synopsis_-_693JJ318R000023.pdf

NOTICE OF PROPOSED CONTRACT ACTION. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR

COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS.

The Federal Highway Administration intends to solicit an Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity

(IDIQ) for the below services:

Solicitation Number:

693JJ318R000023

Title:

RD&T Technology Transfer Program

Synopsis:

The Federal Highway Administration's (FHWA's) Office of Research, Development, and

Technology (RD&T) is located at the Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center (TFHRC), a federally owned and operated national research facility in McLean, Virginia. The center houses more than 16 laboratories, support facilities, and data sets; and conducts applied and exploratory advanced research in vehicle-highway interaction, nanotechnology, and a host of other types of transportation research in safety, pavements, highway structures and bridges, human-centered systems, operations and intelligent transportation systems, and materials. The laboratories at the center provide a vital resource for advancing the body of knowledge that has been created and developed by our researchers.

The existing highway Research and Technology (R&T) environment is comprised of multiple programs, including the FHWA R&T Program, State highway agency R&T programs, the

National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP), University Transportation Center programs, the Intelligent Transportation Systems Program, and other nonprofit and private sector programs. In addition, these programs involve ongoing collaboration with international organizations, such as the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development and the

Federation of European Highway Research Laboratories.

FHWA is in a unique leadership position to identify and address issues of national significance that require high-risk, long-term, distinctive areas of research. In this role, FHWA plans to shape and execute a national research and innovation technology development, deployment, and training program that produces and delivers the solutions needed to meet current challenges, assesses future needs, and responds to those needs proactively and effectively.

The FHWA’s leadership role includes conducting, sponsoring, sustaining, and guiding highway research; working with partners and stakeholders in the highway community to develop long-term, high-risk innovative technologies that address issues of national significance; and coordinating with stakeholders to ensure that substantial research findings are put into practice nationally.

The overall scope of the contract shall provide services to support, assist, and facilitate the advancement of innovation through deployment, technology transfer, outreach and communication, training, technical support and assistance, monitoring and evaluation, documentation and reporting, as needed, in a variety of transportation topics to meet the objective to secure a streamlined method of acquiring professional technology transfer and general administrative services to facilitate the development of research products and the transition of research results into practice.

Expertise areas required may include the following:

• Technology Transfer

• Marketing

• Communication

• Intellectual Properties

• Multi-media capabilities

• Non-technical editing and writing

• Event planning and support

• Transportation Asset Management

• Pavement Preservation

• Road Inventory Infrastructure Management

• Civil Integrated Management

• 3D/4D/5D/6D Modeling

• Intelligent Construction Systems and Technologies

• Construction Materials (asphalt, concrete, structural steel, fiber reinforced polymers, aluminum, etc.)

• Hydraulic and Geotechnical Engineering

• Accelerated Construction

• Accelerated Bridge Construction

• Data and Tools for Safety Analysis

• Pedestrians and Bicyclists Safety

• Roadside Safety

• Driver Behavior Analysis

• Intersection and Interchange Design

• Transportation Decision-making Data Analysis

• Adaptive Signal Control Technology

• Automated and Connected Vehicle Technology

• Other technical areas related to the planning, environment, design, construction, maintenance, operation, and safety of transportation infrastructure.

The Contractor shall provide personnel with special qualifications for subject matter expertise and provide individual resumes for those people proposed to be assigned to work under the contract. Resumes must provide sufficient description of prior work experience and education or training to adequately perform the work anticipated.

The estimated dollar value of the required services is $5,000,000.00. The primary North American

Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code is 541715 – Research and Development in the

Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology) with a size standard of 1,000 employees. This procurement is to be issued as a Total Small Business set aside procurement. The period of performance is anticipated to be 60 months.

The procurement will be competitively awarded using Source Selection (FAR 15.3) procedures.

The objective of the Source Selection Process is to select a proposal that represents the best value to the Government. Evaluation factors for award will consist of Technical Capabilities, Past

Performance, and Cost/Price. The best value to the Government based on these factors will determine award. The solicitation will be available on or about July 10, 2018.

The Government reserves the right to make an award on initial offers, but discussions may be held, if appropriate. The solicitation cited above can only be obtained by accessing the secure website, FedBizOpps (FBO). FedBizOpps is designed to safeguard sensitive but unclassified

(SBU) acquisition information and is fully integrated with other electronic Government initiatives, including the System for Award Management (SAM) (www.sam.gov). Registration in both SAM and FedBizOpps is required in order to download solicitation documents and is used to validate vendor identity. Contractors not registering in these systems will be ineligible to download the solicitation and ineligible for an award.

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