Delivery Order DTNH2212D00264-0004

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration awarded a $7.4M firm-fixed-price task order to Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech) on September 29, 2022, for the development of on-road driving performance evaluation methods for automated driving systems (ADS)-equipped heavy-duty vehicles. This contract, with an ultimate completion date of December 28, 2025, supports critical research in vehicle safety and autonomous systems performance validation. The work...

This is a $745,471.81 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract awarded by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), which is part of the U.S. Department of Transportation, to Quantum Signal, L.L.C., a small business. The contract is for the research and development of a game-based technology and database to train pre-drivers, young drivers, and older drivers to detect traffic hazards, under the FHWA's Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II program. The contract was awarded on May 22, 2015, with...

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) awarded a delivery order valued at $1.22 million to Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech) on September 27, 2021, for research on Automated Driving Systems (ADS) on-road evaluation methods for heavy trucks. This non-set-aside contract, which is part of a larger competitive IDIQ vehicle focused on controlled-environment evaluation and test track research, extends through December 23, 2024, following a...

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration awarded a $1.8M firm fixed price delivery order to Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech) on September 29, 2021, to conduct research on the safety impacts of human-autonomous driving system (ADS) shared driving applications. The research methodology encompasses a literature review, interviews with technology providers and users, simulation testing, and closed-track testing. The contract, which extends through March...

The University of California, Berkeley was awarded a $3 million definitive cost-sharing contract by the United States Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration to perform Phase 2 of the Truck Platooning Early Deployment Assessment program. As the prime contractor, UC Berkeley will work with key subcontractors Transpo Group USA, Westat, and Cambridge Systematics to continue testing and evaluating the safety and operational impacts of cooperative adaptive cruise control-enabled...

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...

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...

The Department of the Air Force Global Strike Command awarded a firm-fixed-price purchase order to Doron Precision Systems, Inc., a small business manufacturer, for a CDL driver training virtual reality simulator and associated equipment. The $141,565.00 contract includes a Kenworth T680 driving simulator, an Eaton style manual transmission shifter, an air system package, a four-year extended warranty, a "see-through" virtual reality headset upgrade, and installation and shipping....

The Department of the Army Medical Command has awarded a firm-fixed-price delivery order to Drivesafety, Inc. for the DS-200 Clinical Driving Simulator. This $34,720.47 contract does not have a set-aside designation and will be fulfilled by Drivesafety's Drivesafety Incorporated Division, a for-profit manufacturer of driving simulation equipment. The simulator will be delivered to the U.S. Army Aeromedical Research Laboratory (USAARL) at Fort Novosel, Alabama by June 23, 2023. Drivesafety has...

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,...