Please note: This is a Sole Source Notification. Specifications include, but are not limited to: 1. Commodity or commodities to be purchased (make, model, description): ESI Group’s PAM-Composites suite, including PAM-RTM, PAM-FORM, and PAM-DISTORTION. 2. Explanation of the need to be fulfilled by this item(s), how is it unique from all other options, and why it is the only one that can meet the specific needs of the department: Accurate simulation of reinforcement preform forming and drapability, resin infusion processes, and cured composite part distortion is required. ACI engineers have been trained on this software and the software can perform all the necessary simulations in one package. Results of this specific software have been written into an ACI project as deliverables. 3. Name of company/individual selling the item and why that source is the only possible source that can provide the required item(s): ESI North America, Inc. The software is proprietary and is not offered by other vendors.
