Inactive 8(a) Sole Source (FAR 19.8)

The Information Technology and Applications Center (ITAC), directs and implements a broad range of business, research, and clinical informatics programs in support of the biomedical research mission o... The Information Technology and Applications Center (ITAC), directs and implements a broad range of business, research, and clinical informatics programs in support of the biomedical research mission of the NHLBI. It articulates the NHLBI information technology (IT) strategic plan, forecasts future needs, sets, and implements NHLBI IT policies and procedures. The ITAC defines and executes IT management methodologies, encompassing strategic planning, complex organizational structures, technical project management, and business process modeling and re-engineering. ITAC plans, monitors, and enforces information and systems security, it also engineers and oversees the day to day operation of the NHLBI information technology and data infrastructures -- including software, servers, storage, networks, databases, websites, and computing and mobile devices. The ITAC Manages IT acquisitions and the associated IT budget for the Institute -- including the Capital Planning and Investment Control process for all the NHLBI IT investments. The ITAC guides and supports the NHLBI administrative and scientific staff in the development and effective use of IT applications and services, it collaborates with other NHLBI Divisions, Offices, and Centers to identify IT needs, and to evaluate and implement IT solutions to meet those needs; and it studies, evaluates, and tests new technologies, hardware, software, and information systems. ITAC would like to utilize Matlab as programming platform to capitalize on the software¡¦s powerful data analysis, visualization, modeling, and simulation capabilities. Matlab can be utilized for: - Artificial Intelligence - Signal processing and communications - Image and video processing - Computational Biology - Control systems - Test and measurement - Computational finance NHLBI requires software licenses for Matlab Enterprise Agreements for the full suite of software plus the on-line training suite for NHLBI, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), and National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB). Matlab combines a desktop environment tuned for iterative analysis and design processes with a programming language that expresses matrix and array mathematics directly. MatLab is a programming environment for algorithm development, data analysis, visualization, and numeric computation. The MathWorks, Inc. will provide Matlab Enterprise with an unlimited Institute Wide License (IWL) and software support including software updates and one (1) year of maintenance and training.