JPL, 4800 Oak Grove Dr., Attn: Karen Maskew, Mail Stop 190-220, Pasadena, CA 91109-8099

A -- TRAFFIC SURVEILLANCE & DETECTION TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT SOL 95/3 due 042495. Contact Point: Karen Maskew, (818) 354-1959; FAX (818) 393-4168. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory/California Institute of Technology (JPL/Caltech), operating under a prime contract with the National Aeronautics and Spece Administration (NASA), is seeking proposals for the development of new technologies for use in traffic surveillance and detection. This synopsis is a follow-on to CBD Issue No. PSA-1207 (293) dated October 24, 1994. This R&D effort is sponsored by the Intelligent Vehicle Highway System (IVHS), Research Division of the Federal Highway Administration (FHA), U.S. Department of Transportation through an interagency agreement with NASA. The entire project is expected to be four years in duration, the initial development period is expected to be up to one year. Additional development periods will depend on funding and sponsor direction. The Traffic Surveillance and Detection Technology Development Project is Complimentary to, and may serve as afollow-onto the Innovations Deserving Exploratory Analysis (IDEA) Program jointly supported by the FHA and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and managed by the National Research Council, Transportation Research Board. The Traffic Surveillance and Detection Technology Development Project will focus on technology that has direct application to traffic management and that has a degree of maturity that can lead to on road demonstrations with further development. JPL will be issuing two Request for Proposals (RFPs). Both RFPs will be issued on or about March 15, 1995 with responses due on April 24, 1995. RFP No. Q10-1066-024 specifies the use of imaging technology to develop a sensor system for traffic surveillance and detection with emphasis on obtaining turning movements, queue lengths, gaps, classification information and other directly measured parameters needed for near term management applications. The requirements will include providing the typical presence information used for signal control and will include day-night, all weather operation. Specific requirements for each prioritized parameter is defined in the RFP. The development objective of this effort is to achieve sensor systems read for field operational testing. RFP No. Q10-1066-025 requests proposers to obtain fixed sensors capable of directly measuring the parameters required over the long term to support whole system monitoring. These include vehicle tracking and travel time estimates, gaps, classification and other more standard parameters associate with freeway and smart corridor operation. Proposals are expected for new and innovative approaches to obtaining as much data as possible using one or a combination of technologies of their selection. Emphasis will be on approaches not currently available in the marketplace. The development objective will be to prove the concept and may include limited demonstrations. JPL anticipates multiple awards of Cost-Plus-Fixed-Fee contracts for each RFP, subject to the availability of qualifying proposals and sufficient funds. The period of performance for both RFPs is 12 months. Proposal evaluation criteria is included in each RFP and reflects the desire to obtain low capital and operating cost, accurate surveillance and detection systems providing improved data not currently available. A Pre-Proposal Conference is scheduled for March 28 at 2 p.m. PST at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, CA. Please notify the JPL point of contact no later than Monday, March 27 of the names and titles of the representatives who will attend the Pre-Proposal Conference. Please limit the number of your representatives to two or less. Representatives are to report to JPL Building 249, Visitor Control, where further instructions will be given. Requests for copies of one or both RFPs must be in writing; therefore, telephone inquiries will not be honored. Faxed requests are acceptable and should be addressed to the JPL point of contact. (080)

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