693JJ3-23-BAA-0002-003_Amendment 1.pdf

Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)

Office of Infrastructure Research and Development (HRDI)

Broad Agency Announcement (BAA)

693JJ3-23-BAA-0002: Research to Support FHWA’s Office of Infrastructure

Research and Development

Call 3

June 9, 2026

July 23, 2026

AMENDMENT 1

Broad Agency Announcement No.: 693JJ3-23-BAA-0002

Solicitation/Call No.: 693JJ3-23-BAA-0002-3

BAA 693JJ3-23-BAA-0002 and its attachments can be accessed via the following link:

https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/14c60ccf93514e9281ecf61526d4bb8b/view

1. Solicitation Open/Close Dates

• Opening Date: June 9, 2026

• Questions Due Date: June 23, 2026, 1PM ET

• White Paper Due Date: July 2429, 2026, 1PM ET

• Anticipated Date of Advisory Notifications Sent: September 30, 2026

• Proposal Due Date: TBD

• Submit to: Vivian.Riboli@dot.gov and Rochelle.Infante@dot.gov

White Papers and Proposals are due by 41:00 p.m. ET time on each due date. There will be no exceptions to the time and date on which responses are due, unless determined otherwise by the

Government. White Papers and Proposals received after the closing date/time will not be considered.

Once all white paper offerors have been notified whether or not they have been encouraged to submit a full proposal, Call 3 will be amended to specify the exact Proposal due date.

2. Solicitation Topic:

See Appendix C for topic areas.

3. Number of Awards: It is anticipated that one award will be made per topic area. However, one award or no award may be made a topic area depending on the quality of the proposals, individual funding requests, and total availability of funds, or other unforeseen circumstances identified by the

Contracting Officer.

4. Anticipated Ceiling: See BAA Section 2.6 – Program and Project Funding Limits regarding anticipated ceiling.

5. Period of Performance: The period of performance for awards made as a result of this BAA Call are anticipated to be no longer than 36 months.

6. Award Type: See BAA Section 4.3.6 – Recommended Pricing Arrangement regarding award types.

7. Anticipated Award Dates: The Government anticipates making awards in FY 2027; however, the award date may vary based on the quality of the proposals, availability of funds, or other unforeseen factors. Additionally, the issuance of this solicitation does not guarantee that an award will be made.

8. White Paper Instructions: Offerors shall submit their white papers in accordance with BAA

Section 3- Project Concept Papers. Please refer to the BAA and its attachments for the white paper requirements via the link provided above.

9. Proposal Instructions: Offerors shall submit their proposals in accordance with BAA Section 4 –

Project Proposals. Please refer to the BAA and its attachments for the full proposal requirements via the link provided above.

https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/14c60ccf93514e9281ecf61526d4bb8b/view mailto:Vivian.Riboli@dot.gov

10. Evaluation Criteria: Proposals will be evaluated in accordance with the evaluation criteria contained in the BAA Section 5 – Evaluation and Award Process.

11. Questions: Any questions concerning this call must be submitted via email to the Contract

Specialist Vivian.Riboli@dot.gov and Rochelle.Infante@dot.gov no later than the date and time specified in section 1 in the following format:

Question # Reference

Vendor’s Question

1 General (if there is no specific document reference)

(Example) 693JJ3-23-BAA-0002-3 – Topic Area No. page

15, Section 5.2, first paragraph…

(Example) 693JJ3-23-BAA-0002-3 - Topic Area No, page 2, Section 9, first sentence…

Please include “Questions for BAA 693JJ3-23-BAA-0002-3” in the subject line. The full Q&A will be distributed to all Offerors. Questions will only be accepted and answered electronically.

12. Attachments:

No. Title

C Appendix C – Research Topics mailto:Vivian.Riboli@dot.gov mailto:Rochelle.Infante@dot.gov