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D -- SITE LICENSE FOR LS-DYNA3D SOL DTRS57-00-Q-80011 DUE 122099 POC Point of Contact -- Katherine Chao, Purchasing Agent, (617) 494-3124 WEB: Volpe Center Acquisition Division home page, http://www.volpe.dot.gov/procure/index.html. E-MAIL: Purchasing Agent, chao@volpe.dot.gov. The Volpe Center plans to procure a sole source from Livermore Software Technology Corporation (LSTC), Livermore, CA, to provide proprietary site licenses for LS-Dyna3d on 35 CPUs for a period of one year, January 1, 2000 January 1, 2001. This requirement will be conducted under Simplified Acquisition procedures, FAR Part 13. The Volpe Center has been supporting National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) in the areas of automobile modeling and crashworthiness evaluation, biomechanical modeling and analysis, and related engineering studies in the development of finite element vehicle models specifically to run on LSDyna3d. Small Business firms classified under SIC Code 7372 that are interested in responding, must demonstrate in writing within 15 days of the date of this syn opsis that they possess the rights to the proprietary codes and are familiar with the special computational capabilities for Volpe Center programmatic requirements. Small business firms will be required to submit documentation in support of the above for evaluation by the Government prior to receiving a Request for Quotation (RFQ). This proposed action is for services for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under authority 6.302. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotes. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed purchase order based upon responses to this notice received will normally be considered, solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. RFQ issuance will be on or about December 20, 1999. A single award will result from this solicitation NO telephone requests will be accepted only written requests for this solicitation will be accepted however, we will accept requests for this quotation via facsimile, at (617) 494-3649, ATTN: Katherine B. Chao, DTS-852. Posted 12/07/99 (D-SN406360). (0341)

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