The National Institute of Standards and Technology intends to negotiate on a sole source basis under the authority of FAR 13.106-1(b) Only One Source Reasonably Available with MATHWORKS INC, 3 Apple Hill Road, Natick, MA 01760-2098 for annual maintenance support of MATHWORKS licenses, which are patented and distributed only by MATHWORKS. CLIN 0001, Quantity of 240 months, PN # SUBML, MATLAB Maintenance for 20 users (Period 1/1/04 - 1/1/05); CLIN 0002, Quantity of 24 months, PN # SUBSL, Simulink Maintenance for two (2) users (Period 1/1/04 - 1/1/05); CLIN 0003, Quantity of 12 months, PN # SUBCB, Communications Blockset Maintenance for one (1) user (Period 1/1/04 - 1/1/05); CLIN 0004, Quantity of 12 months, PN # SUBCM, Communications Maintenance (Period 1/1/04 - 1/1/05); CLIN 0005, Quantity of 12 months, PN # SUBCO, MATLAB Compiler Maintenance for one (1) user (Period 1/1/04 - 1/1/05); CLIN 0006, Quantity of 24 months, PN # SUBCT, Control System Maintenance for two (2) users(Period 1/1/04 - 1/1/05); CLIN 0007, Quantity of 12 months, PN # SUBDS, DSP Blockset Maintenance for one (1) user (Period 1/1/04 - 1/1/05); CLIN 0008, Quantity of 12 months, PN # SUBEM, Extended Symbolic Math Maintenance for one (1) user (Period 1/1/04 - 1/1/05); CLIN 0009, Quantity of 12 months, PN # SUBID, System Identification Maintenance for one (1) user (Period 1/1/04 - 1/1/05); CLIN 0010, Quantity of 48 months, PN # SUBIP, Image Processing Maintenance for four (4) users (Period 1/1/04 - 1/1/05); CLIN 0011, Quantity of 60 months, PN # SUBOP, Optimization Toolbox Maintenance for five (5) users (Period 1/1/04 - 1/1/05); CLIN 0012, Quantity of 12 months, PN # SUBSF, Stateflow Maintenance for one (1) user (Period 1/1/04 - 1/1/05); CLIN 0013, Quantity of 36 months, PN # SUBSG, Signal Processing Toolbox Maintenance for three users (Period 1/1/04 - 1/1/05); CLIN 0014, Quantity of 6 months, PN # SUBSG, Signal Processing Toolbox Maintenance for one (1) user (Period 1/1/04 - 1/1/05); CLIN 0015, Quantity of 12 months, PN # SUBSM, Symbolic Math Maintenance for one (1) user (Period 1/1/04 - 1/1/05); CLIN 0016, Quantity of 12 months, PN # SUBSP, Spline Maintenance for one (1) user (Period 1/1/04 - 1/1/05); CLIN 0017 Quantity of 48 months, PN # SUBST, Statistics Maintenance for four users (Period 1/1/04 - 1/1/05); CLIN 0018, Quantity of 12 months, PN # SUBWA, Wavelet Maintenance for one (1) user (Period 1/1/04 - 1/1/05). A firm fixed price purchase order will be issued. THIS NOTICE OF INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITION; A REQUEST FOR QUOTATION IS NOT AVAILABLE. Interested parties may submit written evidence of their interest and bona fide capability to fulfill the requirement. Such submissions must be received prior to 2 PM EST on January 15, 2004 and will be reviewed to ONLY to determine if it is necessary to conduct a competitive procurement. The determination not to compete the requirement is exclusively within the discretion of the Government.

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