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34 -- LEASE OF A GENERAL PURPOSE FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS CODE SOL 1-084-DSL.1415 POC Mary J. Corbitt, Contract Specialist, Phone (757)-864-2434, Fax (757) 864-9774, Email M.J.CORBITT@larc.nasa.gov WEB: Click here for the latest information about this notice, http://nais.nasa.gov/EPS/LaRC/date.html#1-084-DSL.1415. E-MAIL: Mary J. Corbitt, M.J.CORBITT@larc.nasa.gov. NASA/LaRC plans to issue a Request for Proposal (RFP) for the Continued Lease of Commercial Off The Shelf (COTS) general purpose finite element software system for the Center's UNIX based computer engineering work platforms as well as several INTEL/NT desktop systems. The software shall be MSC/NASTRAN which is a version of NASTRAN marketed by the MacNeal-Schwendler Corporation and shall be a common software system for all computers described below. This software together with the software currently available at the Center, which includes COSMIC NASTRAN, EAL, ABAQUS, and STAGS, will provide the Center with its major source of codes for performing structural finite-element analysis. NASA/LaRC intends to purchase the items from MacNeal-Schwendler Corporation under the authority of 10 U.S.C. 2304 ( c )(1) Only One Responsible Source, and no other type of supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. The Government intends to acquire a commercial item using FAR Part 12. An Ombudsman has been appointed. See Internet Note "B". Interested firms have 15 days from the publication of this synopsis to submit in writing to the identified point of contact, their qualifications/capabilities. Such qualifications/capabilities will be used solely for the purpose of determining whether or not to conduct this procurement on a competitive basis. Responses received after the 15 days or without the required information will be considered nonresponsive to the synopsis and will not be considered. A determination by the Government to not compete this proposed effort on a full and open competitive basis, based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Firm date for receipt of offers will be stated in the RFP. All qualified responsible sources may submit an offer which shall be considered by the agency. Any referenced notes can be viewed at the following URL: http://cbdnet.access.gpo.gov/num-note.html and http://genesis.gsfc.nasa.gov/nasanote.html Posted 05/24/99 (D-SN334747). (0144)

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