One Year Renewal of CST Studio License

NASA's Shared Services Center (NSSC) has issued a Special Notice for a one-year renewal of CST Studio License software, posted on July 22, 2025. The agency intends to award this contract as a sole source procurement to DS Government Solutions Corp of Waltham, Massachusetts, under the authority of FAR 13.106-1(b)(1)(i). NASA has determined that DS Government Solutions Corp is the sole provider capable of supplying the CST Studio License renewal required for this effort. The procurement will utilize commercial item acquisition procedures under FAR Parts 12 and 13, with performance located at NASA's Glenn Research Center. This opportunity falls under NAICS code 513210 for Software Publishers and involves IT application development software with perpetual licensing.

The purpose of this Special Notice is to inform potential contractors of NASA's intent to proceed with sole source procurement while providing an opportunity for other qualified vendors to demonstrate their capabilities. Interested organizations must submit written responses detailing their qualifications and capabilities to perform the CST Studio License renewal by 4:00 p.m. Central Standard Time on July 21, 2025, with oral communications explicitly not accepted. The government will evaluate these responses solely to determine whether to conduct the procurement on a competitive basis, though the final decision remains at the government's discretion. The renewal involves CST Studio Suite software packages including concurrent licensing units and acceleration tokens for electromagnetic simulation capabilities, designed to run on linux-based High Performance Cluster platforms. NASA reserves the right to maintain its sole source approach regardless of responses received, and has designated an ombudsman for this acquisition process as required under NASA Clause 1852.215-84.