PowerFLOW License Renewal

NASA's Shared Services Center has published a Special Notice for the PowerFLOW License Renewal requirement at NASA Langley Research Center. The agency intends to award a sole source contract to DS Government Solutions of Waltham, Massachusetts, under FAR 13.106-1(b)(1)(i) authority, having determined that DS Government Solutions is the sole provider of PowerFLOW license renewal services. The procurement will be conducted using commercial item procedures under FAR Parts 12 and 13, with performance taking place at NASA Langley Research Center. The contract will cover various PowerFLOW Suite products including PowerCASE, PowerACOUSTICS, PowerDELTA, PowerINSIGHT, PowerVIZ, and PowerFLOW Simulation units with quantities ranging from 2 to 4000 units per product. The NAICS code for this procurement is 541519 (Other Computer Related Services).

The purpose of this Special Notice is to provide interested organizations an opportunity to demonstrate their capabilities and qualifications to perform the PowerFLOW license renewal effort before NASA proceeds with the sole source award. Contractors must submit their written capabilities and qualifications by 3:00 p.m. Central Standard Time on August 22, 2025, to the designated points of contact, with oral communications not being acceptable. The government will evaluate these responses solely to determine whether to conduct the procurement on a competitive basis, though the final decision to proceed with sole source remains at the government's discretion. The contract period is scheduled from January 24, 2026, to January 23, 2027, and will include software updates, bug fixes, new versions, and product assistance for the PowerFLOW computational fluid dynamics software used by NASA's Computational Aerosciences Branch.