SOLICITATION NOTICE
A -- Advanced Crash Analysis Technical Support Services
- Notice Date
- 1/7/2014
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 541712
— Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)
- Contracting Office
- Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), Office of Acquisition Management, HAAM, Mail Stop E65-101, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE, Washington, District of Columbia, 20590
- ZIP Code
- 20590
- Solicitation Number
- DTFH61-14-R-00005
- Point of Contact
- Sarah E. Tarpgaard, Phone: (202)366-5750, Sarah Berman, Phone: (202) 366-4233
- E-Mail Address
-
sarah.tarpgaard@dot.gov, sarah.berman@dot.gov
(sarah.tarpgaard@dot.gov, sarah.berman@dot.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT), Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has a requirement for offsite technical research support services to develop and promote knowledge and technologies for advanced crash analyses to improve highway and vehicle safety and infrastructure security. Under the planned contract(s), the Contractor shall furnish non-personal technical crash analysis and transportation engineering research support services in support of the Advanced Crash Analysis Program of the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), Office of Safety, Research and Development (HRDS), Roadway Departure Team. The Contractor shall, as needed and as defined by task orders: (1) conduct research support services; (2) conduct detailed analyses of crash data and as well as highway & roadside crashes; (3) analyze technical, deployment, logistical, and administrative issues and provide technical advice, recommendations, and technical support to the FHWA; (4) develop and apply modeling and other analytical techniques, which may involve considerations of all types of vehicles, different roadway and roadside conditions, varying impact conditions (e.g., speed and angle of crash), and various occupants; (5) maintain and expand the repository of knowledge that has been compiled, and (6) support and coordinate programs and activities related to the following: developing Finite Element (FE) models, crash simulations, and other items to analyze the potentials for new design concepts for safety hardware; product engineering; conducting field tests and evaluations; marketing; and delivering safety products and technologies. The solicitation will be released and available electronically at http://www.fedbizopps.gov under Solicitation Number DTFH61-14-R-00005. Interested parties may register at the aforementioned FedBizOpps site under the cited Solicitation Number to receive any relevant notifications. It is the responsibility of interested parties to monitor the FedBizOpps website for any amendments to the solicitation package. FHWA estimates release of a solicitation on or about January 24, 2014 with an estimated proposal due date of February 27, 2014. Estimated award is on or about June 2, 2014. See solicitation when released for actual proposal due date. The FHWA anticipates making one to three contract awards to perform the work. The FHWA anticipates awarding one to three IDIQ contracts to include Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP) and Time-and-Materials (T&M) task orders. Estimated period of performance is five years. Task orders may include option periods. This is a new requirement so no incumbent can be identified. The NAICS code for this planned acquisition is 541712, Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology), which has a threshold of 500 employees. NO OTHER PROCUREMENT INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME. NOTE this RFP is separate and apart from RFP DTFH61-14-R-00003 entitled "Advanced Crash Analysis AND Federal Outdoor Impact Laboratory (FOIL) Technical Support Services." The two RFPs support the same FHWA research program but have differing Statements of Work specifically with respect to the FOIL. RFP DTFH61-14-R-00003 is available online at www.fbo.gov.
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/DOT/FHWA/OAM/DTFH61-14-R-00005/listing.html)
- Record
- SN03262211-W 20140109/140107234900-cf19f711f78c7e53834b16ca87ec824e (fbodaily.com)
- Source
-
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