Purchase Order N0017313P3689

The Office of Naval Research (ONR) awarded a firm fixed-price purchase order to The Mathworks, Inc. on September 28, 2013, with a ceiling value of $37,462.50 and an ultimate completion date of October 23, 2013. The contract, with no set-aside designation, covers a software license agreement to be performed in Natick, Massachusetts, where The Mathworks maintains its headquarters. As a leading provider of mathematical computing software to the federal government, The Mathworks specializes in MATLAB and Simulink platforms, which are essential tools for advanced research, engineering applications, and scientific computation across defense and civilian agencies.

This award reflects ONR's investment in critical computing infrastructure to support the Navy's research and development initiatives. The Mathworks maintains an extensive portfolio of federal contracts across multiple Department of Defense agencies, including Naval Sea Systems Command and the Air Force Research Laboratory, as well as numerous civilian agencies such as NASA and the National Institutes of Health. The company's mathematical computing solutions are fundamental to federal research operations, with contract awards typically structured as firm fixed-price purchase orders and delivery orders ranging from under $2,000 to enterprise agreements valued in the millions of dollars. This particular ONR award represents a focused procurement supporting the agency's computational research capabilities.