Thermal Desktop and SpaceClaim Software Licenses/Maintenance Support

80NSSC19Q0320;
NOTICE OF COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION RFQ

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation is issued as a Request for Quote (RFQ) for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6, using Simplified Acquisition Procedures for Certain Commercial Items per FAR 13.5, as supplemented with the additional information included in this notice. This solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-97. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotes are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. NASA/NSSC intends to issue a single Firm Fixed Priced Award from this solicitation to Cullimore & Ring Technologies, Inc. (C & R), 2501 Briarwood Drive, Boulder, CO 80305.

This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotations; however, all quotations/responses received by April 25, 2019 by 12:00 noon CST will be considered by the government. A determination by the government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement.

Solicitation number 80NSSC19Q0320 issued as a Request for Quote (RFQ). NASA/NSSC has a sole source requirement for renewal licenses of Thermal Desktop software modules, including Thermal Desktop, SINDA/FLUINT, RadCAD, FloCAD, SinapsPlus, Thermal Adaptor for Space Claim and Mesh Generation for Space Claim. (See Attachment A RFQ & Attachment D, Sole Source Justification for Other Than Full and Open Competition (JOFOC) for further details).

It is the responsibility of the contractor to be familiar with the applicable clauses and provisions. The clauses may be accessed in full text at these addresses: http://www.acquisition.gov/far/index.html and http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/procurement/regs/nfstoc.html. NASA Clause 1852.215-84, Ombudsman, is applicable. The Center Ombudsman for this acquisition can be found at http://prod.nais.nasa.gov/pub/pub_library/Omb.html. Additionally, 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors; 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications- Commercial Items; 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items; and 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders-Commercial Items. Offerors must include completed copies of the provision at 52.212.3 Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items with their offer if they are not registered in SAM. These representations and certifications will be incorporated by reference in any resultant contract.

See RFQ, Attachment A, body for all Solicitation Provisions, Clauses, Representations and Certifications.

Please indicate the above referenced solicitation number in the subject line of emails and all correspondence.

COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION:

1. SOLICITATION QUESTIONS:
1.1 Questions must be submitted in writing. The questions format is provided as Attachment D, Questions Request Form. Questions shall be submitted via electronic mail (e-mail) to nsscelmt@mail.nasa.gov. Questions will be accepted no later than 24 hours prior to quote due date and time. All questions and answers will be published via amendment to the solicitation.

2. AMENDMENTS TO SOLICITATION:
2.1 Acknowledged receipt of ALL amendments to this solicitation on the Quote. If any of the amendments to this solicitation furnish amended sections, the amended sections must be used in submitting your offer.

3. OFFER ACCEPTANCE PERIOD:
3.1 The minimum offer acceptance period is specified in FAR Clause 52.212-1. Please ensure that you allow at least the stated number of calendar days for the Government to accept your offer.

4. SUBMITTING OFFERS:
4.1 Offers must arrive at the designated location by the exact time and date as specified in this solicitation. Any contractor submissions or requests for information about the RFQ after the closing date and time are late, and will not be considered.
4.2 Offers will only be received by this office via email.
4.3 Electronic submission of price shall be through email to nsscelmt@mail.nasa.gov, Contracting Officer Christy Moody at christy.r.moody@nasa.gov and Procurement Specialist Tammy L. Mciver at tammy.l.mciver@nasa.gov .Transmission of offers by fax to this office is NOT ACCEPTABLE and will result in offers being rejected.
4.4 Please carefully review the entire RFQ including the SOW/Product List, all other solicitation attachments, and the instructions included herein and respond with a quote. Offerors must demonstrate their capability to satisfy the entire breadth and scope of the SOW.
4.5 Quote due date and time is April 25, 2019, 1200 noon CST.

5. WRITTEN CONTENTS
5.1 Quote shall include:
 Name, title, email and signature of the person authorized to sign the Contract.
 Acknowledgements of all amendments.
 CAGE Numbers: Each offeror shall include the contractual organizational CAGE number on documentation.
 CONTRACTOR UNIQUE ENTITY IDENTIFIER: Each offeror shall include the contractual organizational Unique Entity Identifier number on documentation (DUNS).
 A statement specifying agreement with all terms, conditions, and provisions included in the solicitation and agreement to furnish any and all items upon which prices are quoted at the quoted item prices.
 A statement of detailed analysis of any objections, exceptions, contingencies, or additions. Any objections, exceptions, contingencies, or additions shall also cross reference the particular paragraph(s) in the solicitation document to which they apply.
5.2 Quote shall include Firm Fixed Unit Pricing, a completed Price Schedule, and a signed capability statement, found at Attachment B, Price Schedule.

6. COPIES OF SOLICITATION DOCUMENTS AND AMENDMENTS
6.1 Copies of the solicitation and amendments are available by INTERNET ACCESS ONLY. All Request for Quote (RFQ) documents and any amendments to the RFQ are made available from the FedBizOpps website.
6.2 It shall be the contractor's responsibility to check the website for any amendments. The offeror shall submit in the Quote all requested information specified in this solicitation.

7. BEST VALUE EVALUATION
7.1 FAR Part 13.106-2 is applicable to this procurement and all Award and documentation will be in accordance with FAR Part 13.106-3.
7.2 The Government intends to award a Firm Fixed Price type contract, resulting from this solicitation to whose quote will be most advantageous to the Government, price and technical capability considered and to whose quote, conforming to the solicitation, provides the lowest evaluated price for the software licenses and software maintenance (lowest price, technically acceptable) meeting the standards set forth in the SOW as demonstrated in the capability statement. Vendors shall quote prices for required products listing in the SOW by completing ALL pricing in Attachment B, Price Schedule.
7.3 The completed Attachment B, Price Schedule must be submitted with the offerors final quote.
7.4 Price must include all applicable discounts.

8. ALL OR NONE
The Government reserves the right to make a single award on "all or none" basis to the quoter whose quote
is considered in the best interest of the Government. Therefore, quoters proposing less than the entire
effort specified herein may be determined to be.

9. SYSTEM FOR AWARD MANAGEMENT (SAM) REGISTRATION/CONTRACTOR RESPONSIBILITY
9.1 All Contractors are required to be registered in SAM Website: www.sam.gov. Copy of SAM Registration must be provided with the proposal and maintained current throughout the performance of the contract.

10. ATTACHMENTS:
80NSSC19Q0320 Attachment A, RFQ and NASA Terms and Conditions
80NSSC19Q0320 Attachment B, Price Schedule
80NSSC19Q0320 Attachment C, Sole Source Justification for Other than Full and Open Competition (JOFOC) Redacted_Redacted
80NSSC19Q0320 Attachment D, Questions Request Form

CLOSING DATE: 04/25/2019 (12:00 noon CST)
PROPOSED AWARD DATE: 05/01/2019

DELIVERY METHOD -- FOB Destination,
Electronic delivery of Software licenses and Software license updates. Email to end users to confirm support is activated. POC may have to go online to activate.
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE: 1 year from award date (Expected award date May 1, 2019-April 30, 2020)

CONTRACTING OFFICE: NASA Shared Services Center (NSSC)
NASA Shared Services Center
Building 1111 Jerry Hlass Rd
Stennis Space Center, MS 39529

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80NSSC19Q0320;
NOTICE OF COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION RFQ

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation is issued as a Request for Quote (RFQ) for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6, using Simplified Acquisition Procedures for Certain Commercial Items per FAR 13.5, as supplemented with the additional information included in this notice. This solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-97. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotes are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. NASA/NSSC intends to issue a single Firm Fixed Priced Award from this solicitation to Cullimore & Ring Technologies, Inc. (C & R), 2501 Briarwood Drive, Boulder, CO 80305.

This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotations; however, all quotations/responses received by April 24, 2019 by 5:00 PM CST will be considered by the government. A determination by the government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement.

Solicitation number 80NSSC19Q0320 issued as a Request for Quote (RFQ). NASA/NSSC has a sole source requirement for renewal licenses of Thermal Desktop software modules, including Thermal Desktop, SINDA/FLUINT, RadCAD, FloCAD, SinapsPlus, Thermal Adaptor for Space Claim and Mesh Generation for Space Claim. (See Attachment A RFQ & Attachment D, Sole Source Justification for Other Than Full and Open Competition (JOFOC) for further details).

It is the responsibility of the contractor to be familiar with the applicable clauses and provisions. The clauses may be accessed in full text at these addresses: http://www.acquisition.gov/far/index.html and http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/procurement/regs/nfstoc.html. NASA Clause 1852.215-84, Ombudsman, is applicable. The Center Ombudsman for this acquisition can be found at http://prod.nais.nasa.gov/pub/pub_library/Omb.html. Additionally, 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors; 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications- Commercial Items; 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items; and 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders-Commercial Items. Offerors must include completed copies of the provision at 52.212.3 Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items with their offer if they are not registered in SAM. These representations and certifications will be incorporated by reference in any resultant contract.

See RFQ, Attachment A, body for all Solicitation Provisions, Clauses, Representations and Certifications.

Please indicate the above referenced solicitation number in the subject line of emails and all correspondence.

COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION:

1. SOLICITATION QUESTIONS:
1.1 Questions must be submitted in writing. The questions format is provided as Attachment D, Questions Request Form. Questions shall be submitted via electronic mail (e-mail) to nsscelmt@mail.nasa.gov. Questions will be accepted no later than 24 hours prior to quote due date and time. All questions and answers will be published via amendment to the solicitation.

2. AMENDMENTS TO SOLICITATION:
2.1 Acknowledged receipt of ALL amendments to this solicitation on the Quote. If any of the amendments to this solicitation furnish amended sections, the amended sections must be used in submitting your offer.

3. OFFER ACCEPTANCE PERIOD:
3.1 The minimum offer acceptance period is specified in FAR Clause 52.212-1. Please ensure that you allow at least the stated number of calendar days for the Government to accept your offer.

4. SUBMITTING OFFERS:
4.1 Offers must arrive at the designated location by the exact time and date as specified in this solicitation. Any contractor submissions or requests for information about the RFQ after the closing date and time are late, and will not be considered.
4.2 Offers will only be received by this office via email.
4.3 Electronic submission of price shall be through email to nsscelmt@mail.nasa.gov, Contracting Officer Christy Moody at christy.r.moody@nasa.gov and Procurement Specialist Tammy L. Mciver at tammy.l.mciver@nasa.gov .Transmission of offers by fax to this office is NOT ACCEPTABLE and will result in offers being rejected.
4.4 Please carefully review the entire RFQ including the SOW/Product List, all other solicitation attachments, and the instructions included herein and respond with a quote. Offerors must demonstrate their capability to satisfy the entire breadth and scope of the SOW.
4.5 Quote due date and time is April 24, 2019, 5:00 PM CST.

5. WRITTEN CONTENTS
5.1 Quote shall include:
 Name, title, email and signature of the person authorized to sign the Contract.
 Acknowledgements of all amendments.
 CAGE Numbers: Each offeror shall include the contractual organizational CAGE number on documentation.
 CONTRACTOR UNIQUE ENTITY IDENTIFIER: Each offeror shall include the contractual organizational Unique Entity Identifier number on documentation (DUNS).
 A statement specifying agreement with all terms, conditions, and provisions included in the solicitation and agreement to furnish any and all items upon which prices are quoted at the quoted item prices.
 A statement of detailed analysis of any objections, exceptions, contingencies, or additions. Any objections, exceptions, contingencies, or additions shall also cross reference the particular paragraph(s) in the solicitation document to which they apply.
5.2 Quote shall include Firm Fixed Unit Pricing, a completed Price Schedule, and a signed capability statement, found at Attachment B, Price Schedule.

6. COPIES OF SOLICITATION DOCUMENTS AND AMENDMENTS
6.1 Copies of the solicitation and amendments are available by INTERNET ACCESS ONLY. All Request for Quote (RFQ) documents and any amendments to the RFQ are made available from the FedBizOpps website.
6.2 It shall be the contractor's responsibility to check the website for any amendments. The offeror shall submit in the Quote all requested information specified in this solicitation.

7. BEST VALUE EVALUATION
7.1 FAR Part 13.106-2 is applicable to this procurement and all Award and documentation will be in accordance with FAR Part 13.106-3.
7.2 The Government intends to award a Firm Fixed Price type contract, resulting from this solicitation to whose quote will be most advantageous to the Government, price and technical capability considered and to whose quote, conforming to the solicitation, provides the lowest evaluated price for the software licenses and software maintenance (lowest price, technically acceptable) meeting the standards set forth in the SOW as demonstrated in the capability statement. Vendors shall quote prices for required products listing in the SOW by completing ALL pricing in Attachment B, Price Schedule.
7.3 The completed Attachment B, Price Schedule must be submitted with the offerors final quote.
7.4 Price must include all applicable discounts.

8. ALL OR NONE
The Government reserves the right to make a single award on "all or none" basis to the quoter whose quote
is considered in the best interest of the Government. Therefore, quoters proposing less than the entire
effort specified herein may be determined to be.

9. SYSTEM FOR AWARD MANAGEMENT (SAM) REGISTRATION/CONTRACTOR RESPONSIBILITY
9.1 All Contractors are required to be registered in SAM Website: www.sam.gov. Copy of SAM Registration must be provided with the proposal and maintained current throughout the performance of the contract.

10. ATTACHMENTS:
80NSSC19Q0320 Attachment A, RFQ and NASA Terms and Conditions
80NSSC19Q0320 Attachment B, Price Schedule
80NSSC19Q0320 Attachment C, Sole Source Justification for Other than Full and Open Competition (JOFOC) Redacted_Redacted
80NSSC19Q0320 Attachment D, Questions Request Form

CLOSING DATE: 04/24/2019 (5:00 PM CST)
PROPOSED AWARD DATE: 05/01/2019

DELIVERY METHOD -- FOB Destination,
Electronic delivery of Software licenses and Software license updates. Email to end users to confirm support is activated. POC may have to go online to activate.
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE: 1 year from award date (Expected award date May 1, 2019-April 30, 2020)

CONTRACTING OFFICE: NASA Shared Services Center (NSSC)
NASA Shared Services Center
Building 1111 Jerry Hlass Rd
Stennis Space Center, MS 39529

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