NIST-SS25-59
7A21 / 423430
Title: Abaqus Software Maintenance
BACKGROUND
- BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Finite Element Analysis (FEA) software is a simulation tool used by scientists and engineers to predict the mechanical, electrical, thermal, and magnetic performance of parts and assemblies. NIST staff on multiple CHIPS Metrology projects use Abaqus FEA to simulate multiple key behaviors including the stress and strain in transistors and at advanced packaging interfaces, the coupled thermal-electrical behavior of nanocalorimeter sensors, and the contact mechanics of indentation. The predictive abilities FEA provides CHIPS projects are essential to (a) predicting the behavior of new devices and instrumentation setups, and (b) enabling bi-direction feedback between experiments and simulation that extend the capabilities of semiconductor metrology techniques. NIST owns 4 seats of Abaqus CAE Extended (graphical user interface) and 32 Abaqus Extended Tokens (compute/back end for serial and parallel jobs). This requirement is to provide continued product updates and technical support for the already owned NIST Abaqus licenses.
- SCOPE
The contractor shall provide all software feature and security updates and technical support for Abaqus Extended products covered by our existing license. The contractor must offer these items for base period of performance is 01 Aug 2025 through 31 July 2026. The contractor must provide:
- Abaqus CAE Extended – 4 seats Yearly Licensing.
- Abaqus Extended Tokens – 32 tokens Yearly Licensing.
- Provide all software updates released by the manufacturer throughout the period of performance.
- Provide email and telephone technical support during normal business hours (8:30 to 17:00 Eastern Time)
- Software must meet NIST IT Security and Standard operating configuration requirements as follows: The Government will perform security assessments for authorization (A&A) and continuous monitoring, to include web, database, and operating system vulnerability scanning (as applicable) and will inform the Contractor of identified risks associated with missing patches and/or configuration settings. The Government will determine the risk rating of identified vulnerabilities. The Government prefers, but does not require, that the Contractor provide an action plan, and a schedule for implementing the action plan and providing and updated version of the software, at no cost to the Government, to mitigate security risks found during A&A and continuous monitoring activities not later than 90 days of NIST’s notification of security risks.
- NIST’s site ID is 2985.
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