Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Office of Contracts and Procurement, NAD-30, 400 Seventh Street, SW, Room 5301, Washington, DC 20590

D -- LEASE OF MADYMO CRASH SIMULATION SOFTWARE SOL DTNH22-97-Q-07316 POC Point of Contact -- Contact Margaret Bryant, Contract Specialist, (202) 366-9887, or Janice B. Flemming, Contracting Officer, (202) 366-9564 The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) intends to negotiate with TNO-MADYMO North America to provide multi- year lease of Madymo 3D & FEM crash simulation software, LS-DYNA coupling software and telephone support. It is necessary to license this software on a DEC Alpha 2100 computer. The contractor's software must have the ability to model and predict automotive crash test conditions. The software shall include, as a minimum, validated computer models of the Hybrid III 5th, 50th, 95th, and the SID and Biosid dummies. Specific requirements are as follows: 1. MADYMO -- The Contractor shall enter into a one (1) year lease agreement for the delivery and use of one (1) copy of the MADYMO 3D software for use on NHTSA's DEC alpha 2100 computer running Digital Unix, located at NHTSA headquarters in Washington, D.C. Access to the MADYMO software, resident at NHTSA in Washington, D.C. through leased telephone lines shall be allowed for the Volpe Transportation Research Center, DTS-74, Cambridge, Massachusetts. The contractor shall provide one (1) set of manuals per site; 2. LS-DYNA 3D Coupling Software -- The Contractor shall enter a one (1) year lease agreement for the delivery, and use of one (1) copy of the LS DYNA 3D Coupling software for use on one NHTSA workstation running Digital Unix located at NHTSA Headquarters, Washington, D.C. The contractor shall provide one (1) set of manuals per system; and 3. MAINTENANCE AND USER SUPPORT -- The Contractor shall provide software code and user support for the duration of the lease term. Software problems shall be investigated and corrected by the Contractor. Additionally, the Contractor shall provide the Government with software updates as they occur at no additional cost. A "User Help Hotline" shall be maintained by the Contractor between the hours of 8:00A.M. to 5:00P.M. EST Monday through Friday (except holidays) to answer questions the Government may have regarding the operations of either MADYMO or LS DYNA 3D Coupling software. Expressions of interest without sufficient detail to permit evaluation of capability will not be considered. Oral expressions of interest will not be considered. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotations nor is a Request-for-Quotations solicitation document currently available. A determination by the Government not to compete this action based upon responses to this notice is solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive simplified acquisition. In the absence of responses from interested firms demonstrating their capability, NHTSA intends to request a quotation from TNO-MADYMO North America on a noncompetitive basis for the items described. Responses must be received by the listed procuring office within 15 calendar days from the date of publication of this notice. (AC0528073-01) (0149)

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