Engineering Design Software Tool Market Survey

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is conducting a market survey and sources sought effort to gather information from vendors capable of providing an engineering design software tool for its Air Traffic Control Facilities and Engineering Services group. This notice is intended solely for market research and acquisition planning purposes and is not a request for proposals or a formal solicitation.

The FAA requires a commercial off-the-shelf software solution that enables design teams to prepare project manuals and construction specifications tailored to specific projects in compliance with American Institute of Architects (AIA) standards. The tool must support access to a large library of AIA-approved specifications, allow users to create, modify, standardize, maintain, and merge specification content, and provide periodic industry-standard updates written and reviewed by qualified design professionals and relevant review committees.

The software must also support targeted customization for project-specific materials, methods, and project types, include practice-specific libraries aligned with current regulations and standards, and offer a rotational user-based system that the FAA can administer internally. In addition, the tool must include web-based instructions, how-to guides, and a user manual for both new and advanced users.

Interested vendors are asked to submit capability statements describing their software, their ability to provide and support the tool as a commercial off-the-shelf solution, and how their offering meets all or most of the stated requirements. If a vendor cannot meet certain requirements, those gaps should be clearly identified along with company point-of-contact information.