RQ Enterprise License Matlab
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The Air Force Research Laboratory Sensors Directorate (AFRL/RQ) has awarded a sole-source, firm-fixed-price contract, solicitation FA2396-26-P-B013, to MathWorks for an enterprise-level license of MATLAB and Simulink software. This procurement provides mathematical modeling and simulation tools to approximately 900 scientists and engineers across multiple locations, including Wright-Patterson, Edwards, and Arnold Air Force Bases. The license ensures simultaneous access across various security domains, including Non-classified Internet Protocol Router (NIPR), Defense Research Engineering Network (DREN), and standalone classified and unclassified enclaves. The agreement includes all toolboxes, continuous technical support, software updates, and cloud-based collaboration via MATLAB Online Server. The award was justified as a sole-source action under FAR 13.5 and FAR 6.302-1 because MathWorks is the only provider capable of meeting the technical requirements without causing prohibitive costs and delays. Specifically, the AFRL/RQ relies on decades of validated, mission-critical legacy code and software libraries that are proprietary to the MATLAB environment, making conversion to an alternative platform functionally and financially unfeasible. The contract structure consists of a 12-month base period with two additional 12-month option periods, allowing for a total potential performance period of 36 months. Funding is provided through FY26 Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation (RDT&E) appropriations.
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Contract Value
$1,655,796Place of Performance
Wright Patterson AFB, OH, 45433, USASet-Aside
Awardee
THE MATHWORKS, INC.Award Issued Date
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Full Description
Action was awarded sole source and not competitive.
The Sensors Directorate (AFRL/RQ) continues to require access to the MATLAB family of products at the enterprise level.
This level of access is essential to continue to provide support for a wide range of AFRL, USAF, DoD, and Joint-service programs. The MATLAB requirement cannot be fulfilled by any other source without incurring considerable delays and duplication of costs. Therefore, sole-source authority under FAR 13.5 remains the only effective method of meeting this
requirement.
The Sensors Directorate (AFRL/RQ) requires mathematical modeling and simulation software be made available to their entire technical community--approximately 900 scientists and engineers (S&Es) --to fulfill their mission, through a single, enterprise software license. The software must be made simultaneously available to multiple locations and allow for minor fluctuation in user counts in any given year.
The software must also be capable of utilizing and/or modifying previously-developed models and simulation tools created via the MATLAB family of products, created by Mathworks, which has historically been utilized by the AFRL/RQ community for this purpose. Enterprise-availability and compatibility with existing modeling and simulation libraries allows for expanded research capacity by lowering operating costs and increasing collaboration within AFRL/RQ and its partner directorates and programs.
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