6913G626Q300038.pdf

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial services prepared in accordance with the format in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 12, in conjunction with FAR Part 15 (as deviated by the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul (RFO) as of 4/20/2026 and 9/30/2025, respectively); and supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation. Offers are being requested and a separate written solicitation will not be issued.

Solicitation No. 6913G626Q300038 is issued as a Request for Quotation (RFQ). This solicitation is being conducted under FAR Part 12, Terms and Conditions – Commercial Products and

Commercial Services; and will remain under the Simplified Acquisition Threshold. This solicitation document and Incorporated provisions are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular

2026-01, effective 03/13/2026. The NAICS Code is 541715; the Small Business size standard is

1,000 employees.

This solicitation incorporates provisions and clauses; full text of provisions and clauses may be accessed electronically at http://www.acquisition.gov/far-overhaul

The U.S. Department of Transportation/John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center

(Volpe Center) is supporting the Department of the Interior (DOI) by conducting research on the performance of driving automation systems, specifically Advanced Driver Assistance Systems

(ADAS), while operating on road networks at the Fish and Wildlife Service’s (FWS) National Wildlife

Refuges (NWR). The three selected sites for research include Desert NWR, Neal Smith NWR, and/or

Parker River NWR; Contractors proposing on this solicitation may propose test operations and data collection at one or two sites. The effort will involve planning, testing, operating, collecting data on, and evaluating the performance of state-of-the-art ADAS technologies when operating within NWR locations. This effort will be done in coordination with the FWS while adhering to constraints/parameters of the specific NWR site(s).

REQUIREMENTS/SPECIFICATIONS

The Government intends to award a firm fixed price purchase order as a result of this Combined

Synopsis/Solicitation. This notice is expected to result in a single award, subject to receipt of an acceptable quote. The quoter shall propose the site that represents the best value to the

Government as base CLIN 00100 and may also propose a second site as option CLIN 00200.

http://www.acquisition.gov/far-overhaul

CLIN 00100 (Site One, Base CLIN): This CLIN includes:

Quoter Insert Site One: ___________________________

SLIN Program Objective Quantity Amount

SLIN 00101 Project Management & Risk Mitigation 1 JOB

SLIN 00102 Collection of ADAS Performance Data 1 JOB

SLIN 00103 Analysis of Primary Research Priorities 1 JOB

SLIN 00104 Analysis of Secondary Research Priorities 1 JOB

SLIN 00105 Synthesize and Report Results 1 JOB

CLIN 00100 TOTAL:

CLIN 00200 (Site Two, Option CLIN): This CLIN includes:

Quoter Insert Site Two: ___________________________

SLIN Program Objective Quantity Amount

SLIN 00201 Project Management & Risk Mitigation 1 JOB

SLIN 00202 Collection of ADAS Performance Data 1 JOB

SLIN 00203 Analysis of Primary Research Priorities 1 JOB

SLIN 00204 Analysis of Secondary Research Priorities 1 JOB

SLIN 00205 Synthesize and Report Results 1 JOB

CLIN 00200 TOTAL:

TOTAL PURCHASE ORDER AMOUNT

Please provide a firm fixed price quote in accordance with the contract items (CLINs) above and a

Performance Work Statement (PWS), which will be incorporated into any resulting Purchase Order.

The Quoter is required to provide all personnel, support, equipment, travel, and management necessary to accomplish the proposed technical tasks outlined in the PWS. The PWS must include the proposed timeline and deliverables to accomplish all tasks. Please see Attachment 1 for the

Statement of Objectives (SOO) for PWS requirements.

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE

The period of performance (PoP) will extend from the date of award through 8/15/2028, and work will be performed at the proposed field sites.

INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS:

The PWS must be conveyed in no more than 10 pages. Page size is set at 8 x 11 inches and text must be no smaller than 11 point. Graphics and images may be included within the 10 page limit. Text contained within graphics or images may be of any size so long as it is legible. Hyperlinks to external references may be provided but the information contained within the Statement of Capabilities should stand on its own. Each response must reference the RFI title. Interested vendors shall indicate their socio-economic small business size status (Total Small Business, 8(a) business development, historically underutilized business zone, service-disabled veteran owned, small disadvantaged, or woman-owned) in the appropriate North American Industry Classification

System (NAICS) code. As a result of recent changes to the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part

19, small business concerns must ensure that their status certifications are up to date.

This combined synopsis/solicitation hereby incorporates all Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) provisions and clauses contained herein and attached.

FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Items apply to this acquisition and is incorporated by reference. Vendors are required to meet all solicitation requirements. Failure to meet a requirement may result in a vendor submission being ineligible for award. If the vendor finds it necessary to take exception to any of the requirements specified in the solicitation, the vendor shall clearly identify where it is addressed in its proposal. Each exception shall clearly identify the specific paragraph and/or part of the solicitation to which the exception is taken.

FAR 52.212-2, Evaluation—Commercial Products and Commercial Services is hereby incorporated by reference.

a) The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be the most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers:

1) Technical Capability

2) Past Performance

3) Price

Technical Capability and Past Performance, when combined, are approximately equal to cost or price.

(b) Options. The Government will evaluate offers for award purposes by adding the total price for all options to the total price for the basic requirement. The Government may determine that an offer is unacceptable if the option prices are significantly unbalanced. Evaluation of options shall not obligate the Government to exercise the option(s).

FAR Clause 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Products and Commercial

Services is hereby incorporated by reference. Additional clauses and provisions that apply to this acquisition are provided in the attached terms and conditions.

Contractors must maintain their SAM registration throughout the life of the contract through final payment. Contracting officers must validate the contractor has an active Federal Government contracts registration in SAM.

QUESTIONS

All questions regarding this solicitation must be submitted in writing via email to

Andrew.Josephs@dot.gov and Matthew.Phelps@dot.gov no later than September 2, 2026, at 3:00

PM Eastern Time.

The offer should be addressed to the following: U.S. Department of Transportation, Volpe National

Transportation Systems Center, Attn: Andrew Josephs, V-221, 220 Binney Street, Cambridge, MA

02142. The signed offer must be submitted via e-mail to the Contracting Officer at

Andrew.Josephs@dot.gov. The time for receipt of offers is 3:00 PM Eastern Time on October 2, 2026. No telephone requests will be honored. The Government will not pay for any information received.

mailto:Andrew.Josephs@dot.gov