This is a firm fixed-price task order awarded by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) to Transportation Research Center Inc. (TRC Inc.), a non-profit organization, to conduct research to promote the safety of commercial motor vehicles, drivers, and carriers. The purpose is to evaluate field claims related to the weight of commercial motor vehicles. The task order, valued at $578,207.00, has a period of performance through June 30, 2025. TRC Inc. has an extensive history of...
This is a new task order awarded to Westat, Inc. under the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's (NHTSA) Human Factors-Engineering Integration Indefinite Delivery Vehicle (IDV) contract. The $867,837 firm-fixed-price task order is for research services to systematically evaluate driver distraction capabilities, with a period of performance from September 29, 2023, to September 28, 2027. The study is part of NHTSA's broader human factors research program. This task order does not...
This is a new $449,778.96 firm fixed price task order awarded by the Department of Transportation's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to Westat, Inc., a provider of professional services to government agencies. The task order has a period of performance of 20 months and is focused on investigating human factors considerations for vehicle fail safe strategies. This task order was issued under Westat's Human Factors-Engineering Integration indefinite delivery, indefinite...
This is a firm fixed-price delivery order contract awarded by the Department of Transportation Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech) on September 14, 2017 with a potential value of $1,583,066.42. The purpose of the study is to collect electronic logging device (ELD) and crash data from property-carrying and passenger-carrying commercial motor vehicle (CMV) carriers to assess risks posed by alternative schedules as...
This is a 36-month, $989,315.88 cost-plus-fixed-fee task order awarded by the Department of Transportation National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to Battelle Memorial Institute, a nonprofit research and development organization. The task order is part of NHTSA's Behavioral Traffic Research Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract vehicle. The study will examine the impact of educational interventions on speeding behavior among licensed drivers with prior speeding...
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration awarded a $1,959,863 firm fixed price delivery order to the Texas A&M Transportation Institute under the Human Factors-Engineering Integration indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity master contract. The project involves exploring methods for estimating driver state and implementing human-machine interface strategies to maintain driver engagement in Level 2 automated driving systems, with Exponent Inc. providing driver monitoring system...
The Department of Transportation's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) awarded a $689,348.90 delivery order to Mosaic ATM, Inc. under the agency's Transportation Heavy Freight Research and Testing IDIQ contract. The delivery order is for task order services including track testing, data collection, and analysis of advanced driver assistance systems onboard heavy trucks. Performance will take place in Leesburg, Virginia over approximately 12 months from February 2023 through...
This firm-fixed-price task order for approximately $579,000 was awarded by the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration to Battelle Memorial Institute, doing business as Battelle, for Phase 2 technical support services under the HRDS Technical Support Services IDIQ contract vehicle. The task order has a 33-month period of performance to provide continued support for the Transportation Pooled Fund Study #TPF-5(361): SHRP2 Naturalistic Driving Study. The University of...
This is a delivery order issued by the Department of Transportation's Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) to the Texas A&M Transportation Institute, a division of The Texas A&M University System, for the evaluation of safety improvements under the FHWA's Highway Research and Development Services (HRDS) IDIQ contract vehicle. The $617,607.70 task order has a period of performance through July 31, 2021 and uses a time-and-materials pricing type. The Texas A&M Transportation...
This is a firm fixed-price delivery order task order issued against the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's (FMCSA) Research and Technology contract, with a total ceiling value of $1,560,513.00. The task order is focused on "The Human Factors in Automated Driving Systems (ADS)-Equipped Commercial Motor Vehicles (CMVs)," providing research and technical services related to the safety of commercial motor vehicles with automated driving systems. The prime contractor is...