SOURCES SOUGHT
A -- Vehicle, Highway, and Roadside R&D Potential Sources Sought
- Notice Date
- 1/11/2007
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541330
— Engineering Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), Office of Acquisition Management, HAAM, Room 4410 400 7th Street, S.W., Washington, DC, 20590, UNITED STATES
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- DTFH61-07-R-00116
- Response Due
- 2/11/2007
- Description
- Vehicle, Highway, and Roadside R&D Potential Sources Sought Potential Sources Sought. This is not a RFP. The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) is conducting a market survey to identify potential sources for an anticipated award to conduct vehicle, highway, and roadside safety evaluations, research, and development initiatives. The subject effort is currently being performed under a Cooperative Agreement for Operation & Maintenance of the National Crash Analysis Center (NCAC) with the George Washington University (see www.ncac.gwu.edu), which has a scheduled completion date of September 30, 2007. The purpose of that cooperative agreement is to advance the knowledge and technologies for highway crash analyses; the specific objectives are to: 1)Conduct advanced vehicle, highway, and roadside research to assist researchers and engineers in understanding and resolving transportation safety issues; 2)Advance state-of-the-art crash analysis methods and technologies; 3)Combine and maintain FHWA and National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA) crash test films and documentation collected over the past several decades into a single national library; 4)Conduct crash testing to validate computer models and produce relevant data for crash analysis to improve highway and vehicle safety; 5)Provide an environment for visiting scholars to interact with, and conduct, vehicle, highway, and roadside safety research using the wealth of data and facilities available; 6)Support educational opportunities to graduate students in one of the few Safety Engineering program in the world; and 7)Share the resources, findings, data, models, and technologies with others to expedite the application of advanced crash analysis methods for addressing complex vehicle and highway safety problems. The awardee selected will be expected to have capabilities in: 1)Vehicle Safety and Biomechanics Research-Capabilities to undertake efforts that focus on reducing injuries and fatalities by analyzing vehicle pre-crash, crash and post-crash events and scenarios. Researchers should be conversant in current and relevant topics in automotive safety to gain a better understanding of injury risk. 2)Highway Safety and Infrastructure Research-Capabilities to build and apply comprehensive and robust tools for designing and evaluating the crashworthiness of roadside devices during impacts to reduce the injuries and fatalities that occur on U.S. roadways. 3)Simulation and Advanced Computing Research-Capabilities to develop detailed finite elements models and simulate a full range of crash scenarios on cutting-edge, high-performance computers for safety and security application. Research continues to directly improve regulations, vehicle design, occupant protection, roadside hardware, and physical protection. The awardee must have expertise and experience related to: 1) Finite Element Analyses (FEA) that includes model building and crash simulation analyses; 2) reverse engineering of highway vehicles and roadside hardware as the basis for building detailed FEA models (i.e., vehicle models in the 1 million element range); 3) managing and operating a comprehensive crash test library that includes over 20,000 films, reports, or datasets (and electronic versions of all of these), and providing authenticated copies of the crash information on request; 4) utilizing high performance computers running a variety of highly sophisticated software (e.g., LS DYNA and vehicle dynamics models); 5) evaluating crash data and applications of techniques for detailed statistical analysis of the data; 6) maintaining a state-of-the-art website and use a variety of technologies for the dissemination of research findings; 7) understanding Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSS), New Car Assessment Program (NCAP), Crashworthiness standards for roadside hardware (NCHRP 350), and other programs for the design and testing of highway vehicles; and 8) investigating human body or dummy reactions in crash events and the risks to occupants of all ages. The awardee will also be responsible for operating and maintaining, or for arranging for the conduct of, an impacts lab (including capabilities ranging from test planning to the effective deployment of high speed video cameras, accelerometers, and other data capture devices, as well as the preparation of test vehicles and articles) to cost effectively conduct full-scale vehicle crash tests or component tests using pendulums or hydraulic sleds in support of the development or exercise of the models. The awardee will be expected to provide facilities for: 1) reverse engineering; 2) high performance computing including support for software packages such as LS DYNA, Madymo, and Highway Vehicle Environment (HVE) and supporting up to thirty users; 3) housing the library and equipment to support the conversion, processing, and retrieval of information from the library collection; and 4) impact lab for full-scale and component tests. Note the awardee could potentially assume management of the FHWA?s Federal Outdoor Impact Facility (FOIL) for crash testing, but there is the potential that the FOIL will lose a major capability (i.e., the main accelerator) before the end of the proposed procurement. This may entail contracting for full-scale crash tests at other facilities. Other capabilities or facilities that would be considered useful include editorial and document production services, training staff, and access to training facilities. The estimated period of performance for the project is five years. FHWA anticipates a level of effort ranging from 12 to 20 professional and technical staff members per year for the duration of the project. Past efforts have also involved 10 - 25 students, mostly at graduate levels. FHWA is considering a cost share arrangement for this procurement. Note: the level of activity will greatly depend on continued and additional funding under the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU) to FHWA and NHTSA than what is currently provided. Note: The resulting Request for Application or Request for Proposal may include a proximity clause. RESPONSES TO THIS NOTICE: Any interested organizations are invited to submit a response to submit a Capability Statement by February 11, 2007, by e-mail to Aimee.Drewry@DOT.gov, or in writing to Federal Highway Administration, Office of Acquisition Management, Attn: Ms. Aimee Drewry, HAAM 40F, Room 4410, 400 7th Street, SW, Washington DC, 20590. Capability Statements shall clearly identify the following items regarding the interested organization(s): (1) name and address of prospective organization(s); (2) technical capabilities to perform the work; (3) relevant experience and credentials; (4) synopsis of experience and expertise of potential staff; (5) relevant projects completed related to the anticipated objectives of the project with information on the client, scope, and products; and (6) a description of available facilities to perform the work outlined above. The Capability Statement shall be no more than 20 pages in length single-spaced with font size twelve or larger. For questions concerning this announcement contact Ms. Drewry at 202-366-4211. This Sources Sought Notice is not to be construed as a commitment on the part of the Government to award a contract or cooperative agreement nor does the Government intend to directly pay for any information or responses submitted as the result of this Sources Sought Notice.
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