Government Response_693JJ3-24-BAA-0004 -10.2.2024.xlsx
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- Solicitation number
- 693JJ3-24-BAA-0004
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This document contains a series of questions and answers related to a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) issued by the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) / Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) for the "Advancing Cooperative Perception in Transportation Applications Toward Deployment" project. The BAA seeks to procure cooperative perception models and technologies to support the ability of Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) or Automated Driving Systems (ADS) to navigate safely and efficiently. Key details include:
The BAA has a solicitation number of 693JJ3-24-BAA-0004 and total funding not to exceed $2.5M for one to three awards. Eligible applicants include universities. The BAA allows for multiple organizations to be part of the team, if necessary, to perform the work. Supporting letters from experts interested in serving on the Steering Committee or Advisory Board should be submitted with the proposal. Appendix B with cost/price proposal models was not included with the announcement. Acceptable contract types include Firm Fixed Price, Cost Reimbursement, and Time and Materials.
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| Solicitation Number: 693JJ3-24-BAA-0004 |
| Project Name: Topic - Advancing Cooperative Perception in Transportation Applications Toward Deployment |
Government Response - Amendment.
| # | Page No. | Paragraph Ref/Sentence | Question | Government Response | RFQ Change | Date | Address | Phone | ||
| 1 | 7 | II.5.B.1 | The Offerror assumes that any demonstration of the prototype CP system at a signalized intersection shall require the ADS Platform to follow all traffic rules while navigating the intersection, is this a correct assumption? | Yes. | No | 10/1/24 | ||||
| 2 | 10 | II.5.B.3 | To use VOICES for interoperability testing/demonstration, can it be assumed that the required Twingate virtual private network between the test sites will be provisioned? | Applicants may assume that a secure network, as well as distributed testing middleware, will be made available for testing. | No | 10/1/24 | ||||
| 3 | 16 | V.5 | Section on 'Cost/Price Information' references the requirement to present Cost/Price information using workbooks in Appendix B. Such an 'Appendix B' is not in the list of attachments. Would you please clarify this requirement, or post the referenced attachment? | |||||||
| Deleted | 10/1/24 | |||||||||
| 4 | 16 | General Requirements - Patent and Data Rights | Is there a preferred opensource licence agreement for the distribution of the platform software? | Creative Commons Zero licensing is preferred. A change has been made on page 9 of the BAA solicitation. | Yes | 10/1/24 | ||||
| 5 | 15 | V.5.3.A | Could you please clarify the meaning of 'Working title of the proposed project'? Is it different from the title 'Topic – Advancing Cooperative Perception in Transportation Applications Toward Deployment' mentioned in Section I.2 (Page 3)? | This is the project title given by the project team. A change has been made on pages 15 and 16 to clarify. | Yes | 10/1/24 | ||||
| 6 | 3 | proposal submission | Is a University elgible to apply for the grant? | Yes. | No | |||||
| 7 | 6 | "The Offeror must assemble a team of multiple organizations (if necessary) to assist in | ||||||||
| performing the BAA as subcontractors" | I am not clear about the team requirement. Is it required to have mutliple orgainations in the team? What does multiple orgainzations mean? University only or including other stakeholders? | If one single organization can perform the work then multiple organization are not required. However, if the the organization cannot perform all the work on their own, then the organization must assemble a team of multiple organizations to perform the work that the one organization cannot do. | No | |||||||
| 8 | 3 | Funding Note | Is there a maximum or minimum funding requirement? | There is no minimum funding amount. There will be between one to three awards made and the cumulative/total funding of these award(s) will not exceed $2.5M. | No | |||||
| 9 | 6 | II.5.A.4 | Do we need to submit supporting letters from the experts who are interested in serving on the Steering Committee or Advisory Board along with the proposal? If yes, how should we submit them? | Yes. They should be part of Volume 1. A change has been made on pages 15 and 16 to clarify. | Yes | 10/1/24 | ||||
| 10 | 16 | V.5.Cost/Price Information | Where can we find 'Appendix B – Cost/Price Proposal Models'? It appears that this appendix was not included with the announcement. | see question 3 above. | ||||||
| 11 | Given that the BAA can be issued through multiple award types (Contract, Grant, Cooperative Agreement, etc.), is there a specific contract type that you feel would be more beneficial to the outcome of the program? If not, would this decision be something discussed between the awardee and DoT after the selection process, or would it be entirely at DoT’s discretion? | Please propose based on the contract type provided in the solicitation (Firm Fixed Price, Cost Reimbustment and Time and Materials). This solicitation is not for cooperative agreement. |
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