Cadence Design System

Contract FA875126P0004 is a single-source procurement issued by the Department of Defense through the Air Force Research Laboratory AFRL/RIKO in Rome, New York. The contract provides a comprehensive Cadence software license bundle for Integrated Circuit IC Layout Software to support ongoing government design efforts. The procurement includes various specialized tools such as Xcelium Single-Core, Genus Synthesis Solution, Innovus Implementation System, and Pegasus Design Rule Check, with license terms ranging from 6 to 12 months. These tools are essential for full-cycle IC design, synthesis, implementation, and verification, supporting five contractors and two CRADA partners. The award is justified as a sole-source acquisition under FAR 13.106-1(b)(1) because the government utilizes proprietary design scripts that are exclusively compatible with Cadence tools. Transitioning to an alternative software suite would result in substantial duplication of costs and a projected one-year schedule delay. A market notice was posted to SAM.gov from August 11 to August 26, 2025, which yielded no responses, further supporting the single-source determination. While the total contract value is estimated in the several millions of dollars, specific unit pricing was not provided. The contract is marked as Controlled Unclassified Information and is performed at the AFRL/RIKO facility in Rome, New York.