This notice announces the intent by the U.S. Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity (USAMRAA) in support of U.S. Army Aeromedical Research Laboratory (USAARL) to buy brand name software licenses without competition as prescribed in FAR 6.302-1. Specifically, the government will purchase the following items manufactured by The MathWorks Inc from the manufacturer or one of its distributors:

1. Annual maintenance for approximately sixteen (16) licenses, toolboxes, and coders

These programs are currently used throughout this agency, and the researchers using Consistency in software is needed to help with cross departmental communication and utilization of data. Programs are written and interfaces developed for MatLab and its many toolboxes. Many engineers and scientists are trained to use the Mathworks product line and this continues over to this laboratory. Research milestones would be delayed due to the inconvenience of learning and integrating a new analytical software package. Training and understanding of program is also a necessity.

The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) for this requirement is 511210 and the size standard is $35.0 million and FSC 7030.

This announcement fulfills the synopsis requirements under FAR 5.102(a)(6) and 5.203(a). USAMRAA intends to publish a solicitation no sooner than 15 days after publishing this synopsis. This Special Notice of Intent is not a request for competitive quotes. Information received in response to this notice will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether a competitive procurement is in the best interest of the Government. If no written responses are received by the date listed below, which reflects fifteen (15) days after the publication of this notice, the solicitation will be issued as brand name only. All questions and responses concerning this notice shall be emailed to Abraham Pottenger at [email protected]

Interested concerns must identify their capability in writing to the above e-mail address or by mail to the address listed below no later than 1:00 pm EST, 8 August 2014.

Contracting Office Address:
US Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity, ATTN: MCMR-AAA, 820 Chandler Street, Frederick, MD 21702-5014

Point of Contact:
Abraham Pottenger

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