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This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information i... This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotations are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. Solicitation No. 6913G619Q300050 is issued as a Request for Quotation (RFQ). This solicitation is being conducted under FAR Part 12, Acquisition of Commercial Items and FAR Part 13, Simplified Acquisition Procedures. This solicitation document and incorporated provisions are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2019-01, effective January 21, 2019. The NAICS Code is 511210; the Small Business size standard is $38.50M. The U.S. Department of Transportation, John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (Volpe Center), intends to procure on a competitive basis, software license renewals for ABAQUS finite element analysis program suite, in accordance with the contract line items (CLINs) below. The abilities of the ABAQUS program are required to continue current work assignments performed by the Structures and Dynamics Division. The Division's primary sponsor, Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), has committed to the promulgation of a new regulation related to the safety of hazardous materials-carrying railroad tank cars. Significant modeling effort is required to be conducted by the Volpe Center over the next several years in order to develop the scientific basis of the regulation. Extensive use of the ABAQUS program suite will be necessary to accomplish the required work in the time available. PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE March 31, 2019 to March 31, 2020 REQUIREMENTS/SPECIFICATIONS The Government intends to award a firm fixed price purchase order as a result of this Combined Synopsis/Solicitation. This notice is expected to result in a single award, subject to receipt of an acceptable quote. Please provide a firm fixed price quote on the following CLINs: CLIN 0100 - SIMULIA/CAE Extended QTY: 3 EA Unit Price $____________ Total $_____________ CLIN 0200 - SIMULIA Abaqus Extended Tokens, QTY: 42 EA Unit Price $____________ Total $_____________ CLIN 0300 - SIMULIA Abaqus/Viewer-Shareable, QTY: 1EA Unit Price $______________ Total $_______________ CLIN 0400 - SIMULIA Abaqus/CAE Extended Perpetual License, QTY: 1EA Unit Price $______________ Total $_______________ CLIN 0500 - SIMULIA Abaqus/CAE Extended Perpetual License Support & Maintenance 1YR, QTY: 1EA Unit Price $______________ Total $_______________ Total amount for all CLINs (0100 and 0500) $_____________________ INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS: FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Items applies to this acquisition and is incorporated by reference. All Offerors must include a completed copy of the provision at FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certification-Commercial Items (the complete provision is provided in an attachment. An Offeror shall complete only paragraph (b) of this provision if the Offeror has completed the annual representations and certifications electronically using the System for Award Management (SAM) accessible via http://www.Sam.gov. If the Offeror has not completed the annual representations and certifications electronically in SAM, the Offeror shall complete only paragraphs (c) through (o) of this provision. All Contractors must be registered in SAM in order to receive an award from a DOT Agency. FAR Clauses and Provisions 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items, 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders-Commercial Items, 52.232-40, Providing Accelerated Payments to Small Business Subcontractors are hereby incorporated by reference. Additional clauses cited in 52.212-5 that apply to this acquisition are: 52.209-6, 52.222-3, 52.222-19, 52.222-21, 52.222-26, 52.222-35, 52.222-36, 52.222-37, 52.222-50, 52.223-15, 52.223-16, 52.223-18, 52.225-1 and 52.232-33. The FAR and TAR provisions and clauses cited in this notice can be viewed at: https://www.acquisition.gov/browsefar http://www.dot.gov/administrations/assistant-secretary-administration/transportation-acquisition- regulation-tar This combined synopsis/solicitation hereby incorporates all Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) provisions and clauses contained herein. The offer should be addressed to the following: U.S. Department of Transportation, Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, Attn: Karen Marino, V222, 55 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02142. An award will be made to the offeror whose offer is considered to be the best value to the Government based on price. The offer should be addressed to the following: U.S. Department of Transportation, Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, Attn: Karen Marino, V-222, 55 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02142. The signed offer must be submitted via e-mail to Karen.Marino@dot.gov. The time for receipt of offers is 3:00 PM Eastern Time on 3/18/2019. No telephone requests will be honored. The Government will not pay for any information received. An award will be made to the offeror whose offer is considered to be the best value to the Government based on price.