FHWA Planning and Programming IDIQ

The Federal Highway Administration awarded this Master IDIQ on December 9, 2015, with a shared ceiling of $10 million and a last date to order of December 7, 2020 — the vehicle is no longer open for new task orders. The IDIQ is no longer active for pursuit.

For historical context, the vehicle contracted ten delivery orders annually in 2016–2017, declining to five to six orders per year in 2018–2019 before dropping to two orders in 2020. The most recent task order was awarded September 23, 2020. All 38 task orders across the vehicle's life remain unrestricted, with no set-aside designations. Combined potential value across all task orders reached $8.8 million, with $8.3 million obligated (95% of potential value).

Scope spans ten planning and programming domains: Safety, Security, and Congestion Planning; Scenario Planning and Visualization; Livability, Sustainability, and Ladders of Opportunities; Performance-based Planning and Programming; Freight, Multi-jurisdictional, and Mega-region Planning; Economic Development and Planning for Healthy Communities; State, Metropolitan, Rural, and Tribal Planning Capacity Building; National/International Planning Tools; Planning and Environmental Linkages; and Travel Data and Analysis. Recent awards address active-transportation financing strategies, automated-vehicle scenario modeling, performance-based planning assessments, public participation techniques, National Highway System map development, and traveler-behavior technical support.

Competition concentrates heavily with ICF Incorporated, L.L.C. holding 21 of 38 orders and $4.9 million in combined potential value — roughly 56% of the vehicle's total. Cambridge Systematics, Inc. ranks second with 10 orders and $2.9 million (33%). WSP USA Inc. and HDR Engineering, Inc. together account for the remaining 7 orders and less than $1 million. All orders funded FHWA programs exclusively. Task orders priced on firm-fixed-price or labor-hours bases, ranging from approximately $30 thousand to $1.03 million in ceiling value, with typical durations between 12 and 24 months.

The FHWA has awarded a Master IDIQ for services as needed on a variety of transportation topics. Services fall into the following task areas: 1. Safety, Security, and Congestion Planning; 2. Scenario Planning and Visualization; 3. Livability, Sustainability, and Ladders of Opportunities; 4. Performance-based Planning and Programming; 5. Freight, Multi-jurisdictional, and Mega-region Planning; 6. Economic Development and Planning for Healthy Communities; 7. State, Metropolitan, Rural, and Tribal Planning Capacity Building; 8. National/International Planning Tools; 9. Planning and Environmental Linkages; 10. Travel Data and Analysis