MATLAB Software License for The Space Development Agency

MATLAB Software License for The Space Development Agency

Notice of Contract Action (NOCA) – Sole Source Notice

This requirement is for MATLAB/SIMULINK Software License New/Renewal for the Space Development Agency.

This is a Notice of Proposed Contract Action under FAR Part 12 Acquisition of Commercial Items and FAR Part 13 Simplified Acquisition Procedures. This notice is for information only; a solicitation will not be issued. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL.  No contract will be awarded on the basis of offers received in response to this notice.

The associated North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 513210 Software Publishers with a size standard of $47M. The PSC is 7A20.

Brief Description of Requirements:

The Space Development Agency requires the purchase of a 1-year MathWorks License New/Renewal, Firm Fixed Price (FFP) contract for MathWorks software and software maintenance.

The products to be acquired under this contract consist of MathWorks software, including the following:

QTY    Product Part Number

10        MATLAB (ML)
10        Database Toolbox (DB)
10        Optimization Toolbox (OP)
10        Parallel Computing Toolbox (DM)
10        Partial Differential Equation Toolbox (PD)
10        Statistics and Machine Learning Toolbox (ST)
10        MATLAB (MLSMS)
2          Simulink (SLSMS)

In addition, this contract will provide maintenance, support, and a 1-year license renewal.

Market research revealed that possible alternative mathematical software available on the open market would not be fully interoperable with the current MathWorks platform in use throughout SDA nor do they possess the full suite of products required.

This NOCA is part of a market research effort to assess industry capabilities that will best address the SDA needs described in this NOCA.

MathWorks is not directly available through a pre-existing Government-wide contract or DoD Enterprise Software Agreement.

The Government intends to negotiate a sole-source contract for the purchase of the software licenses and maintenance described above. The identified sole-source provider/producer of these systems is as follows:

The Mathworks, Inc

3 Apple Hill DR

Natick, MA 01760-2098

The Government believes that award to any other source would result in substantial duplication of cost to the Government that is not expected to be recovered through competition and unacceptable delays in fulfilling the Air Force’s requirements including duplicative acquisition planning, coordination, and evaluation, as well as costs related to training, installation, software development, engineering, maintenance, and support, that is not expected to be recovered through competition.

This is a notice of proposed contract action and NOT a request for competitive proposals. However, all responsible sources may submit a capability statement or proposal, which shall be considered by the agency. All inquiries should be sent on or before 11 September 2024 by 3:00 p.m. EST by email to christopher.l.glista.civ@mail.mil and marcoantonio.g.castaneda.ctr@mail.mil

Responses to this notice must be submitted by the date/time listed on the notice. Any responses to this notice must show clear and convincing evidence that competition would be advantageous to the Government in future procurements. Only responses received by this date will be considered. 

Responses received will be evaluated; however, a determination by the Government not to compete the proposed procurement based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. The Government anticipates an award date on or before 16 September 2024.

A Sole Source Justification will be attached to the subsequent Notice of Award in accordance with applicable regulation.