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Sole-source annual maintenance renewal for three TransMagic software licenses

The Air Force Research Laboratory plans a sole-source renewal of maintenance for its existing TransMagic software licenses. - Buyer: U.S. Air Force, Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), Sensors Directorate (AFRL/STO); the notice identifies the AFRL PZLE office. - Proposed source: Synopsys. The requirement is for TransMagic software; TransMagic is identified as the software supplier. - Requirement: Annual maintenance for TransMagic Expert, MagicHeal, and MagicCheck covering three perpetual network licenses (License ID 317). - Includes software updates, new versions, technical support, and license support. - Period: The notice describes a 12-month period from award and a one-year renewal term from the existing maintenance expiration date of July 31, 2027. - Competition and responses: This is an intent to award sole-source notice, not a request for competitive quotations. Responsible sources may submit unclassified capability information of no more than 10 pages explaining how their offering meets the requirements. Responses are due November 5, 2026, at 10:00 PM EDT. - Associated environment: The software supports the AFRL OPAL Group environment. Altair-HyperWorks, ANSYS-HFSS, RHEL, ADS, and Intel Parallel Cluster XE are mentioned as existing software, not requested items.

Description

NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD SOLE SOURCE

The United States Air Force (the Government) intends to issue a Firm-Fixed-Price order to a single source Synopsys, on or about 05 November 2026. The period of performance (PoP) shall be 12 months from receipt of award 

PSC: 7A20

NAICS: 541519

Size Standard: $34M

Software name: Transmagic

Supplier name: Transmagic

Product description:

The Sensors Directorate (AFRL/STO) currently has a new requirement to renew our existing software contract with TransMagic which works in conjunction within our OPAL Group (OG) of software including Altair-HyperWorks, ANSYS-HFSS, RHEL, ADS, and Intel Parallel Cluster XE.

TransMagic Expert + MagicHeal + MagicCheck Annual Maintenance Renewal (AMR) -

Maintenance includes all product updates, new versions, technical and license support during the term

of Maintenance. This quote is for renewal of term one-year from the expiration date below.

License Type: Perpetual, Network - Lic ID: 317

Number of Licenses: 3

Expiration Date: July 31, 2027

This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotations.  However, all responsible sources may submit a capability statement, proposal, or quotation, which shall be considered by the Government.  The Government will consider responses received within 6 days of issuance of this notice. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether or not to conduct a full and open competitive procurement or a small business set aside competitive procurement. The Government will not pay for any information received in response to this announcement.

If the Government decides to compete this requirement, a synopsis shall be issued utilizing the combined synopsis/solicitation procedure identified in FAR 12.603.  If this effort becomes a Small Business Set-Aside, FAR 52.219-14, Limitation on Subcontracting, will apply. Therefore, small businesses that want to be considered for a small business set-aside should demonstrate how they intend to comply. 

A determination not to compete this requirement based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. 

Contractors should be aware of the following information:

Contractors must include the following information:

Points of contact, addresses, email addresses, phone numbers.

Identification as a large U.S. business, a small U.S. business, or a foreign business. Please note that size indicated should be based on the NAICS code for this effort listed above.

Identification of any other socioeconomic status including: Women-Owned Small Business, Economically Disadvantaged Small Business, 8(a), Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business, Veteran Owned Small Business or HUBZone.

Company CAGE Code or DUNS Number. 

In your response, you must address how your product meets the product characteristics specified above.

Submitted information shall be UNCLASSIFIED.

Responses are limited to 10 pages in a Microsoft Word compatible format.

Responses should be emailed to Ja’Quan Dangerfield at jaquan.dangerfield@us.af.mil no later than,  5 November 2026 1000 PM EDT.  Any questions should be directed to Ja’Quan Dangerfield through email. 

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