Pointwise Software Renewal
Awarded Limited / Sole Source Justification Posted
- Solicitation number
- FA282327P0006
- Agency
-
Air Force Test Center
Air Force Materiel Command, Department of Defense
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- Contract number
- FA282327P0006
- NAICS code
- 513210 Software Publishers
- Place of performance
- Florida 32542, United States
- Points of contact
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Test Center has awarded a sole-source contract to Cadence Design Systems, Inc. for Pointwise software renewal in the amount of $88,824.00 under contract FA282327P0006 on October 7, 2026.
The justification, executed under FAR 12.102(a) for commercial products and services, establishes that Pointwise is essential to the Air Force Seek Eagle Office's requirement for integration and standardization of 96 existing systems. AFSEO's Computational Aeromechanics division has deeply integrated Pointwise into automated workflow pipelines on DoD High Performance Computing systems, leveraging Pointwise's proprietary Glyph scripting language (based on Tcl) to generate viscous, high-resolution boundary layer meshes. Pointwise grids interface directly with specialized DoD CFD solvers including Kestrel/CREATE-AV and Beggar used for 6-DOF store separation modeling. The contracting officer determined that transitioning to an alternative mesher would sever data compatibility, require extensive retraining of CFD engineers, necessitate rebuilding automated pipelines, delay weapons integration analysis, degrade warfighter readiness, and introduce unacceptable validation and flight safety risks. The determination and findings were signed by Contracting Officer Kristina B. Brannon on August 21, 2026. Contracting activity is AFTC/PZIOAB (OL-EGLIN).
Notice text
Award made to Cadence Design Systems, Inc (Cage 0B6F5) in the amount of $88,824.00
Awarded contract FA282327P0006 to unknown vendor for unknown amount on 2026-10-07.
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| DF Below SAT R.pdf |
Notice history
| Notice | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| This notice | Limited / Sole Source Justification | |
| Pointwise Software Renewal | Special Notice |
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