9017 - Truck Data RFI.pdf

REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI)

Florida Department of Transportation

The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) is requesting information data vendor (vendor) services capable of comprehensively analyzing truck movements within the State of Florida and adjacent states. To ensure our solicitation is accurate and effectively addresses the industry's supply chain needs, we seek detailed data and information that can support projects that increase truck performance efficiency and develop solutions for truck parking.

Description of commodities/contractual services:

Background:

FDOT's mission is to provide a safe transportation system that ensures the mobility of people and goods, enhances economic prosperity, and preserves the quality of our environment and communities. Florida's transportation system has seen increased commercial vehicle traffic over the years. The high percentage of freight transported by trucks illustrates the significance and importance of the Florida roadway network for just-in-time deliveries. With the increase in commercial vehicle traffic, additional issues arise; one of the issues deals with commercial vehicle operators and the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's (FMCSA) hours-of-service (HOS) rules. Florida's truck stops experience overflow parking at some locations. In contrast, others remain underutilized, demonstrating a need for more robust parking information management. Truck drivers facing this ongoing challenge often resort to unsafe and illegal parking methods on the interstate mainline, entrance and exit ramps, shoulders, and/or in vacant lots.

In support of its mission and commitment to an efficient supply chain, FDOT commissions truck studies that require data sources and information that can identify, prioritize, and recommend solutions to address the areas in Florida with the greatest needs for congestion and truck parking availability. The required data and information will be used for studies, data analyses, tools, and plans and is anticipated to be shared with internal and external partners.

Specific Information Requested:

1. Description of employed methodologies to collect and analyze truck parking data, including any technologies or software used.

2. Estimated information of penetration rate or sampling of captured truck data.

3. Information on positional or referential accuracy of your data in inches or feet.

4. Frequency of data collected. (Is the data capture continuously or through intervals)

5. Data management plan for data collected by your sensors, if used.

6. If other third-party data sources are used, please provide lineage information of how truck data is sourced.

7. Description of value-added services, including crowdsourced or publicly available data.

8. Data that can provide geographic coverage information on truck movements along transportation networks, including arterials, collectors, and local roads.

9. Data that can provide information related to the utilization rates of truck parking facilities, including duration, usage times, and occupancy rates.

10. Data that provides insights into truck trips such as the route taken or driven.

11. Data that can provide forecasting information on demand and capacity trends.

12. Description of data delivery model of how data is accessed by users, including API services, data service platforms, and cloud repositories. Provide any information on subscriptions or licenses if applicable.

13. Provide information on whether data services can be configured to the client's needs, including the data formats of data deliverables.

14. Can your data services be provided in a format compatible with Geographic Information Systems (GIS), including file formats in .shp or .gdb?

15. Provide quality assurance and quality control plan for data collection and delivery services to clients.

Provide any standards your company utilizes.

16. Describe the proprietary nature of your data services. Do your services require non-disclosure agreements with clients? Do your services allow clients to store data? For vendors that collect proprietary data, please provide a copy of your standard agreement license that would be provided to public agencies.

17. Is there data you may require of the FDOT to support your data collection efforts?

Contact for Questions or clarification:

Please contact the following person for any questions:

Joel Worrell Transportation Data Inventory Manager Joel.Worrell@dot.state.fl.us

The requested information shall be provided to FDOT by 5:00 pm (EST) on Friday, October 18, 2024

Send to: Florida Department of Transportation Transportation Data and Analytics Office 605 Suwannee Street, MS-27 Tallahassee, FL 32399-0450

NOTE:

• The agency will review responses to this Request for Information (RFI) for informational purposes. It will not be considered an offer to be accepted by the agency to form a binding contract.

• Information obtained in response to this RFI is subject to public record as defined by F.S. Ch. 119.

• By F.S. 287.057, information obtained in response to this RFI may be used to develop scope and solicitation documents for future procurements at the discretion of the Department.

• Respondents to this RFI will remain eligible for any subsequent contract with the Department.

• Any subsequent competitive solicitation from this RFI will be advertised on the Florida Vendor

Information Portal.

mailto:Joel.Worrell@dot.state.fl.us