SOLICITATION NOTICE
70 -- Vortex Studio Simulation Software
- Notice Date
- 6/14/2019
- Notice Type
- Synopsis
- NAICS
- 511210
— Software Publishers
- Contracting Office
- 2902 Farber Drive P O BOX 9005 CHAMPAIGN IL 61826-9005
- ZIP Code
- 61826-9005
- Solicitation Number
- W9132T19QSOFT
- Response Due
- 6/20/2019
- Point of Contact
- Deyonna R Poke, Phone 2173733334
- E-Mail Address
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Deyonna.R.Poke@usace.army.mil
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Engineering Research and Development Center – Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (ERDC-CERL) in Champaign, IL has a requirement for a multi-body dynamics and deformable soil simulation software that supports soil-tool interaction simulation for earthmoving operations. This software should provide an SDK to enable the research team to easily integrate the simulation with existing ROS control software stack and perform software in the loop (SIL) simulation. The research team will use this simulator to develop control algorithms and autonomy capabilities for engineer construction. ERDC-CERL intends to award a purchase order on a sole source basis to Simulations CMLABS Inc in accordance with FAR 13.106-1(b)(1). Market research indicates that Simulations CMLABS Inc is the only source for this requirement because Vortex Studio, published by CM-Labs Inc, is the only simulation software designed specifically for construction equipment that possesses both the simulation fidelity and simulator features required. Simulation fidelity requirements are as follows: a. Given sensor data from a real piece of equipment, such as forces exerted at each joint, it is possible to use the modelling capabilities within Vortex to model the dynamics of the equipment accurately enough so that these measured forces can be replicated by the simulator. b. The soil-tool interaction nearest the blade is simulated using Discrete Element Modelling (DEM) to ensure realistic behavior while a mesh deformation technique is used for the remainder of the interactions to reduce the computational burden and to enable real-time soil simulations. c. Wheel/track-soil interactions are modeled within the simulator using standard techniques based on the Bekker equations. d. Soil properties and density are configurable. NOTE: THIS NOTICE WAS NOT POSTED TO FEDBIZOPPS ON THE DATE INDICATED IN THE NOTICE ITSELF (14-JUN-2019); HOWEVER, IT DID APPEAR IN THE FEDBIZOPPS FTP FEED ON THIS DATE. PLEASE CONTACT 877-472-3779 or fbo.support@gsa.gov REGARDING THIS ISSUE.
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- Record
- SN05341079-F 20190616/190614230019 (fbodaily.com)
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