Notice of Intent Sole Source.pdf

Synopsis No. 75N94026Q00005

NICHD, Office of Acquisitions

Title: Matlab Maintenance license Renewal

Presolicitation

SYNOPSIS

General Information

Document Type: Presolicitation

Synopsis Number: 75N94026Q00005

Posted Date: November 26, 2025

Original Response Date: December 1, 2025

Current Response Date: December 1, 2025

Set Aside: N/A

NAICS Code: 513210 Software Publishers

Contracting Office Address

NICHD

6710B Rockledge Dr.

Bethesda, Maryland 20892

Description

INTRODUCTION

THIS IS A PRE-SOLICITATION NON-COMPETITIVE (NOTICE OF INTENT) SYNOPSIS

TO AWARD A CONTRACT OR PURCHASE ORDER WITHOUT PROVIDING FOR FULL

OR OPEN COMPETITION (INCLUDING BRAND-NAME).

The National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Institute of Child Health and Human

Development (NICHD), Office of Acquisitions (OA) intends to negotiate and award a contract without providing for full and open competition (Including brand-name) to:

The MathWorks, Inc.

3 Apple Hill Drive

Natick, MA 01760-2098

NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) CODE

The intended procurement is classified under NAICS code 513210 with a Size Standard $47.0M.

REGULATORY AUTHORITY

The resultant contract will include all applicable provisions and clauses in effect through the

Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2005-99-1, July 16, 2018. This acquisition is conducted under the procedures as prescribed in FAR subpart 13-Simplified Acquisition Procedures at an amount not exceeding the simplified acquisition threshold ($250,000).

STATUTORY AUTHORITY

This acquisition is conducted under the authority of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR)

Part 13-Simplified Acquisition Procedures, Subpart 13.106-1 (b) (1), Soliciting from a single source and is not expected to exceed the simplified acquisition threshold. Contracts awarded using

FAR Part 13-Simplified Acquisition Procedures are exempt from the requirements of FAR Part 6-

Competition Requirements.

GENERAL INFORMATION

1. Title: Matlab Maintenance license Renewal

2. Background Information: CIT’s High Performance Computing Services Area manages and operates state-of-the art storage, database, virtualization, and compute infrastructures twenty- four hours per day seven days a week for the NIH community. High Performance Computing Services

Area provides server and storage services in a secure, cost-efficient, and effective manner for

NIH’s and HHS’s scientific and administrative communities. High Performance Computing

ServicesArea supports a variety of customers including the NIH Office of the Director, Enterprise

Messaging, NBS, eRA, nVision and many of the 27 Institutes and Centers (ICs), as well as the

Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Operating Divisions (OPDIVs) and other external customers.

The mission HSS is the following: (1) Plans, implements, operates, and supports centrally owned or administered scientific and administrative computing resources for NIH enterprise use and for other government agencies. Ensures interoperability among those resources and between them and other computing facilities owned by customer organizations; (2) promotes awareness and efficient and effective use of these computing resources by customer personnel through training, presentations, consultations, and documentation; (3) investigates new and emerging computing requirements of customer scientific and administrative programs; and (4) conducts research and development to identify, evaluate, and adapt new computer architectures and technologies to meet those requirements and to enhance current offerings.

The purpose of this acquisition is to renew license for HPC systems critical software - Matlab, under the terms of the Campus Wide Suite as part of Mathworks' Institute Wide License with CIT.

Period of Performance: December 1, 2025 through November 30, 2026

CLOSING STATEMENT

This synopsis is not a request for competitive proposals. However, interested parties may identify their interest and capability to respond to this notice. Responses to this notice shall contain sufficient information to establish the interested parties' bona-fide capabilities for fulfilling the requirement and include a technical proposal, a cost-price proposal, the period of performance, the

Unique Entity ID (UEI), the Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN), and the certification of business size. All offerors must have an active registration in the System for Award Management

(SAM) www.sam.gov.

A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. The information received will http://www.sam.gov/ normally be considered solely for the purposes of determining whether to proceed on a non-competitive basis or to conduct a competitive procurement.

All responses must be received by December 1, 2025 at 9:00 AM Eastern time and must reference solicitation number 75N94026Q00005. Responses may be submitted electronically to Mr.

Michael Falzone, Contracting Officer at Michael.falzone@nih.gov. Fax responses will not be accepted.

"All responsible sources may submit a capability statement, proposal, or quotation, which shall be considered by the agency.”