7A21 - This Is a Notice of Intent to Award a Sole Source Contract to MathWorks and Is Not a Request for Competitive Quote

NOTICE OF INTENT THIS IS A NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD A SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT AND IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE QUOTES. Naval Supply Systems Command (NAVSUP) Fleet Logistics Center San Diego (FLCSD) intends to award a firm fixed price contract to MathWorks Inc 1 Apple Hill Drive, Natick, MA 01760-2098. Under the authority of FAR 13.106(1) only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. The requirement is for MATLAB product family (math, statistics, optimization, code generation, database access and reporting) and the Simulink product (event-based modeling, code generation, simulation graphics and reporting). The product (license) is to provide database access and reporting which combines a desktop environment for iterative analysis and design processes with programming language that expresses matrix and array mathematics directly. Mathworks licenses provides Simulink product family which is a block diagram environment for multi-domain simulation and Model-Based Design that supports simulation, automatic code generation. It also provides continuous testing and verification of embedded system. This software is used by nearly the entire NPS campus. The anticipated award date of this action is on or before 1 December 2024. The applicable NAICS code is 519210. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals and no solicitation document exists for this requirement. Sources interested in responding to this notice are required to submit a capability statement that includes management and technical data and cost information, in sufficient detail and with convincing evidence that clearly demonstrates the capability to provide the licenses and proof as being an authorized distributor of the product. Capability statements shall not exceed 6 (8.5 x 11 inch) pages using a font no smaller than 10-point. All capability statements received by the due date of this notice will be considered by the Government. A request for documentation or additional information or submissions that only ask questions will not be considered as an affirmative response. A determination by the Government not to compete based on responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement or to proceed with a sole source purchase order. Capability statements are due by 3:10 PM Pacific Standard Time (PST), 24 October 2024. Capability statements shall be submitted by e-mail ONLY as Microsoft Word or Adobe PDF attachments to Gabrielle Custodio at the following email address: gabrielle.a.custodio.civ@us.navy.mil. NO TELEPHONE REQUESTS/OFFERS WILL BE HONORED.