SAM #HQ072727QMH03

DMEA Altium Enterprise server installation and license upgrade

The Defense Microelectronics Activity is seeking an on-premises Altium Enterprise environment for engineering and PCB design work. - Government buyer: Defense Microelectronics Activity (DMEA), including DMEA Engineering and the DMEA/MEBB and DMEA/MEAB offices. The documents variously identify the parent organization as the Department of Defense, Department of War, and Office of the Secretary of War; one solicitation lists Mike Hallock as the point of contact. - OEM: Altium is the named software OEM. No part numbers are provided. - Products and quantities: The attachments list an on-premises Altium Enterprise Server (quantity 1 in each of two summaries), 15 one-year Altium Designer private-server licenses, a four-month upgrade for 16 existing Altium licenses, and Altium Enterprise renewals of 20 licenses in each of three option years. The detailed SOW says the first 20-license renewal includes the original 16 licenses plus four additional licenses. An earlier attachment instead describes 20-license renewals in each of three periods; these overlapping summaries are retained as separate line items below. - Installation and technical requirements: Install and validate the on-premises server; connect it to DMEA networks, its high-availability SQL database cluster, and designated file share; establish a central, version-controlled ECAD repository; and verify license management, client checkout, and Enterprise features. Demonstrate interoperability at minimum with Solidworks Professional. Keysight ADS, CST Antenna Magus, and PCB Doctor may also be evaluated where interoperability is feasible. - Notable requirement: Altium is described as proprietary and essential to maintaining PCB-design compatibility at DMEA. Alternative licensing models may be proposed if they provide at least 20 simultaneous seats at comparable cost.

Description

The purpose of this task is to install an on-premises Enterprise server, evaluate and validate the interoperability of the Enterprise solutions on DMEA’s networks and with other Engineering software applications, and upgrade DMEA’s suite of Altium license subscriptions to Altium Enterprise.

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