Annual MATLAB Software Maintenance

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) - Office of Research and Engineering has a requirement to renew the annual MATLAB software maintenance agreement from the MathWorks Inc. (MathWorks). The maintenance agreement includes technical support of MATLAB software and the associated toolboxes used in accident investigation analysis. Examples of what the software and toolboxes are used to include: data acquisition, noise electrical analysis, image signal processing and map data animations. This software is required to allow NTSB to interface with software applications developed by outside parties. Renewal of the existing licenses and purchase of the additional software is mission-critical for the NTSB to support accident investigations. The licenses will be renewed under the annual MATLAB software maintenance agreement master license 30255742. In accordance with FAR 13.106, the NTSB intends to award a sole source contract to MathWorks for annual MATLAB software maintenance agreement. The software provided by MathWorks is proprietary and only authorized resellers of the required software will be accepted. The software provides a computing environment that allows users to build tools for common tasks and to explore and develop solutions to new and novel problems. In addition to the annual MATLAB software maintenance agreement includes the following support: • Telephone and email access to technical support engineers. • Automatic shipment of new releases of licenses products including CDs, bug fixes, product enhancements, and new documentation when available. • Access to the download section of the Company website to obtain patches, point releases and major releases. • Access to trial downloads of any product in the product family. • Access to prerelease and beta versions of new products and upgrades. • Ability to purchase additional products for licenses The usage of this software is widespread, making it a common platform among engineers and allowing for easy collaboration and communication with outsiders. It is typically used in schools for engineering computation classes. The intended sole source contract will be awarded under the authority of FAR 13.106-1(b)(1)(i). The Period of Performance for this requirement is August 1, 2021 - July 31, 2022. Description of Requirement Renew the annual maintenance for existing MATLAB MathWorks Perpetual licenses under the annual MATLAB software maintenance agreement master license 30255742. An order is anticipated to be issued no later than August 1, 2021. All responsible sources may submit a capability statement, proposal, or quotation, by 5pm EST on July 25, 2021 which will be considered by NTSB. Interested parties may contact P. Matt Hazlinsky at [email protected] or at 202-314-6205 to discuss their software which may satisfy the NTSB requirement.