OrCad Software Maintenance

Added: Dec 14, 2016 4:42 pm EMA Design Automation will provide three additional years of software maintenance to include corrective patches and software updates to all product licenses currently owned by AISD as well as live U.S.-based technical support by both telephone and/or by web.

This sources sought synopsis is being issued to provide other potential offerors the opportunity to provide capability statements. The Naval Air Warfare Center, Weapons Division intends to award a sole source contract to EMA Design Automation based on the Federal Acquisition Regulation 6.302-1 justification for only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements for OrCad technical and software maintenance needed to support our Warfare Analysis tasking requirements.

Other interested parties may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement no later than 04/11/2016.

DISCLAIMER

THIS SOURCES SOUGHT IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY.

THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. IT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A SOLICITATION AND SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED AS A COMMITMENT BY THE GOVERNMENT. RESPONSES IN ANY FORM ARE NOT OFFERS AND THE GOVERNMENT IS UNDER NO OBLIGATION TO AWARD A CONTRACT AS A RESULT OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. NO FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE TO PAY FOR PREPARATION OF RESPONSES TO THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. ANY INFORMATION SUBMITTED BY RESPONDENTS TO THIS TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION IS STRICTLY VOLUNTARY.

REQUIRED CAPABILITIES

The Airborne Instrumentation Systems Division (AISD) of NAWC-WD provides a complete Electronic Design Automation (EDA) solution that includes electronic engineering computer-aided design and automation tools such as schematic capture, printed-circuit board (PCB) layout with interactive auto-routing capability, analog and digital simulation, signal integrity analysis, and high pin-density Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) floor-planning tools.

AISD currently has 31 separate Cadance-OrCAD licenses and 5 DownStream Technologies licenses supporting its engineering workforce and is seeking to acquire software maintenance and technical support for all licenses that are already owned by the Government.

AISD cannot accept any product other than that from Cadence OrCAD and no other vendor can provide software maintenance and technical support as EMA Design Automation is the sole supplier of these services for Cadence.

SUBMISSION DETAILS

Interested businesses shall submit written responses by e-mail in Microsoft Word format (version 1997-2003) to william.s.glenn@navy.mil or mailed to Commander NAWCWD (Code 254140D) Attn: Billy Glenn 429 E. Bowen Rd. Mail Stop 4015, China Lake, CA 93555-6108 no later than 5 days from this Notice date.

Please submit all questions to Billy Glenn at william.s.glenn@navy.mil or (760) 939-3772.

E-mail responses shall be received at this office no later than 3:00 P.M. Pacific Standard Time on 04/11/2016 and reference this synopsis number on both the e-mail subject line as well as on all enclosed documents. Information and materials submitted in response to this request WILL NOT be returned. Classified material SHALL NOT be submitted.

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Added: Apr 04, 2016 4:55 pm This sources sought synopsis is being issued to provide other potential offerors the opportunity to provide capability statements. The Naval Air Warfare Center, Weapons Division intends to award a sole source contract to EMA Design Automation based on the Federal Acquisition Regulation 6.302-1 justification for only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements for OrCad technical and software maintenance needed to support our Warfare Analysis tasking requirements.

Other interested parties may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement no later than 04/11/2016.

DISCLAIMER

THIS SOURCES SOUGHT IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY.

THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. IT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A SOLICITATION AND SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED AS A COMMITMENT BY THE GOVERNMENT. RESPONSES IN ANY FORM ARE NOT OFFERS AND THE GOVERNMENT IS UNDER NO OBLIGATION TO AWARD A CONTRACT AS A RESULT OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. NO FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE TO PAY FOR PREPARATION OF RESPONSES TO THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. ANY INFORMATION SUBMITTED BY RESPONDENTS TO THIS TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION IS STRICTLY VOLUNTARY.

REQUIRED CAPABILITIES

The Airborne Instrumentation Systems Division (AISD) of NAWC-WD provides a complete Electronic Design Automation (EDA) solution that includes electronic engineering computer-aided design and automation tools such as schematic capture, printed-circuit board (PCB) layout with interactive auto-routing capability, analog and digital simulation, signal integrity analysis, and high pin-density Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) floor-planning tools.

AISD currently has 31 separate Cadance-OrCAD licenses and 5 DownStream Technologies licenses supporting its engineering workforce and is seeking to acquire software maintenance and technical support for all licenses that are already owned by the Government.

AISD cannot accept any product other than that from Cadence OrCAD and no other vendor can provide software maintenance and technical support as EMA Design Automation is the sole supplier of these services for Cadence.

SUBMISSION DETAILS

Interested businesses shall submit written responses by e-mail in Microsoft Word format (version 1997-2003) to william.s.glenn@navy.mil or mailed to Commander NAWCWD (Code 254140D) Attn: Billy Glenn 429 E. Bowen Rd. Mail Stop 4015, China Lake, CA 93555-6108 no later than 5 days from this Notice date.

Please submit all questions to Billy Glenn at william.s.glenn@navy.mil or (760) 939-3772.

E-mail responses shall be received at this office no later than 3:00 P.M. Pacific Standard Time on 04/11/2016 and reference this synopsis number on both the e-mail subject line as well as on all enclosed documents. Information and materials submitted in response to this request WILL NOT be returned. Classified material SHALL NOT be submitted.