Approved_Presolicitation 693JJ920R000058_Req 20RQ000192_Driver Education.._05142020.pdf

Driver Education and Training Technical Assistance to States Solicitation Number: 693JJ920R0000058 Department: Department of Transportation Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) Location: 1200 New Jersey Ave., S.E., Washington, DC 20590

Notice Type:

Pre-solicitation Posted Date:

May 19, 2020

Classification Code: R NAICS Code: 541611, Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services.

This is a Pre-Solicitation notice (synopsis) for a procurement in accordance with FAR Part 5.203; to provide notice of the Government's proposed contract action listed herein.

Description:

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA) mission is to save lives, prevent injuries, and reduce traffic-related health care and other economic costs. The agency develops, promotes, and implements effective educational, engineering, and enforcement programs with the goal of ending vehicle crash tragedies and reducing economic costs associated with vehicle use and highway travel. NHTSA provides guidance for State Highway Safety Programs through an established set of Uniform Guidelines (2009). Guideline No. 4 provides States with the information needed to develop and implement a driver education and training program designed to educate new drivers and provide remedial training for existing drivers.

Pursuant to this, NHTSA has collaborated with national stakeholders and experts in the field to create the Novice Teen Driver Education and Training Administrative Standards (NTDETAS).

The NTDETAS are recommendations to States and are intended to provide guidance on the minimum standard for “novice driver education programs’ within the United States.

Objective:

The objective of this procurement is to provide the professional services to support the implementation of the Uniform Guidelines for State Highway Safety Programs, Guideline No.4 for Driver Education through the development and implementation of the Novice Teen Driver Education and Training Administrative Standards (NTDETAS). In doing so, the Contractor must be familiar with the NTDETAS, Driver Education Content Curriculum Standards, National Instructor Training/Credentialing standards, NTDETAS Implementation Guide, and the NTDETAS Strategic Plan to assist States with proper execution. Additionally, the Contractor shall provide technical assistance to States using the most recent NTDETAS and the NTDETAS strategic plan to support and guide State’s novice teen novice teen driver education efforts.

Technical assistance is to be offered in the form of immediate personalized help, formative State self-assessment guidance and feedback, and/or execution of an intensive comprehensive State assessment as a resource for States to identify and resolve barriers to implementation of a driver education program and the NTDETAS. A State’s request for Driver Education technical assistance may be in response to requests from the SHSO, NHTSA Regional Offices or other responsible driver education agencies.

Solicitation Information:

This acquisition is being offered as a 100% Small Business Set-Aside. The NAICS Code for the anticipated contract is 541611. Contractors must be registered in the Systems for Award Management Database located at http://www.sams.gov, and must complete electronic representations and certification on the ORCA database located at http://orca.bpn.gov to be considered for contract award. It is the Government’s intent to award a Cost Plus Fixed-Fee Price (CPFF) type 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. It is the Offeror’s responsibility to monitor the https://beta.sam.gov/ for the release of the solicitation and amendments (if any). Potential Offerors will be responsible for downloading their own copy of the solicitation and amendments (if any). Requests for paper copies of the RFP will not be accepted. The estimated date for release of the solicitation is on or about May 27, 2020.

Period of Performance: Thirty-six (36) months.

Contract Award: The anticipated award date for the resultant contract is expected to be on or about September 2020

No Further Procurement Information is Available at this time.

Contracting Office Address:

1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE Washington, District of Columbia 20590

Primary Point of Contact.:

Larry Bursey larry.bursey.ctr@dot.gov

Secondary Point of Contract:

Sherese Gray Sherese.Gray@dot.gov http://www.sams.gov/ http://orca.bpn.gov/ mailto:larry.bursey.ctr@dot.gov mailto:Sherese.Gray@dot.gov