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70 -- MATLAB AND SIGNAL PROCESSING SOFTWARE LICENSES SOL 40-AANE-6-09049 DUE 051696 POC Helene L. Kram, Contract Specialist, (301)713-0839; Norbert F. Szymanski,Jr., Contracting Officer (301)713-0839 The U.S. Department of Commerce/NOAA intends to negotiate on asole source basis with The MathWorks, Inc. of Natick, MA for additional MATLAB and Signal Processing software licenses and associated maintenance support agreements. This requirement shall be awarded under the Simplified Acquisition Procedures. Limited numbers of these proprietary, commercial off-the-shelf(COTS) products are currently in use as an integrated processing component of the Orbit and Attitude Tracking system (OATS) supporting the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES). Requirements are as follows: (1) - Eight (8) MATLAB CPU-locked licenses with sixteen (16) additional active back-up passkeys; (2) - Eight (8) Signal Processing CPU-locked licenses with sixteen (16) additional active back-up passkeys (ALL BACK-UP PASSKEYS AT NO ADDITIONAL COST); (3) - Three-year maintenance support agreements (update services), from product delivery, for both MATLAB and Signal Processing Toolbox; and (4) - Reversion of all licenses/passkeys to perpetual, non-expiring versions at the end of the three-year maintenance agreements. These additional licenses are for back-up and redundancy of the OATS DEC Alpha workstations located at NOAA/NESDIS Satellite Operations Control Center (SOCC), Suitland, MD and Wallops Command and Data Acquisition Station (CDAS), Wallops, VA. The software associated with these licenses was developed by The MathWorks, Inc., without U.S. Government funding and is considered proprietary to The MathWorks. Potential offerors must provide the identical products as these products are imbedded and integrated with approximately 500,000 lines of the operational application software provided to NOAA by NASA for the OATS. All responsible sources shall respond by submitting a written narrative statement of capability, including detailed technical references regarding its experience with providing the required products and services, within 15 days of this notice, to the above address. Pricing data, including GSA Schedule, if applicable, should be included. The response must be sufficient to permit agency analysis to establish a bona fide capability to meet the requirement. Do not request a solicitation; award will be made on a purchase order. Telephonic or fax responses will not be accepted. Failure to submit documentation will result in the Government proceeding as above. Please reference No.96-09049 in your response. See Notes 1 and 22. (0117)

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