MATLAB Software Maintenance Renewal

NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD SOLE SOURCE 21 April 2017 The Naval Oceanographic Office (NAVOCEANO) Contracts Department at Stennis Space Center, MS 39522, hereby formally announces the intent to award a firm-fixed price contract on a sole source basis (under the authority of 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1) as implemented by FAR 6.302-1) to The Mathworks Inc. The contractor will be required to provide software maintenance for Matlab Software. This notice of intent is NOT a request for competitive proposals; however, all interested persons that identify to the Contracting Officer their intent and capabilities to satisfy the Government's requirement within 7 calendar days of this notice will be considered by the Government. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract action based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. For specific questions, please contact the Purchasing Agent, Cynthia Messina, at [email protected] or by telephone at 228-688-4649, or the Contracting Officer, Chantel Smith, at [email protected] or by telephone at 228-688-4362.