Question and Answer.xlsx

This is a Question and Answer document for RFQ No. 693JJ326Q000018 issued by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) for a study on roadway design and infrastructure factors influencing Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) in mitigating rural roadway departure crashes. The Q&A clarifies submission requirements and technical expectations for contractor proposals. Key clarifications include: pricing schedules must be submitted as separate Excel files attached to technical proposals; Google Maps Platform is suggested but not required for data collection; contractors may use alternative data sources such as LiDAR data for roadway feature extraction; AI/ML extraction is not limited to Google Street View images if other data collection approaches are available; and no specific subscription to Google Maps Platform is mandated. The document specifies that FHWA requires collection of roadway features including lane-width, pavement markings, and horizontal-curves that impact ADAS performance, with final feature specifications to be determined collaboratively between the research team and FHWA as data collection progresses.

The Q&A further clarifies that crash data collection requirements span five years from the date of award rather than a specific historical period, and confirms this is a new project with no incumbent contractor. The responses indicate flexibility in methodology and data sources, emphasizing that contractors may propose alternative approaches to Google Maps Platform if capable of collecting large-scale, roadway-specific feature data. These clarifications were issued in response to vendor questions, with the vendor question period now expired.