Synposis_NOPUS-NSUBS_12-11-17.pdf

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (USDOT)

NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION (NHTSA)

Synopsis for Solicitation 693JJ918R000001

National Occupant Protection Surveys: (NOPUS & NSUBS)

Introduction

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is an agency of the U.S.

Department of Transportation (DOT). NHTSA’s mission is to save lives, prevent injuries, and reduce economic costs due to road traffic crashes. The agency develops, promotes and implements effective educational, engineering and enforcement programs with the goal of ending preventable tragedies and reducing economic costs associated with vehicle use and highway travel.

The NHTSA Mathematical Analysis Division (NSA-210) conducts analyses of motor vehicle traffic crash and related data to understand the factors that relate human and vehicle characteristics to crash frequency, injury outcome, and crash injury mechanisms to develop and/or evaluate the effectiveness of countermeasures and traffic safety efforts, and to quantify the benefits resulting from agency rules. There are many functions performed by NSA-210, including but not limited to, providing analytical support to various areas of the traffic safety programs; planning/developing/managing a national program to collect information and report on occupant protection use in the U.S.; designing/developing/maintaining sampling and estimation methodologies and procedures; providing advice and consultation on statistical analysis, and producing technical reports and research notes.

In support of this mission, the potential NHTSA contractor shall assist in the conduct of large scale surveys to determine the degree to which vehicle operators and passengers use occupant protection devices. Those surveys shall include, but are not limited to:

• The National Occupant Protection Use Survey (NOPUS), and

• The National Survey of the Use of Booster Seats (NSUBS).

The Government reserves the right, under the resultant contract, to conduct any or all of these surveys in a given year, in addition to other occupant protection related surveys in the area of general traffic safety as needed.

This synopsis, in accordance with FAR 5.203(a), issues a 15-day public notification prior to the issuance of solicitation 693JJ918R000001. NHTSA intends to issue a solicitation for a Full and Open Competition in support of this requirement.

Contract Type and Period of Performance

NHTSA intends to issue one Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract, whereby Cost Plus Fixed Fee (CPFF) and Firm Fixed Price (FFP) Task Orders shall be issued in accordance with FAR 16.5. The base period of performance is twenty-four (24) months. The Government reserves the right to exercise options to extend the term of the Contract, for three (3) renewable twelve (12) month option periods, for a total possible period of performance of sixty

(60) months.

The NAICS Code for this anticipated contract is 541910 (Marketing Research and Public Opinion Polling) with a size standard of $15M.

Scope of Work

To accomplish the work to be performed, the contractor will provide all necessary personnel, material, equipment, facilities, supplies, and services (other than those defined as government furnished) to conduct the follow surveys:

• The National Occupant Protection Use Survey (NOPUS), and

• The National Survey of the Use of Booster Seats (NSUBS).

The contractor may also be required to provide additional survey-related services on an as needed basis. Examples of Task Order requirements include:

• Conducting the NOPUS and/or NSUBS during a subsequent option year;

• Designing and selecting new samples of observation sites;

• Investigating methods for improving survey preparation, data collection, or data analysis for the surveys; and

• Feasibility of incorporating changes to the surveys or conducting new related surveys desired by NHTSA.

Contractors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database located at www.sam.gov in order to receive an award in response to the solicitation. It is the Government’s intent to award one IDIQ contract resulting from the solicitation, with or without discussions, to the responsible offeror whose proposal, conforming to the solicitation, is most advantageous to the Government based on the evaluation factors contained in the solicitation.

THIS NOTICE OF INTENT IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. This notice is for informational purposes only and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government.

The solicitation will be released electronically via this Government Point of Entry (GPE) otherwise known as Federal Business Opportunities or www.fbo.gov. As such, no written, telephonic or other type of request for an advance copy of the solicitation will be entertained.

http://www.sam.gov/

Potential offerors/vendors are encouraged to register on www.fbo.gov to receive any further information in reference to the subject action inclusive of any announcements, and/or amendments to the solicitation after its release.

The anticipated award date is February 28, 2018. The anticipated solicitation release date is December 2017.