Award Notice - ABAQUS (SIMULIA)
Army Contracting Command (ACC) · W6QK ACC-RI-PICATINNY
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation W15QKN-26-R-A026 in this department, oldest first.
- May 14, 2026 · this noticeAward NoticeDS GOVERNMENT SOLUTIONS CORP · $1.7M
- May 14, 2026Award NoticeDS GOVERNMENT SOLUTIONS CORP · $1.7MOpen
Next steps for this stage
Standard steps for the notice type; not advice about this buyer.
- Note the winner and the end of the period of performance for the recompete.
- Follow the agency to see the next notice for this work.
What the notice says
The U.S. Army Contracting Command - New Jersey on behalf of the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command - Armaments Center (DEVCOM-AC) issued a Firm-Fixed Price (FFP) solicitation W15QKN-26-R-A026 to DS Government Solutions Corp. to acquire ABAQUS software licenses, maintenance, updates and training for the finite element analysis software suite. Purchase Order W15QKN-26-P-A029 was awarded on May 14, 2026 from this solicitation. This is a FFP Purchase Order with a period of performance of 12 months. The corresponding Sole Source Justification and Approval utilizing the authority FAR … (show all)
13.501(a)(1)(ii), sole source (including brand name) under the authority of the simplified procedures for certain commercial items.
Who won similar work
6 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Match: Same agency (Army Contracting Command (ACC)), same NAICS 541519.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| METRON INCORPORATED | 1 | $48.7M | Aug 20, 2025 |
| NASH HARBOR SOLUTIONS, LLC | 1 | $30.8M | Jan 29, 2026 |
| GCubed Enterprises LLC | 1 | $3.4M | Aug 6, 2026 |
| NEW TECH SOLUTIONS, INC. | 1 | $472K | Mar 26, 2025 |
| WOLFSSL, INC. | 1 | $218K | Apr 22, 2025 |
| XTRLS INTERNATIONAL INC | 1 | $26K | Apr 14, 2025 |
Value counts single-winner awards. "Shared" awards are multiple-award contracts that list every winner with the same total ceiling; that ceiling is not one company's win, so it is not added in.
- Aug 6, 2026GCubed Enterprises LLC$3.4MCAA Information Technology (IT) Support Services and Safety/Security Assistant Services
- Jan 29, 2026NASH HARBOR SOLUTIONS, LLC$30.8MSYSTEMS ENGINEERING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE (SETA) SUPPORT FOR PRODUCT LEAD � ENTERPRISE, IDENTITY, CREDENTIAL AND ACCESS MANAGEMENT (E-ICAM)
- Aug 20, 2025METRON INCORPORATED$48.7MSynopsis of Award for Resource Flow in Networks with Time-Dependent Costs
- Apr 22, 2025WOLFSSL, INC.$218KwolfSSL Software Support Option Period 3
- Apr 14, 2025XTRLS INTERNATIONAL INC$26KAVEVA SCADA INTEGRATION
- Mar 26, 2025NEW TECH SOLUTIONS, INC.$472KAris Software Subscription
Competitive landscape
For the 6 most frequent past winners above. Lobbying is matched by the company's exact name or exact ticker; agencies are as named on the filings.
- 0 of these past winners lobbied Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers) or Army, Dept of (Other) or Natl Guard since 2024 (0 filings)
- 0 of their lobbyists list a past Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers) or Army, Dept of (Other) or Natl Guard job
- No corporate PAC money from them to the overseeing committees since 2024
- 0 foreign-agent (FARA) registrations
Policy around it
Bills the past winners named while lobbying this agency's issues, rules from the department, and executive orders that name the agency, last 12 months.
- 0 bills named on the past winners' lobbying filings
- 32 rules from the department in the last 12 months
- 0 executive orders naming the agency in the last 12 months
Market
For past winners matched exactly to a listed company. Insider trades are open-market buys and sells (Form 4) in the last 90 days, shown as facts; our own study found insiders do not reliably buy ahead of awards.
- 0 of the past winners are listed companies
- 0 insider buys and 0 insider sells at them in the last 90 days
Sources: SAM.gov notices and award notices; Senate LDA lobbying filings; FEC filings; FARA; Federal Register; congress.gov; SEC Form 4. Every row above links to its record.
Companies are matched to tickers by exact name only. A company we could not match shows no market rows; that is a miss, not a finding.