Mathematica Network License - Premier Service

The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) intends to negotiate, on a sole source basis with Wolfram Research, Inc., the purchase of Mathematica Network license with 9 floating seats - Premier Service under the authority of FAR 6.302-1 "Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services will Satisfy Agency Requirements". Wolfram Research, Inc. located at 100 Trade Center Drive, Champaign, IL 61820 is the sole manufacturer of Mathematica software and the sole source of Premier Service of Mathematica. This action will result in a Firm-Fixed-Price contract with a performance period of a 3-year base and two 3-year options. The applicable NAICS is 511210 - Software Publishers with a small business size standard of $25.0 Million. There are no-set-asides identified for this procurement. This notice is neither a request for proposal nor a solicitation of offers. The government's market research has determined that no other source is available to fulfill its requirements without substantial duplication of costs to the Government that is not expected to be recovered through competition, as well as unacceptable delays in fulfilling the FHFA's requirement. No formal solicitation package is available. Interested parties may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement. Only written responses sent via electronic mail to [email protected] will be accepted. The Government will not be responsible for any costs in the preparation of responses to this announcement. A determination not to compete this proposed contract upon receipt of any responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.