Delivery Order DTNH2212D00264-0002

The University of Virginia has been awarded a $251,256.30 cost-no-fee delivery order by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to study the dynamic and static occupant response metrics for children seated in the driver's seat of a SAE Level 4 or Level 5 automated driving system vehicle. The statement of work calls for investigating alternative regulatory options. There is no set-aside designation. The prime contractor will perform the simulation study at its Charlottesville, Virginia...

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration awarded a $955,782 Delivery Order to Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, doing business as Virginia Tech, to conduct research to understand the technological requirements and challenges to reduce crashes occurring when Advanced Driver Assistance Systems or Automated Driving Systems unexpectedly fail due to Out of Distribution breaches. Virginia Tech will perform this research from September 2023 through March 2026 in Blacksburg,...

Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech) has been awarded a cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order worth up to $215,387 by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to develop methods for simulating real-world conditions in virtual test environments over an eight-month period of performance ending July 20, 2022. Virginia Tech will serve as the prime contractor and work with two major subcontractors, Quantitative Scientific Solutions, LLC and VTT LLC's...

The Department of Transportation's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration awarded a $1.015 million firm fixed price task order to Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, doing business as Virginia Tech. The task order is in support of crash safety analysis of automated driving systems via an open benchmarking methodology. Virginia Tech will analyze automated vehicle crash data to advance the agency's understanding of advanced driver assistance systems safety. Smartdrive...

This is a task order awarded under the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's (NHTSA) Vehicle Electronic Systems Safety Indefinite-Delivery/Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) contract. The $830,939 firm-fixed price task order was awarded to Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech) to conduct research on lane keeping systems. The study will involve identifying real-world critical scenarios, characterizing key system parameter effects, and evaluating current...

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration awarded a $408,841 firm fixed price delivery order to the Regents of the University of Michigan Office of Research and Sponsored Projects Division, doing business as the University of Michigan, under the Vehicle Electronic Systems Safety Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity research area one contract. This order is for the development of test methods for vehicle localization systems from August 11, 2022 through January 31, 2024. The scope...

The Department of Transportation Federal Railroad Administration awarded a $550,000 cost-no-fee definitive contract to Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, doing business as Virginia Tech, to conduct a multi-site simulation examining the impact of integrated rail crossing violation warning and in-vehicle auditory/visual alert systems on driver behavior. Virginia Tech will utilize Michigan Technological University as a subcontractor. The award is in response to a Broad Agency...

The Department of Transportation National Highway Traffic Safety Administration awarded a $393,905 firm fixed-price delivery order contract to Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech) to support vehicle safety research. The contract, which has no set-aside designation, will examine human factors concepts involving remote operation of autonomous vehicles in shared mobility applications following a system failure. Virginia Tech, a public land-grant research university,...

This is a $778,887.90 task order awarded by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech) to develop refined models and methods for testable cases and scenarios to evaluate Level 3 through Level 5 automated driving systems. The task order was competed and does not have a set-aside designation. As the prime contractor, Virginia Tech is partnering with Southwest Research Institute, VTT LLC, and Quantitative...

The Department of Transportation's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration awarded a $296,203 cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order contract to Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. The objective of the 12-month contract is to document and compare advanced driver assistance system safety test procedures and regulations for heavy and medium-duty vehicles. Performance will take place in Blacksburg, Virginia. No set-aside designation was used for this award. The research...