Notice of Intent to Sole Source - COMSOL maintenance
Closed Pre-Solicitation Posted
- Solicitation number
- 87981
- Agency
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CDC Office of Acquisition Services
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 513210 Software Publishers
- Place of performance
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15236, United States
- Points of contact
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) intends to award a sole source firm fixed price purchase order to COMSOL, Inc. for software maintenance and additional software modules for the COMSOL Multiphysics Modeling Software. This software and associated services are required by the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) National Personal Protective Technology Laboratory (NPPTL). The purchase will be made under the authority of FAR 13.106-1(b) and 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1) due to COMSOL, Inc. being the exclusive provider of maintenance and upgrades for their proprietary software. Interested parties may identify their interest and submit documentation of their capability to respond to the requirement, but a determination by the government not to compete this proposed contract is solely within the government's discretion.
This procurement is not set aside for any particular business type. COMSOL, Inc. is the incumbent and the sole source provider of the required software and maintenance services. The annual maintenance subscription cost and value of the additional perpetual software licenses were not specified in the pre-solicitation notice.
Notice text
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention intends to award a sole source firm fixed price purchase order to COMSOL, Inc. for software maintenance for the COMSOL Multiphysics Modeling Software and Heat Transfer Module as well as perpetual licenses for the CAD Import Module and the Structural Mechanics Module. The annual maintenance subscription is exclusively provided by COMSOL, Inc. They are the designers of the proprietary software and only their certified technicians can provide modeling problem solutions. In addition, only COMSOL, Inc. regularly releases fixes and version upgrades for the software and the added features used at the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) National Personal Protective Technology Laboratory (NPPTL).
This contract action is for supplies or services for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under the authority of FAR 13.106-1(b) (SAP) and 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1). Interested parties may identify their interest and submit documentation of their capability to respond to the requirement.
This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotations; however, all responses received by the closing date specified in the issuance of this notice will be considered by the government. A determination by the government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement.
Any response should be emailed to Patrick Winders at vxx6@cdc.gov
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