SPECIAL NOTICE
69 -- Intent to award a contract to COMSOL, Inc.
- Notice Date
- 12/8/2010
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 511210
— Software Publishers
- Contracting Office
- RDECOM Contracting Center - Natick R&D (RDECOM-CC), ATTN: AMSRD-ACC-N, Natick Contracting Division (R and BaseOPS), Building 1, Kansas Street, Natick, MA 01760-5011
- ZIP Code
- 01760-5011
- Solicitation Number
- W81NLC-0273-1001
- Archive Date
- 3/8/2011
- Point of Contact
- Ryan P. Colgan, 508-233-5286
- E-Mail Address
-
RDECOM Contracting Center - Natick R&D (RDECOM-CC)
(ryan.p.colgan@us.army.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Introduction: Pursuant to FAR Subpart 13.106-1(b)(1), the U.S. Army RDECOM Contracting Center, Natick Contracting Division, on behalf of the US Army ARIEM directorate, intends to award a firm fixed price purchase order on a sole source basis to: COMSOL, Inc., 1 New England Executive Park, Burlington, MA 01803. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS. NO SOLICITATION DOCUMENT IS AVAILABLE. RESPONSES WILL BE USED FOR FUTURE ACQUISITIONS ONLY. 1) Nature and description of the supplies or services required to meet the agency's needs: In order to meet the needs of USARIEM Biophysics and Biomedical Modeling Division's Human Finite Element Thermal Model initiative, COMSOL Multiphysics and Heat Transfer Modeling and Simulation Software with full MATLAB integration and scripting capabilities is required. Matlab integration must be at a level that provides the ability to both read and write Matlab "m-files" to enable scripting; and full access to Matlab toolboxes in preprocessing, model manipulation and post-processing, data extraction, and extended visualization. 2) A demonstration that the proposed contractor is the only source available to provide these services or goods (i.e. unique qualifications, proprietary rights, etc.): The company's representative stated when asked that COMSOL, Inc. is the sole manufacturer and provider of the COMSOL product line, to include the Multiphysics software and any modules or attachments to the software, in the United States. This statement was corroborated via Internet searches using the keywords: "COMSOL price", "COMSOL price list" and "COMSOL price comparison", "COMSOL multiphysics price", "COMSOL manufacturer", "COMSOL source"; and "COMSOL sale". 3) A description of the market research that was conducted and the results, or a statement of the reason a market research was not conducted: Please see 3) above. I was unable to find any US source for the required COMSOL software other than COMSOL, Inc. 4) Any other facts supporting the use of other than full and open competition: N/A 5) A statement of the actions, if any, the agency may take to remove or overcome any barriers to competition before any subsequent acquisition for the supplies or services required: USARIEM BBMD will continue to monitor the project requirements and available technical software packages to ensure that future Sole Source requirements are avoided. 6) Interested parties may identify their interest and capability to respond to this requirement to the U.S. Army RDECOM Contracting Center, Natick Contracting Division via e-mail to: Point of Contact: ryan.p.colgan@us.army.mil no later than 12:00 Noon (EST) on December 13, 2010. Contracting Office Address: RDECOM Contracting Center - Natick CCRD-NA-SY, Natick Contracting Division Kansas Street, Building 1 Natick, MA 01760-5011
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