SOURCES SOUGHT
D -- Software
- Notice Date
- 8/27/2009
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- Contracting Office
- US Army, Army Contracting Command, Joint Munitions and Lethality (JM&L) Contracting Center, Picatinny Arsenal, New Jersey 07806-5000
- ZIP Code
- 07806-5000
- Solicitation Number
- W15QKN-09-X-0131
- Response Due
- 9/8/2009
- Archive Date
- 10/8/2009
- Point of Contact
- Heather Yaworski, Contract Specialist, (973)724-3638
- E-Mail Address
-
Heather Yaworski
(heather.yaworski@us.army.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Solicitation Number:W15QKN-09-X-0131Notice Type: Market Survey Market Survey: Procurement of additional ABAQUS Software Subscription Licenses plus Right to Use Maintenance Enhancement Support. The United States Army Contracting Command, Joint Munitions and Lethality Contracting Center, on behalf of the Analysis & Evaluation Technology Division within the Munitions Engineering Technology Center of the US Army RDECOM is conducting a market survey to identify potential sources that are capable of providing software updates and licenses for the use of currently available ABAQUS software suites located at Picatinny Arsenal, NJ. The Analysis & Evaluation Technology Division (AETD) is a functional element within the Fuze and Precision Munitions Technology Directorate in the Munitions Engineering and Technology Center. The mission of the AETD is to perform engineering analysis on all armaments in all stages of development and production. This analysis includes static structural analysis, dynamic structural analysis, computation fluid dynamics, electrical component analysis, electrical system analysis, sensor performance analysis, reliability analysis, manufacturing tolerance analyses, and process capability analyses. The division employs a specialized group of scientific, engineering and technical personnel specifically focused on the design and analysis of electrical systems and mechanical structures developed for high g applications specializing in gun launch survivability. The AETD mission is to support design developments and improve our scientific, engineering and technical expertise in order to minimize time that is required to transform ideas to a precision weapon system in the soldiers hands. The AETD currently utilizes the ABAQUS software suite in order to support this mission. Currently, the ABAQUS software suite is fully installed and utilized as the key Finite Element Analysis (FEA) code that AETD employs to accomplish their high quality engineering analysis tasks. Interested respondents should include information that provides evidence of experience in the following areas in a white paper format:1.Ability to provide Maintenance, Enhancement and Support Periods for each ABAQUS Program,.2.Ability to provide improvements and updates to the ABAQUS software suite as are generally made available to other licensees of ABAQUS Programs. 3.Ability to provide Customers assistance as necessary to cause each ABAQUS Program to perform in accordance with the specifications set forth in the ABAQUS Program manuals. This market survey is for information and planning purposes only, and does not constitute a Request for Proposal (RFP). It is not to be construed as a commitment by the U.S. Government. No award will be made as a result of this market survey. All information is to be submitted at no cost or obligation to the Government. The Government reserves the right to reject, in whole or in part, any private sector input as a result of this market survey. The Government is not obligated to notify respondents of the results of this survey. Interested sources should submit their qualification data and requested information no later than 1700 hrs EST on 8 September 2009 by email to heather.yaworski@us.army.mil Interested sources may also submit their qualification data and requested information to JM&L Acquisition Center, ATTN: Heather Yaworski, Building 9, Picatinny Arsenal, New Jersey 07806-5000 no later than1700 hrs EST on 8 September 2009.
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