SOURCES SOUGHT
A -- Teenage Driving Performance
- Notice Date
- 12/10/2009
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541720
— Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Contracts Management Branch, 6100 Executive Blvd., Suite 7A07, MSC7510, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892-7510
- ZIP Code
- 20892-7510
- Solicitation Number
- SSNICHD-DESPR-10-08
- Point of Contact
- Joseph S. Pishioneri, Phone: 3014435228, Ross Kelley, Phone: 301-435-6960
- E-Mail Address
-
pishionerij@mail.nih.gov, rk17a@nih.gov
(pishionerij@mail.nih.gov, rk17a@nih.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Division of Epidemiology, Statistics and Prevention Research (DESPR) is interested in identifying organizations with requisite qualifications to conduct a study on Teen passenger influences on teenage driving performance. This announcement is not a Request for Proposal (RFP) and does not commit the Government to award a contract now or in the future. No solicitation is available at this time. The purpose of this synopsis is to identify small business organizations with requisite qualifications to provide the services stated herein. Based on capability statements received in response to this Sources Sought Announcement this acquisition may be solicited as a 100% small business set-aside or through full and open competition. All small business organizations (SB, SDB, WOSB, HUBZone, VOSB, and SDVOSB) are encouraged to respond to this notice. Small business organizations must have their size status certified by the small business administration. The NAICS code is 541720 with a size standard of 500 employees. BACKGROUND Crash rates are highly elevated among teenage drivers at licensure and decline rapidly for a period of months and more slowly over a period of many years (Mayhew et al., 2003). Crash risks are particularly high under certain conditions, which include in the presence of teen passengers, at night, under the influence of alcohol, and while using electronic devices (e.g., Williams, 2003; Lee et al., 2006). The effect of teen passengers has been demonstrated with respect to risky driving (e.g., Simons-Morton et al., 2005) and crash risks (e.g., Chen & Baker, 2000), but it is not understood the extent to which this may be due to social influence or distraction or both (e.g., Regan & Mitsopoulos, 2003; Simons-Morton et al., 2005). It may be that teenage male passengers exert overt pressure on teenage drivers to drive faster and follow more closely. Alternatively, the effect of teenage passengers may be due to the perceptions of the driver about social norms regarding risk taking. Also, teenage passengers may distract teenage drivers. Teen passenger presence may interact with driver characteristics, driver in-vehicle task engagement, and driving conditions and purposes. Moreover, some subgroups of young drivers may be especially susceptible to passenger effects, for example, males, those with a propensity for sensation seeking, and those who are highly susceptible to social influence or who are highly distractible. To date most research on these topics has been observational and not experimental. To better understand the nature of passenger effects on driving risk experimental research is needed. This research also provides an opportunity to examine basic social science questions about social influences. In particular, the research seeks to determine the relative importance of perceived social norms and peer influence on teenage driving performance. TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS The research involves the following essential activities: (1) objective assessment of driving performance in a simulator or instrumented (usually with accelerometer, GPS, lane tracker, and often with cameras), vehicle on test or open road; (2) assess variability in driving performance within normal samples of licensed teenage drivers under variable driving conditions; (3) conduct pilot work; (4) calculate sample size and power based on pilot work; (5) utilize randomized research designs; (6) recruit subjects and obtain informed consent; (6) obtain Institutional Review Board approval for ethical research; and (7) rapidly provide preliminary analyses of data. Capability statements submitted in response to this notice will be evaluated according to the following criteria: (1) evidence of access to and availability of appropriate equipment and facilities for the research; this may include vehicle instrumentation, a driving simulator, and/or test track; (2) understanding of the research aims and activities; (3) ability to develop, implement, and evaluate measures of driving performance; (4) access to and capacity for recruiting novice teenage drivers; (5) experience with randomized trial study designs, including counter-balanced designs; and (6) ability and experience providing efficient preliminary analyses of driving performance data. Information submitted should be pertinent and specific in the technical area under consideration, on each of the following qualifications (1) Experience: an outline of previous projects, specific work previously performed or being performed and any in-house research and development effort; (2) Personnel: Name, professional qualifications and specific experience of scientist, engineers and technical personnel who may be assigned as principal investigator and/or project officer: (3) Facilities: Availability and description of special facilities required to perform in the technical areas under consideration. A statement regarding industrial security clearance. Any other specific and pertinent information as pertains to this particular area of procurement that would enhance our consideration and evaluation of the information submitted. Small Businesses that meet the applicable size standard and believe that they possess the capabilities described above and wish to respond should submit one electronic version of their capability statements via email to pishionerij@mail.nih.gov by 4:00 PM EST on December 19, 2009. See http://www.sba.gov/size/ for information on what is a small business and part 121.106 of the SBA's Small Business Size Regulations on how the SBA calculates the number of employees.. Capability statements must identify the business status of the organization and should be limited to no more than five (5) pages, excluding an Appendix for resumes. Resumes may be included in an Appendix which does not count in the five (5) total page limit. The Appendix, which may only include resumes, is limited to five (5) pages. NO COLLECT CALLS OR FACSIMILES WILL BE ACCEPTED.
- Web Link
-
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- Place of Performance
- Address: 6100 Executive Blvd., Suite 7A07V, Rockville, Maryland, 20850, United States
- Zip Code: 20850
- Zip Code: 20850
- Record
- SN02021728-W 20091212/091210235534-5af83001b09a67746891aa9c700ead43 (fbodaily.com)
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