The Mathworks, Inc.

The Mathworks, Inc., a for-profit Subchapter S corporation headquartered in Natick, Massachusetts, is a prime contractor delivering MATLAB and Simulink software licenses, maintenance services, toolbox packages, training, and technical consulting to federal agencies across civilian and defense portfolios on a full-and-open basis with no set-aside posture. The vendor competes predominantly as a commercial software provider without SBA certifications, holding a single-award $43 million NASA Blanket Purchase Agreement and a $750 thousand Army Corps of Engineers Engineer Research and Development Center BPA, alongside numerous direct purchase orders and delivery orders across federal agencies.

The Mathworks supplies mathematical and technical computing software essential to federal research, development, engineering, and scientific operations. Core capabilities center on MATLAB and Simulink platforms—industry-standard tools for data analysis, modeling, simulation, and algorithm development—marketed across NASA field centers, Department of Defense laboratories, Navy warfare centers, and civilian research institutes. Recent prime work includes a $1.165 million MATLAB software renewal for NASA Glenn Research Center (August 2026), a $961.2 thousand MATLAB Center renewal for NASA Langley (May 2026), a $2.555 million Naval Sea Systems Command Enterprise Desktop and Server purchase order (May 2025), a $1.902 million NAVSEA enterprise program for critical mission personnel (June 2025), an $8.397 million Office of Naval Research enterprise license agreement through June 2028, and a $5.27 million Air Force Research Laboratory MATLAB purchase order (January 2026). The vendor also delivers specialized training—a $136.6 thousand Naval Sea Systems Command MATLAB training program at the Naval Undersea Warfare Center (April 2025)—and Polyspace static analysis tools for software verification.

Customer concentration is heavily weighted toward the Department of the Navy and NASA. The top five customers by award count account for 48 percent of recent awards: Naval Sea Systems Command (1,040 awards, $91.9 million), Naval Air Systems Command Naval Air Warfare Center (878 awards, $137.7 million), NASA Shared Services Center (847 awards, $90.4 million), Office of Naval Research (785 awards, $26.5 million), and Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory (385 awards, $25.3 million). By potential value, the top five represent 70 percent of combined dollars: Naval Air Systems Command (878 awards, $137.7 million), Naval Sea Systems Command (1,040 awards, $91.9 million), NASA overall (144 awards, $91.3 million), NASA Shared Services Center (847 awards, $90.4 million), and Office of Naval Research (785 awards, $26.5 million). Navy dominance spans both volume and dollars; NASA's ranking shifts upward in the dollars ranking, reflecting larger individual delivery order values. The Mathworks operates across 257 distinct customer agencies, indicating broad federal penetration.

Vehicle positioning shows concentration in NASA and Navy indefinite delivery contracts. The top five parent IDVs are NASA Indefinite Delivery Contract NNX15MC76B (451 task orders, $26.2 million), NASA Contract 80NSSC21D0001 (401 task orders, $32.7 million), Navy Contract N6893611D0014 (475 task orders, $9.8 million), Navy Contract N6893606D0007 (269 task orders, $5.5 million), and Navy Contract N6660415D0596 (197 task orders, $3.3 million). The newly awarded NASA Blanket Purchase Agreement (May 1, 2026, $43 million ceiling through April 30, 2031) signals fresh institutional demand; at least 26 BPA calls have been issued to date across multiple NASA centers, with individual call values ranging from $2.9 million to $1.165 million for field-center software renewals.

Activity trajectory shows steady volume with recent moderation. Awards per year ran 151 (2022) to 202 (2024), declining to 187 (2025) and 61 (2026 year-to-date through October 1). The vendor faces $34.3 million in combined potential value from awards reaching ultimate completion within the next 24 months, representing moderate recompete exposure concentrated in recurring software maintenance and license renewal vehicles where incumbency and installed-base lock-in typically favor renewal.

In its subcontractor role—comprising only 2 percent of recent awards (127 sub-awards)—The Mathworks delivers MATLAB software, Simulink, toolboxes, and consulting services to primes including Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation (multiple Link 16 UH-1Y/AH-1Z avionics sub-awards), Raytheon Company (AN/TPY-2 radar computer software), Peraton Inc. (NSROC IV payload design and LEO ground sustainment), General Dynamics Information Technology (STRATCOM IT lifecycle support), and BAE Systems Technology Solutions (ICBM Systems Directorate engineering). Sub work is minimal relative to prime dominance, signaling The Mathworks' position as a direct vendor to agencies rather than a tiered supplier.

Federal contract footprint spans Software Publishers NAICS (6,551 awards) and Information Technology Software PSCs (4,731 awards), with secondary work in software maintenance services, data conversion, and equipment repair. Award values cluster in the $5 thousand to $100 thousand range for individual maintenance renewals and license purchases, with occasional large enterprise agreements ($1.3 million to $8.4 million) driving portfolio dollars. All identified awards carry no set-aside designation, confirming full-and-open competitive posture. The company's 8,056 prime awards against 127 sub-awards reflect established direct relationships with federal procurement offices and little reliance on prime-contractor teaming for market access—a position reinforced by the exclusive control of MATLAB IP and widespread adoption across federal technical computing ecosystems.