes, Part # 2969
• Three (3) seats of OpenFlows WaterGEMS 250 Pipes, Part # 2987
• Three (3) seats of OpenFlows WaterGEMS 1000 Pipes, Part # 2989
• One (1) seat of OpenFlows WaterGEMS Unlimited Pipes, Part # 2993
• One (1) seat of OpenFlows WaterGEMS 5000 Pipes, Part # 2991
• One (1) seat of OpenFlows SewerCAD 250 Pipes, Part # 2941
• One (1) seat of OpenFlows Hammer, Part # 2925

2. New Software License

• Open Flows WaterGEMS Unlimited Pipes Perpetual License Part # 11635

Services shall include individual user portals (up to 250), administrative portal (up to 10 admins) to manage licenses and software access, access to web based software downloads, access to Bentley hosted license server, IHS administrator ability to generate use reports based on product and user, and technical assistance via web and phone. 

3. Term Licenses

Software shall be provided for use as-needed by IHS staff to complete hydraulic models. Cost schedule includes an initial NTE value that may be increased by modification as needed. Term licenses may only be billed for actual use.

4. Learning platform

Software provided shall include access for on-demand and web-facilitated training to IHS staff (up to 250) incidental to the cost of subscription services. 

Subscription to include up to 5 seats at each web-facilitated training for Bentley WaterCAD, WaterGEMS, or SewerCAD as coordinated by the Environmental Health Support Center training coordinator and access by all IHS users identified in the user portal to on-demand trainings twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week.

5. Quantity Increases

Capable sources shall allow for increase in user seats in the items above via the inclusion of option for increased services at the time of award or bi-lateral modification throughout performance.

The anticipated period of performance will be will for one (1) year, starting 09/09/2024.  The total anticipated cost is $92,101.00.

THIS NOTICE OF INTENT IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS, however, interested firms may submit a capability statement in response to the above requirement by 3:00 PM Eastern Time on July 19, 2024 to Colleen Henry, Contract Specialist, Phone: (240) 463-3813, Email: colleen.henry@ihs.gov . A determination not to open competition-based responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.