Summary
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) issued a Special Notice (NIST-AMD-NOI-26-01100) stating its intent to negotiate a firm-fixed-price purchase order on a sole-source basis for 45 units of the Altair Mechanical Engineer Multiphysics/Mechatronics software licenses. The notice describes required capabilities (system-level co-simulation, digital twin support, integrated analytics and ML, floating/shared licensing) and a one-year license term effective after acceptance. Responses or capability statements were requested by 12:00 PM Eastern on the 15th day after release (the notice release was 2026-07-08, yielding a 2026-07-23 deadline).