AN24--New ToolBox SW and License Renewal/Reinstatement

Regional Procurement Office (RPO) - East intends to negotiate on a sole source basis with The Mathworks, Inc., to purchase scientific computing software for the RR&D Center for Limb Loss and MoBility (CLiMB) at the VA Puget Sound Health Care System (Seattle).

CLiMB conducts research studies focused on lower-limb biomechanics, researching areas such as lower-limb prosthetics and gait pathology. These studies require significant data and method analysis which require computational software to perform analysis effectively and efficiently on large data sets. CLiMB has utilized MATLAB for this purpose, developing multiple workflows to analyze data, study research techniques, and produce visuals for presentations and publications for the past 20 years. As CLiMB continues to improve and optimize existing workflows and develop new ones, software upgrades become necessary. This requirement will renew/reinstate existing software licenses as well as add new analysis tools to do so.

The following will be purchased:

ITEM INFORMATION

ITEM NUMBER

DESCRIPTION OF SUPPLIES/SERVICES

QUANTITY

UNIT

0001

License renewal and reinstatement for 69 months for Licenses - 40614291, 40614286, 40614289

3.00

EA

0002

Renewal and Reinstatement for 36 months of Licenses - 40614301, 40614285

2.00

EA

0003

Signal Processing Toolbox (SG)

5.00

EA

0004

Image Processing Toolbox (IP)

4.00

EA

0005

Symbolic Math Toolbox (SM)

3.00

EA

0006

Curve Fitting Toolbox (CF)

2.00

EA

0007

Optimization Toolbox (OP)

2.00

EA

0008

Parallel Computing (DM)

2.00

EA

0009

Control System Toolbox (CT)

1.00

EA

0010

Statistics and Machine Learning Toolbox (ST)

3.00

EA

0011

Image Acquisition Toolbox (IA)

1.00

EA

0012

Instrument Control Toolbox (IC)

1.00

EA

0013

Data Acquisition Toolbox (DA)

1.00

EA

Although Mathworks SW may be purchased through authorized distributors, Mathworks is the only entity capable of renewal and reinstatement of SW licenses; hence this announcement of intent to sole source.

This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. Any responsible sources who wish to identify their interest and capability to provide this equipment or equipment that is compatible must notify this Contracting Officer at millicent.covert@va.gov NLT Tuesday, April 11, 2023, by 11:59 AM EST. Telephone responses will not be accepted. Upon receipt of the interested parties' notification, the Contracting Officer will determine whether to conduct a competitive procurement or proceed with sole source negotiations.