Notice of Intent to Sole Source for LPILE 2019 Software

The US Army Corps of Engineers, pursuant to FAR 6.302-1(b)(1)(i), intends to purchase unique supplies or services available from only one source. USACE Engineering has a need to procure LPILE 2019 software licenses from Ensoft Inc. The contract action will be a firm-fixed price Delivery Order placed through the Army Computer Hardware Enterprise Software and Solutions (CHESS) system. In accordance with Army Regulation 25-1, CHESS is the Army’s required source for purchases of commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) software, desktops, and laptop computers.

This is not a request for competitive proposals or quotes. Interested parties may provide specific information to USACE regarding their product for consideration as to whether their product meets the government’s needs.

Required Equipment:
CLIN               DESCRIPTION                                       UNIT        QUANTITY
0001               Software Purchase                                 Each            1   
0002               Annual Maintenance                               Each            1   
0003               Annual Maintenance Option Year 1        Each            1
0004               Annual Maintenance Option Year 2        Each            1 
0005               Annual Maintenance Option Year 3        Each            1   
                                                                           
Features:
Compliant and already approved by ACE-IT for use on USACE computers. The geotechnical design software must provide the ability to do lateral pile analysis and allow for the representation of stress-strain curves for each soil stratum and rock mass. The flexural capacity of pile cross-section is calculated and buckling analysis can be done. Lateral loading can be static or cyclic; boundary conditions can be incorporated easily in the input.

Other information may be requested after initial response, either from individual respondents or all respondents. This notice is the only document that will be published notifying interested vendors of the government’s intent.

Interested vendors are advised that information provided to the Government in regard to the product components proposed will be considered proprietary information (unless clearly marked as available to the general public) and will not be released to the public or other interested vendors. The government may retain this information for its records indefinitely. Any vendor wishing to propose an alternative source must provide a copy of all relevant data demonstrating the alternative source satisfies the above requirements to
adrian.j.stafford- browne@usace.army.mil and matthew.e.lubiak@usace.army.mil.

This is not a request to respond to a solicitation.