Software and Software Maintenance for MSC NASTRAN/PATRAN

This requirement is for software and software maintenance for the MSC NASTRAN/PATRAN software.  These are the primary finite element modeling software used by all Naval Air Systems Command Fleet Support Teams (FST).  It provides a solution for complex structural problems where classical methods are inadequate. It is used to calculate loads in airframe structures and standardize analysis. Annual maintenance support is required to receive technical support and software updates to ensure compatibility with new hardware and to protect the original software investment.

RESPONSES

Please answer the following questions/provide the following feedback in your response to this RFI:

1. Please identify your company's small business size standard based on the primary NAICS code of 511210. The small business size standard for this NAICS code is $41,500,000.00. For more information refer to http://www.sba.gov/content/table-smallbusiness- size-standards.

Please identify, if your business is categorized as a small business by the SBA, or any of the following subcategories:

Small Business (SB) Concern, 8(a), Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB), Woman-Owned Small Business, Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone), Veteran-Owned Small Business, or a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business.

2. Under the current SB recertification regulations, do you anticipate your company remaining a small business, under the primary NAICS code? If you are a SB please answer questions 2a & b.

(a)  What percentage of this requirement do you plan to perform in house (not sub-contract out)? Also indicate (with supporting rationale) if/how your company would be compliant given the restrictions identified in the Defense Authorization Bill 2013, which states that at least 50 percent of the total contract cost will be performed by the small business prime contractor or small business similar situated entities.

(b)  If you are a small business, does your company have adequate resources, financial or otherwise, to perform the requirement?

3. Please provide any other pertinent information.

Interested parties shall respond to questions 1-3 by 12:00 pm on 27 January 2020. All information submitted should support the offeror's capability to provide the items required, and shall be furnished at no cost or obligation to the Government. Responses must be in writing and must provide clear and concise documentation indicating an offeror's bona fide capability to provide these items and sent to Andrew.kolpack@navy.mil. Verbal responses are not acceptable and will not be considered.