Happy holidays and stay safe.

Now why I am truly here - - The office I support requires the procurement of a software capability, specifically Object Management Service (OMS), on an existing platform that we are already paying a license for. The government proposes acquiring an additional software license for the platform to enable the development of new, non-commercial applications. Essentially, this would involve a commercial contract for a software license to support the development of non-commercial/new applications.

Make sense? If so, do you know of an avenue? Is this professional, legal, neither, both?

Thanks.

I may not fully understand. But are you asking if it’s okay to develop non-commercial applications using commercial software licenses/tools? Is the office developing the applications government? Or is the office a commercial entity where the application is integrated with the commercial license?

@formerfed

Yhea I tried to wordsmith to flow better.

1. But are you asking if it’s okay to develop non-commercial applications using commercial software licenses/tools?

   1. Yes. Award a separate contract to develop applications on a platform we already are paying licenses on since it is a different effort than the scope of the current license.

2. Is the office developing the applications government?

   1. No. Contractor would be developing the apps.

3. Or is the office a commercial entity where the application is integrated with the commercial license?

   1. IC agency is the customer and the applications would be built off existing platform that we are paying a separate license fee for.

The business approach for the company who runs the platform is to pay upfront for a perpetual license that they would then build the apps with. So we would be curating software that has not been developed yet, but already paid for.