What the buyer needs

AI summary

National Technology and Engineering Solutions of Sandia seeks small business sources to provide computer science engineering support at its Carlsbad, New Mexico site. The scope includes sustainment, modernization, performance optimization, readiness, and transition support for evolving three-dimensional modeling capabilities in Linux-based environments compliant with Nuclear Quality Assurance (NQA-1) standards. Work must be performed onsite by United States citizens. Eligibility is restricted to small businesses under NAICS code 541511 with a size standard of $34 million. Offerors must register on the Sandia Business Opportunities Website to submit responses digitally by November 6, 2026, at 09:22 Albuquerque time. Responses must include resumes and relevant project examples from the preceding five years to substantiate mandatory technical requirements for key personnel. The estimated period of performance spans from January 12, 2027, to January 11, 2028.

Scope of work

Virtual scientific computing support to sustain the Carlsbad, New Mexico site
Sustainment, modernization, performance optimization, HPC readiness, and transition support for evolving three-dimensional modeling capabilities
Software development, analysis, refactoring, and verification and validation
Software documentation and documentation enhancements using Doxygen or equivalent automated approaches
Performance improvement, performance benchmarking, scalability assessments, and load-characterization studies
Platform portability, workflow reproducibility, and migration readiness for Linux-based computing environments
Compliance with Nuclear Quality Assurance (NQA-1) requirements
Identifying and documenting technical debt, fragile or high-risk code areas, and maintainability concerns

Minimum qualifications

Proposed personnel assigned under this subcontract must be United States citizens
Senior Software Engineer must have a master's degree in computer science, engineering, or related discipline, or a bachelor's with 10 years relevant experience
Senior Software Engineer must have a minimum of 5 years of experience in computational modeling, software development, and software documentation
Proposed personnel must have supported at least one project within the preceding 5 years involving computational modeling and software development in regulated/high-consequence environments
Experience programming in mixed-language scientific software environments including Fortran, Python, and C and/or C++
Experience working in GNU/Linux or equivalent Linux-based development environments and associated build, compilation, and debugging toolchains
Experience with high-performance computing (HPC) systems and HPC job schedulers such as Slurm
Experience with Bash shell scripting or equivalent Unix/Linux shell scripting

Documents to include with your response

Response addressing mandatory requirements and confirming ability to meet statement of work
Resume for proposed Key Personnel addressing all mandatory qualifications
Project examples from the past 5 years including project title, period of performance, and description of work performed

How to submit

Method: Electronic via the Sandia Business Opportunities Website (BOW)
Instructions: Offerors must register as a Sandia supplier and log in to respond to the BOW posting.