Dahlgren Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center, 17320 Dahlgren Road, Dahlgren, VA 22448-5100

70 -- SOFTWARE SUPPORT OF MATLAB LICENSES-THE MATH WORKS SOL N00178-00-Q-1014 DUE 120399 POC Laurel M. Campbell, Contract Specialist, Code SD113, (540)653-7478 WEB: NSWCDD Dahlgren Laboratory Procurement Division Web, http://www.nswc.navy.mil/supply. E-MAIL: Contract Specialist for N00178-00-Q-1014, campbelllm@nswc.navy.mil. The Government intends to purchase on a sole source basis software support and updates for Matlab proprietary licenses from The MathWorks Inc., 24 Prime Park Way, Natick, MA 01760-1500. The MathWorks is the developer, designer and manufacturer of this software and holds proprietary rights in data in providing support of Matlab software. The Standard Industrial Classification code is 7371 with a size standard of $18.0 million. The contract shall be a firm fixed priced contract. The contract period shall be one year. FOB Destination shall apply. The following is a combined synopsis/solicitation in accordance with Simplified Acquisition Procedures and supplemental information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only quotation; quotations are being requested and a written quotation will not be issued. The quotation number is N00178-00-Q-1014 and is a Request for Quotations. The quotation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 97-12. All interested parties shall indicate their interest and capability with their fax quote at (540) 653-7088 which shall be considered by Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division, 17320 Dahlgren Road, Dahlgren, VA 22448-5100. DESCRIPTION: Product description may be accessed by request via e-mail at: sd11@nswc.navy.mil. SPECIFICATIONS: License support shall include: License files for annual licenses, maintenance and support, automatic updates, new product announcements, internet-based news and services, and access to free product trials. The Contractor shall provide software updates as released to the addresses indicated. Updates shall by Y2K compliant in accordance with clause YEAR 2000 WARRANTY-INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY clause which follows. Additions and deletions shall be prorated by dividing the yearly contract amount by 12 and multiplying by the number of covered months. The following FAR clauses shall apply: 52.252-2, 52.203-3, 52.211-15, 52.222-20, 52.222-21, 52.222-26, 52.222-35, 52.222-36, 52.222-37, 52.225-11, 52.232-1, 52.232-8, 52.232-11, 52.232-23, 52.232-25, 52.233-1, 52.233-3, 52.243-1, 52.246-16, 52.247-34, 52.249-1, 52.204-3, 52.211-17, 52.222-22, and 52.222-25. The following DFAR clauses shall apply: 252.232-7000 and 252.204-7004. The following full text clause applies: Year 2000 Warranty-Information Technology (Sep 1998) (a) The Contractor warrants that all information technology (IT) (as defined at FAR 2.101), whether commercial or noncommercial, delivered under this contract that will be required to perform date/time processing involving dates subsequent to December 31, 1999, shall be Year 2000 compliant if properly installed, operated, and maintained in accordance with the contract specifications and applicable documentation. If the contract requires that specific deliverables operate together as a system, this warranty shall apply to those deliverables as a system. (b) "Year 2000 compliant" (as defined at FAR 39.002) means that the IT accurately processes date/time data (including, but not limited to, calculating, comparing, and sequencing) from, into, and between the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, and the years 1999 and 2000 and leap year calculations, to the extent that other IT, used in combination with the IT being delivered, properly exchanges date/time data with it. The "proper exchange" of date/time data shall be in accordance with the interface requirements specification(s) of the contract. (c) For line item deliverables which are commercial items (as defined at FAR 2.101), and which include commercial IT, the terms and conditions of the standard commercial warranty covering such commercial IT shall apply in addition to, and to the extent such terms and conditions are consistent with, this warranty. Any applicable commercial warranty shall be incorporated into this contract by attachment. (d) Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in other warranty requirement(s) of this contract, or in the absence of any such warranty requirement(s), the remedies available to the Government under this warranty shall include those provided in the Inspection clause(s) of this contract. Nothing in this warranty shall be construed to limit any rights or remedies the Government may otherwise have under this contract. (e) Unless specified elsewhere in the contract, the Contractor will also deliver to the Government a report summarizing any Year 2000 compliance testing that was performed, and the results thereof. (f) This warranty shall expire on 31 January 2001, or one hundred eighty (180) days after acceptance of the last deliverable IT item under this contract (including any option exercised hereunder), whichever is later (end of clause). This procurement is DO priority rated. Offer is due 03 December 1999 no later than 2:00 p.m. (local NSWCDD time) to: Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division, 17320 Dahlgren Road, Building 183, First Floor, Room 102, Dahlgren, VA 22448-5100 and anticipated award by 06 December 1999. Posted 11/30/99 (W-SN404479). (0334)

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