SOLICITATION NOTICE
99 -- Peer Review - Package #1
- Notice Date
- 2/16/2012
- Notice Type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- NAICS
- 541611
— Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), National Highway Traffic Safety Administration HQ, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE, Washington, District of Columbia, 20590
- ZIP Code
- 20590
- Solicitation Number
- DTNH22-12-Q-00147
- Archive Date
- 3/16/2012
- Point of Contact
- Brian Jenkins, , Earnest J. Jenkins,
- E-Mail Address
-
NHTSAOAM@dot.gov, NHTSAOAM@dot.gov
(NHTSAOAM@dot.gov, NHTSAOAM@dot.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Attachments Complete Solicitation package 1200 New Jersey Ave., S.E Washington, D.C. 20590 U.S. Department of Transportation National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Solicitation Number DTNH22-12-Q-00147 Presolicitation: Synopsis The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration ("NHTSA" or "the agency") is an agency of the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT). As part of NHTSA's mission, the agency has been issuing Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA) for the last thirty years. EPCA requires the agency to establish average fuel economy standards for passenger cars and light trucks at "the maximum feasible average fuel economy level that the Secretary [of DOT] decides the manufacturers can achieve in that model year." The Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA) was enacted on December 19, 2007 and amended EPCA by mandating, in addition to passenger car and light truck standards being set at the maximum feasible level in each model year, that the model year (MY) 2011-2020 CAFE standards be set sufficiently high to ensure that the industry-wide average of all new passenger cars and light trucks, combined, is not less than 35 miles per gallon (mpg) by MY 2020. In fulfillment of its EPCA and EISA requirements, and in response to President Obama's request to create a coordinated and harmonized National Program for motor vehicle efficiency and emissions standards, NHTSA recently published a joint Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to set CAFE standards under EPCA/EISA and Greenhouse Gas (GHG) standards under the Clean Air Act for passenger cars and light trucks manufactured in model years 2017-2025. Based on public information and information NHTSA gathered about how vehicle manufacturers plan to comply with CAFE standards in those model years, the agency anticipates that the industry will make use of vehicle mass reduction as a means for reducing vehicle fuel consumption in the future. This synopsis seeks to acquire technical experts in the fields of light-duty vehicle light-weighting and material application, safety analysis, and automotive technology costing to peer-review the report and models. Over the past year, the agency tasked a contractor team to complete a design, validation, and cost estimate for a light-weighted Honda Accord, including a finite element analysis (FEA) model and a cost model. The current version of the draft report to be peer reviewed is just over 400 pages in length, including all tables and appendices. The agency asks peer reviewers to examine both the underlying assumptions in the analysis as well as the veracity of the conclusions based on the assumptions, the analysis, and the available data. The study covers areas of advanced material properties and usage, joining techniques, vehicle structure design and optimization, manufacturing processes, bending and torsion tests, NVH simulations, vehicle durability simulations, full vehicle crash simulation, and manufacturing cost estimation. NHTSA plans to select reviewers from a diverse background of industry, academia, and government experience to review all aspects of the study, with emphasis on the sources of information, methods employed, crash simulation testing techniques, and the estimated costs for the potential of mass-reduction technology in the 2017-2025 timeframe. NHTSA is seeking reviewers' expert opinion on the technologies utilized, methodologies employed, and validity of findings regarding this study. In accordance with FAR Subpart 13 award under this solicitation will be made on a competitive basis from who submits a responsive offer. Multiple awards will be awarded from this solicitation. Contracting Office Points of Contact: Brian Jenkins, Contract Specialist NHTSAOAM@dot.gov Earnest J. Jenkins Jr., Contracting Officer NHTSAOAM@dot.gov
- Web Link
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- Place of Performance
- Address: Washington, District of Columbia, 20590, United States
- Zip Code: 20590
- Zip Code: 20590
- Record
- SN02677192-W 20120218/120216234839-82136bd7940df85e9672c2488e57fc59 (fbodaily.com)
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