Distance Learning and Technology Enabled Training

The Federal Highway Administration established a Master IDIQ on September 20, 2018, to support the National Highway Institute in developing and updating distance-learning and technology-enabled training materials, supplemental content, and delivery support for highway-related professional development. The vehicle's ordering period closed on September 17, 2023—the master is no longer accepting new orders.

This vehicle is fully expended and inactive. All 18 task orders have been closed out or de-obligated; the combined potential value of $2.8 million has been fully obligated. The most recent task order was awarded August 10, 2022, more than three years ago. Ordering momentum declined sharply in the vehicle's final years: 2021 saw four orders, 2022 only two, and no orders were placed in 2023 after the ordering window closed. This vehicle does not support ongoing pursuit.

The work centers on updating and developing web-based training courses, course materials, and supplemental content. Recent deliverables include courses on civil rights training, sustainability in infrastructure design, utility conflict management, construction scheduling, and rail-crossing safety, as well as ebooks and interactive training modules with gamification elements. All work is firm fixed price.

Gordian Compass LLC captured 39 percent of the vehicle's potential value, with seven task orders totaling $1.8 million. PTG International, Inc., placed second with four orders at $515 thousand combined value. The remaining four primes—Sgc23 Joint Venture LLC, Bloomsburie LLC, Street Legal Industries LLC, and one other—collectively held less than one percent of the portfolio. All orders funded FHWA's National Highway Institute exclusively; no other federal agencies placed work under this vehicle. The vehicle carried no set-aside restrictions; all 18 orders were unrestricted competitive awards. Task orders ranged from $25 thousand to $424 thousand, with typical awards in the $180 thousand to $320 thousand range.

This Master is intended to support the FHWA Office of Technical Services' (OTS) National Highway Institute (NHI) in the development and update of training materials, supplemental materials and electronic media; in addition to providing technical support for distance learning deliveries and other services to support training needs in a technology enabled environment.