MODIFICATION
A -- Law Enforcement Technical Assistance to Increase Seat Belt Use: Lessons Learned
- Notice Date
- 4/20/2015
- Notice Type
- Modification/Amendment
- NAICS
- 541720
— Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities
- 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
- DTNH2215R00037
- Archive Date
- 9/30/2015
- Point of Contact
- Ewart S. Smith, Phone: 2024930212
- E-Mail Address
-
ewart.smith@dot.gov
(ewart.smith@dot.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is an agency of the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT). NHTSA's mission is to save lives, prevent injuries and reduce traffic-related health care and other economic costs. The agency develops, promotes and implements effective educational, engineering and enforcement programs with the goal of ending preventable tragedies and reducing economic costs associated with vehicle use and highway travel. Current data is essential to develop future approaches to improve traffic safety. Pursuant to 23 U.S.C. § 403, NHTSA is authorized to collect data and develop programs appropriate for highway traffic safety. According to the nationwide seat belt use surveys over the last 5 years, the average seat belt use rate has remained relatively constant at 87 percent, with the use rate having made a notable increase from 84 percent in 2011 to 86 percent in 2012, as measured by NHTSA's National Occupant Protection Use Survey (NOPUS). NOPUS is a national probability-based survey, which is independent from State belt use surveys. While this use rate is commendable, the percent of vehicle occupants killed in traffic crashes that are unrestrained remains near 50 percent nationally. High unrestrained-fatality rates persist nationwide and in some States are as high as 70 percent. A recent review of data shows that a disproportionate number of unrestrained occupants are killed in motor vehicle crashes in States with seat belt use rates at or above the national seat belt use rate of 86 percent. The argument or assumption could be made that when use rates are high, the number of unrestrained fatalities should be proportionately low; instead the figures do not follow this logic. In fact, in 2012, there were 21,667 occupants of passenger vehicles (passenger cars, pickup trucks, vans, and SUVs) who died in motor vehicle traffic crashes. Looking only at occupants where the restraint status was known, 52 percent were unrestrained at the time of the crashes. The data also indicates that a larger percentage of the unrestrained fatalities occurred at night. According to research, the use of a seat belt is 45 percent effective in reducing the likelihood of death in a motor vehicle crash; great gains are yet to be achieved and thousands of lives saved by increasing the seat belt use rate throughout the country. The implementation of a multi-faceted, technical assistance project that includes a variety of strategies such as enforcement, education, awareness, earned media, and the use of highly-visible seat belt observations, and the dissemination of the observation results may serve as a means for increasing seat belt use and reducing unrestrained fatalities. NHTSA seeks a Contractor to procure professional and technical services to research methods to increase seat belt use & reduce unbelted crash fatalities and injuries via a technical assistance project for law enforcement and community stakeholders. This acquisition is being offered for FULL and OPEN COMPETITION. The NAICS Code for the anticipated contract is 541720. Contractors must be registered in the Systems for Award Management Database located at http://www.sams.gov, and must complete electronic representations and certification on the ORCA database located at http://orca.bpn.gov to be considered for contract award. It is the Government's intent to award a Cost Plus Fixed Fee type contract resulting from the solicitation, with or without discussions, to the responsible offeror whose proposal, conforming to the solicitation, is most advantageous to the Government based on the evaluation factors contained in the solicitation. It is the Offeror's responsibility to monitor the FedBizOpps Internet site for the release of the solicitation and amendments (if any). Potential Offerors will be responsible for downloading their own copy of the solicitation and amendments (if any). Requests for paper copies of the RFP will not be accepted. The estimated date for release of the solicitation is on or about April 27, 2015. Period of Performance: Thirty (30) months. Contract Award: The anticipated award date for the resultant contract is expected to be on or before September 30, 2015.
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