MathWorks MATLAB
Closed Special Notice Posted
- Agency
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National Institute of Standards and Technology
Department of Commerce
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 513210 Software Publishers
- PSC
- DD01 It And Telecom - Service Delivery Support Services: Itsm, Operations Center, Project/Pm (Labor)
- Place of performance
- Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899, United States
- Points of contact
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), a civilian agency under the Department of Commerce, has issued a Special Notice announcing its intent to negotiate a sole source contract with MathWorks Inc. for enterprise licenses and maintenance support. Posted on March 5, 2026, with a response deadline of March 15, 2026, this notice covers a one-year period of performance for NIST's Gaithersburg and Boulder campuses. The contracting vehicle falls under FAR 13.106-1(b)(1) authority, which permits sole source acquisitions when circumstances warrant. The NAICS code assigned to this acquisition is 513210 (Software Publishers), with a small business size standard of $47.0 million.
NIST requires MathWorks MATLAB and related toolbox products to support computational, visualization, and programming functions essential to the agency's scientific mission and laboratory operations. The acquisition is justified on the basis that MathWorks is the sole known vendor capable of providing the required software licenses and maintenance support, and that discontinuing service would severely interrupt ongoing research projects and compromise continuity of operations. No competitive solicitation package will be issued, and the notice explicitly states this is not a request for competitive quotations. While the notice indicates that responses will be accepted until 8:00 a.m. Eastern Time on the specified deadline date, interested parties should note that the primary objective is to maintain uninterrupted access to MathWorks software tools that support NIST's research activities. This sole source acquisition underscores the critical dependency NIST has on MathWorks' proprietary software for its operational and research continuity.
Notice text
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) intends to negotiate, on a sole source basis, under authority of FAR 13.106-1(b) (1) with MathWorks Inc., for the acquisition of MathWorks Enterprise Licenses and Maintenance Support needed by NIST, Gaithersburg, Maryland for a one-year period of performance.
Sole Source determination is based on the need to purchase MathWorks MATLAB toolbox software licenses and maintenance support needed by the Gaithersburg and Boulder Campuses.
The US Department of Commerce (DOC) National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) use MathWorks’ MATLAB and related Toolbox products to provide computation, visualization, and programming in support of NIST's mission. The NIST Scientific Software Working Group has the need to increase its access to all of MathWorks’ software tools currently in use to support the science conducted in the NIST laboratories.
MathWorks MATLAB is necessary in order to maintain the continuity of the maintenance support to ensure uninterruptable and reliable service essential to ensure the latest software is available to the NIST's user community.
In addition, there are multiple current projects dependent on the past and current MATLAB runs and configurations. Terminating the use of the MathWorks MATLAB and tools licenses will significantly interrupt the flow of the output of these ongoing projects and will severely hamper NIST research efforts. Furthermore, NIST researchers who have run public domain MathWorks look-alike products find those products do not satisfy their needs.
MathWorks, Inc., is the only known vendor capable of providing the software licenses and maintenance support.
The North American Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 513210 – Software Publishers. The small business size standard is $47.0 M.
No solicitation package will be issued. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotations; however, responses received by 8:00 a.m. Eastern Time on March 15, 2026, will be considered by the Government.
A determination by the Government not to compete the proposed acquisition based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement.
Interested parties that believe they could satisfy the requirements listed above for NIST may clearly and unambiguously identify their capability to do so in writing on or before the response date for this notice. This notice of intent is not a solicitation. Any questions regarding this notice must be submitted in writing via email to Prateema Carvajal at Prateema.carvajal@nist.gov. All responses to this notice of intent must be submitted so that they are received at Prateema.carvajal@nist.gov no later than the aforementioned due date.
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