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SOLICITATION, OFFER AND AWARD 1. THIS CONTRACT IS NOT A RATED ORDER

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2. CONTRACT NUMBER

3. SOLICITATION NUMBER

DTFH6115R00002

4. TYPE OF SOLICITATION

SEALED BID (IFB)

X NEGOTIATED (RFP)

5. DATE ISSUED

6/16/2015

6. REQUISITION/PURCHASE NO.

TBD

7. ISSUED BY CODE HCFA-23 8. ADDRESS OFFER TO (If other than Item 7) Federal Highway Administration Office of Acquisition and Grants Management 1200 New Jersey Ave., S.E., Room E62-204 Washington, DC 20590

Federal Highway Administration Office of Acquisition and Grants Management 1200 New Jersey Ave., S.E., Rm. E62-204, Washington, DC 20590 ATTN: Joseph Fusari, HCFA-23

NOTE: In sealed bid solicitations “offer” and “offeror” mean “bid” and “bidder”

SOLICITATION

9. Sealed offers in original, 1 copy, 2 CDs for furnishing the supplies or services in the Schedule will be received at the place specified in Item 8, or if hand carried, in the depository located in 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE, E62-204 until 3:30 pm_ local time _7/17/2015__. (*See Section L for Proposal Instructions)

CAUTION LATE Submissions, Modifications, and Withdrawals: See Section L, Provision No. 52.214-7 or 52.215-1. All offers are subject to all terms and conditions contained in this solicitation. THIS SOLICITATION IS OPEN TO ALL SOURCES (FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION).

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11. TABLE OF CONTENTS

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PART I - THE SCHEDULE PART II - CONTRACT CLAUSES

X A SOLICITATION/CONTRACT FORM 1 X I CONTRACT CLAUSES 49

X B SUPPLIES OR SERVICES AND PRICE/COST 2 PART III - LIST OF DOCUMENTS, EXHIBITS AND OTHER ATTACH.

X C DESCRIPTION/SPECS./WORK STATEMENT 3 X J LIST OF ATTACHMENTS 63

X D PACKAGING AND MARKING 22 PART IV - REPRESENTATIONS AND INSTRUCTIONS

X E INSPECTION AND ACCEPTANCE 23 X K REPRESENTATIONS, CERTIFICATIONS 64

X F DELIVERIES OR PERFORMANCE 24 AND OTHER STATEMENTS OF OFFERORS

X G CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION DATA 26 X L INSTRS., CONDS., AND NOTICES TO OFFERORS 70

X H SPECIAL CONTRACT REQUIREMENTS 35 X M EVALUATION FACTORS FOR AWARD 82

OFFER (Must be fully completed by offeror) NOTE: Item 12 does not apply if the solicitation includes the provisions at 52.214-16, Minimum Bid Acceptance Period.

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20. AMOUNT

21. ACCOUNTING AND APPROPRIATION

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27. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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28. AWARD DATE

IMPORTANT – Award will be made on this Form, or on Standard Form 26, or by other authorized official written notice.

SECTION B - Supplies or Services/Prices

B.1 ID/IQ MINIMUM AND MAXIMUM CONTRACT AMOUNTS

This is an Indefinite-Delivery-Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) contract utilizing Firm-Fixed Price (FFP) and Time and Materials (T&M) task orders in accordance with FAR 16.500.

During the term of the contract, the Government shall place Task Orders totaling a minimum of $100,000. The maximum amount of all Task Orders issued against this contract shall not exceed a ceiling of $75,000,000.

B.2 SCHEDULE OF RATES

Labor skill sets and rate ceilings governing this contract shall conform to the descriptions found at Section J.1. The unit of issue (rates) is the fully burdened fixed price hourly rate that is also the maximum allowable rate under the contract.

Hourly labor rates under this contract include Contractor employee labor, subcontractor employee labor and consultant labor. The hourly labor rates are fully burdened with all proportional overhead, fringe, profit/fee, G&A, etc.

NOTE: FHWA anticipates that most tasks will include performance of work activities onsite at Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)’s Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center (TFHRC) in McLean, Virginia, in the Saxton Transportation Operations Laboratory (Saxton Lab). However, offsite work will also be required periodically.

SECTION C - Description/Specifications

C.1 BACKGROUND

C.1.1 FHWA Office of Operations Research & Development

The Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA) Office of Operations Research & Development (HRDO) at Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center (TFHRC), in McLean, Virginia (See:

www.fhwa.dot.gov/research/tfhrc/offices/operations/), conducts research, development, testing, and evaluation activities to meet the growing demands for smoother running transportation systems.

Transportation operations research is in increasing demand due, in large part, to the ever increasing amounts of congestion in the United States (US) and demand for better services to support the growth of the US economy. Operations Research and Development (R&D) uses electronics, information processing, and communications technologies to improve the efficiency and sustain the existing surface transportation system. Operations R&D activities lead to increasing the effective handling capacity of the existing roadway system without the expense of building and maintaining new roads. Examples of the outcomes of successful Operations R&D are: reduced travel times due to higher capacity and better utilization of existing roadways, greater reliability of the transportation system evidenced by more on-time arrivals; increased safety evidenced by reduced crashes, injuries, and fatalities (including crashes, injuries, and fatalities possibly caused by congestion); reduced stress evidenced by fewer customer complaints and improved customer satisfaction; and, reduced carbon footprints evidenced by more eco-friendly transportation solutions.

A major part of FHWA’s mission is to improve transportation systems management and operations. FHWA has transportation operations research staff and facilities at TFHRC in McLean, Virginia, dedicated to implementing key transportation operations, intelligent transportation systems, and connected vehicles R&D initiatives. Researchers at TFHRC have developed innovative transportation systems, including various traffic control systems and transportation models such as the CORSIM family of microscopic traffic simulation tools, and DynaSmart. The former Traffic Research Laboratory (TReL) supported many of these efforts and housed hardware-in-the-loop technology and simulation models that were used to develop new traffic control systems and to assess them prior to field testing, ensuring that the new systems were sufficiently robust and mature.

Researchers at TFHRC have a long legacy in the development of technologies, such as vehicle sensors and vehicle-highway communications, which enable new solutions to solving congestion problems. Past activities include foundational research needed to develop technologies including Connected Automation, Dedicated Short Range Communication Systems (DSRC), Internet of Things, and research and development of services, such as automated, eco-friendly approach and departure at signalized intersections, which can be supported through new cooperative vehicle-highway communication technologies.

http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/research/tfhrc/offices/operations/

FHWA’s Office of Operations Research & Development conducts work through partnerships and contracts. Partners within and with the United States Department of Transportation (USDOT) include: the ITS Joint Program Office (JPO), the Federal Transit Administration (FTA); the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA); and, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA). Partnerships outside of USDOT, formed through cooperative agreements, include the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO), numerous state DOTs, the Crash Avoidance Metrics Partnership (CAMP), US Department of Health and Human Service’s National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR) and Interagency Committee on Disability Research (ICDR), the US Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers, and the US Army’s Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC).

HRDO’s work is currently sponsored by several program offices. In addition to internal support from TFHRC, major sponsors include FHWA’s Exploratory Advance Research Program (http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/advancedresearch/); Operations Program (http://www.ops.fhwa.dot.gov/); internal FHWA Strategic Initiatives; Pooled Fund Studies (http://www.pooledfund.org/); and Small Business Innovative Research Program (http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/research/partnership/sbir/). The USDOT’s Intelligent Transportation Systems Joint Program Office (ITS JPO) (http://www.its.dot.gov/its_jpo.htm) is also a major sponsor of several initiatives including: Real-Time Data Capture and Management; Dynamic Mobility Applications; AERIS (Applications for the Environment: Real-Time Information Synthesis); Vehicle-Vehicle Communications for Safety; Vehicle-Infrastructure Communications for Safety; Active Transportation and Demand Management (ATDM); the Vehicle Automation Program; and the Accessible Transportation Technologies Research Initiative (ATTRI). HRDO is currently engaged in the recently started development of a Strategic Freight R&D Plan, acquisition and modification of a vehicle fleet for connected automation, and design and construction of a second intelligent intersection.

C.1.2 Saxton Transportation Operations Laboratory (Saxton Lab)

In its commitment to excellence in pioneering technology-based solutions for supporting the US as a world-wide economic competitor, FHWA founded the state-of-the art Saxton Lab at TFHRC in McLean, Virginia, to investigate ways of converting our roadways into an electronically integrated surface transportation system that integrates people (e.g., pedestrians, drivers, and passengers), vehicles (e.g., bicycles, motorcycles, cars, trucks, buses), and a freshly envisioned infrastructure. This new vision of transportation infrastructure includes not only the classic ingredients (e.g., roadways, bus ways, railways), but the more progressive inclusion of roadway, air, rail, and marine terminals for both passenger and freight movement, as well as going a step further to include wired and wireless pathways that connect people, vehicles, and transportation infrastructure to information.

Signifying the national importance of the work being performed in HRDO, President Obama and Secretary Foxx visited the Saxton Lab on July 15, 2014. HRDO personnel shared with them FHWA’s vision for a transportation system of the future involving revolutionary capabilities of http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/advancedresearch/ http://www.ops.fhwa.dot.gov/ http://www.pooledfund.org/ http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/research/partnership/sbir/ http://www.its.dot.gov/its_jpo.htm telecommunications to enable connectivity among automated vehicles, traffic system infrastructure, and mobile devices, The Saxton Lab is comprised of three testbeds: the Data Resources Testbed, Concepts and Analysis Testbed, and Cooperative Vehicle-Highway Testbed. The three testbeds in the Saxton Lab work together seamlessly. Collectively, these testbeds reside in an integrated environment that supports essential capacities in online/offline analysis, visualization, data collection/processing, and the monitoring and controlling of field and mobile devices.

All three testbeds and their associated resources can be used by partners, consultants, faculty, and students supporting FHWA research projects, and other onsite or external researchers, to improve the consistency, quality, efficiency, transparency, and availability of research results and government deliverables.

The Saxton Lab is an integrated environment linking field devices, equipped vehicles, databases, data intelligence/engine, data sources, and a suite of advanced analysis/development tools. The testbeds are intended to provide FHWA researchers, other onsite researchers, and external customers with reliable, comprehensive, and accessible resources so that high-quality research can be conducted in a robust and cost-effective manner with close monitoring by FHWA staff and project managers.

C.1.2.1 Data Resources Testbed

The Data Resources Testbed provides researchers access to live and archived multi-source data to support transportation system performance measurement and transportation system management applications. These multi-source data include data from: traditional roadway sensors, vehicle probes including connected vehicles, personal mobile devices, transit and freight operators, weather sensors, as well as any other relevant sources. The goal for the testbed, when fully developed, is to have the capability to access, host, assemble and archive traffic application data, analyze operations and performance, and provide advanced visualization tools to improve situational awareness and operations decision making. The testbed will access/host real world and simulated data from a variety of sources to support research and development in transportation system performance measurement and transportation system management. In addition, the Data Resources Testbed will also provide data management services for the two other Saxton Lab testbeds. The testbed will have the capability to act as the long-term steward for large USDOT or FHWA owned data sets to support future research activities. FHWA anticipates the testbed will also have the capabilities to design, develop, operate and maintain a weather-related data environment that supports the research, development, and testing of connected vehicle applications that rely on weather-related information.

C.1.2.2 Concepts and Analysis Testbed

The Concepts and Analysis Testbed provides FHWA and visiting research staff and contractors the capability to model, simulate, and analyze hypothetical and experimental transportation strategies. It provides a repository of authoritative and representative model datasets that enable technical and performance measures to be compared in near realistic scenarios and across projects, regardless of partner and model platform, so that valid assessments can be made. The testbed allows for representations of practical current and advanced concepts, using simulation models to determine the strategies’ potential value to users and various stakeholders. The results of simulation and analyses provide an authoritative basis to conduct benefit/cost analyses of experimental strategies.

The Concepts and Analysis Testbed incorporates a repository of transportation models at the macroscopic, mesoscopic, and microscopic levels to enable traffic simulation and visualizations of representative traffic networks. This testbed consists of a suite of traffic analysis tools to support fundamental transportation research and experimental strategies to improve performance, including measures of mobility, environmental performance, and safety. The tools include Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) software products, software development tools, customized COTS products, products of research from National ITS projects, FHWA’s Exploratory Advanced Research Program, or Connected Vehicles and Connected Automation technology projects, internal research products, datasets, and illustrative demonstration data.

C.1.2.3 Cooperative Vehicle-Highway Testbed

The Cooperative Vehicle-Highway Testbed (CVHT) enables FHWA to explore technologies that enable connected traveler-vehicles-infrastructure communications and applications, and assessment of the potential of new transportation services based upon cooperative communication. The CVHT includes one instrumented Intelligent Intersection located at TFHRC. A second Intelligent Intersection and realignment of the service road is under design and will be constructed to open by November 2015. The testbed also consists of a fleet of eight

(8) research vehicles currently being used for connected vehicle prototype testing, six (6) Connected Mobile Traffic Sensing (CMTS) systems (data collection trailers), and one (1) 36’ aerial lift bucket truck support vehicle. The vehicles have installed connected vehicle, communication technologies, or automation systems. The testbed includes a variety of enabling technologies such as communications and positioning equipment that is used to support application development, testing, and integration. The facilities, equipment, staff support, and other resources of the CVHT enable FHWA researchers to develop prototypes, install systems in the infrastructure and on vehicles, and conduct tests directed to investigate and answer key research questions needed to further Research, Development, Test & Evaluation (RDT&E) and Technology Transfer efforts.

The CVHT currently uses existing facilities at the TFHRC, including service roads that allow access to the Intelligent Intersection; but the need to conduct more extensive, including service concepts involving various stages of vehicle control and automation, will likely require additional specialized test track facilities at TFHRC.

The FHWA signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers (FLETC) that allows FHWA to use the FLETC facility in Cheltenham, Maryland, for road/vehicle testing. The 372-acre FLETC facility, located 15 miles from downtown Washington, DC, includes a 2.2-mile driving track for testing emergency and non-emergency vehicle operations on highways and in urban grids. The FLETC facility provides FHWA with access to a secure, flexible testing environment to meet a variety of research needs. The MOA allows the FHWA to install equipment on the test track for research and development purposes. To further expand the capabilities of the CVHT, partnerships in place, like this with state and local agencies and others, provide an opportunity for testing at other facilities outside TFHRC.

CVHT Communications and Positioning capabilities include:

A. Test various Signal Phase and Timing (SPaT)-related applications;

B. Test candidate technologies related to communications, positioning, and potential interference among telecommunications sources;

C. Support dynamic testing of vehicles on the test roadway and approaching and passing through or turning at the intersection;

D. Test vehicles capable of being configured with different communications technologies, facilitating comparative testing as well as compliance testing;

E. Provide Position, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) where an accurate ground truth of (< 2

cm) and time synchronization of (100 nanosec);

F. Link with remote sites to support remote and cooperative testing;

G. Perform side-by-side comparisons of positioning and mapping systems;

H. Perform high accuracy tests of communications systems; and

Characterize and assess new technologies.

C.2 CONTRACT SCOPE

The scope of this contract is limited to non-personal technical support services to perform the activities described herein under this contract entitled, “Technical Support Services for the FHWA Office of Operations Research & Development and the Saxton Transportation Operations Laboratory.”

All work under this Contract shall be performed through the issuance of specific Task Orders (refer to section G.10)

C.3 OBJECTIVE

The objectives of this contract are:

A. Provide FHWA and the Saxton Lab with transportation technical and research services related to conventional transportation operations issues (e.g., congestion mitigation, traffic management for arterial and freeway operations, such as bottleneck solutions, with innovative designs of alternative configurations and treatment controls) and intelligent transportation systems (ITS) topics.

B. Provide technical assistance, technical studies, and laboratory and field experiments that support activities and strategies of the HRDO, the Office of Operations (HOP), other FHWA program offices, and the JPO. Develop, design, and integrate systems in which vehicles, users, and the infrastructure interact with each other seamlessly to support enhanced mobility, safety, environmental sustainability, productivity and economic competitiveness, and overall customer satisfaction and livability.

C. Provide technical and research services in support of ITS communications, positioning, and mapping technologies such as DSRC, LTE, cellular and support location services, positioning services and timing services, mapping (situational awareness and context), and digital infrastructure.

D. Provide effective communications, outreach, and marketing (CO&M) materials and media that distribute information regarding the research and research projects being conducted in support of HRDO’s mission and activities, as well as those of its sponsors and partners. Such CO&M materials will include projects conducted offsite by other contractors as well as research and projects conducted internally in the Saxton Lab.

E. Provide a formal liaison with industries that provide traditional and non-traditional opportunities for technology innovation in order to develop cooperative research and development activities that will facilitate earlier deployment of cooperative vehicle-vehicle, vehicle-highway, and other transportation operations systems, resulting in improved mobility, safety, environmental sustainability, fuel savings, and travelers’ quality of life.

C.4 DETAILED REQUIREMENTS

C.4.1 Task Areas

When ordered, the Contractor shall perform work as detailed in the individual Task Orders.

Under this contract, the FHWA will only issue Task Orders against the following Task Areas.

Task Area A: Operate and Maintain the Saxton Lab at TFHRC Task Area B: Technical Support to FHWA’s Office of Operations R&D Task Area C: Transportation Communication and Positioning Technologies and Systems Task Area D: Communications, Outreach, Marketing, and Industrial Liaison

C.4.2 Task Area A: Operate and Maintain the Saxton Lab at TFHRC

The Contractor shall support operations of the Saxton Lab and provide technical support according to guidance from the Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR) and as specified in the Task Orders. The following lists examples of the type of work related to this task area.

A-1 General Support

The Contractor shall provide the following general support services:

A. An onsite Program Manager (PM) who shall update the COR on the status of all projects ongoing in the Saxton Lab. The PM shall be responsible for ensuring cost, schedule and performance reporting for each project unless otherwise specified by the COR.

B. Develop and maintain a project portfolio for all projects. The project portfolio may include the following;

a. Located on a secure government network or an approved government cloud based solution approved by the COR.

b. Provide a method to share all project documents and data internally in a SharePoint (or similar) type environment.

c. Provide a method and workflow for submitting documents to the COR in place of email.

d. Include an updated Microsoft Project (or similar software) file for each project which tracks the cost, schedule and performance.

C. Develop and maintain a ticket tracking system for requested technical services in the Saxton Lab. The ticket tracking process may include the following;

a. Be located on a secure government network or an approved government cloud based solution approved by the COR.

b. Document the type of service provided, the provider, the recipient, date provided, and approximate level of effort required and expended.

c. Summarized in a spreadsheet (or other user interface) on the network, and provided to the COR for technical analysis purposes and use in estimating resource requirements to operate the Lab.

D. Coordinate with and provide technical support to FHWA researchers, FHWA contractors, and others (such as visiting students and researchers) to enable their use of the Laboratory and its resources. The content of the support and coordination will be directed by the

COR.

A-2 Management of Laboratory

The Contractor shall provide the following management of laboratory services:

A. Lab Manager (LM) who will be onsite in the Saxton Laboratory. The LM is responsible for overseeing all space occupied by the Saxton Laboratory, indoor and outdoor at TFHRC. The space currently occupied at TFHRC includes;

a. Saxton Transportation Operations Laboratory located in Tuner building room

TO136

b. Saxton Vehicle Bay located in Turner building room T0125 & TO127

c. Saxton Annex located behind the Turner building (Trailer)

d. Outdoor Laboratory Space

e. Weather Station

f. Cooperative Vehicle-Highway Testbed

B. Develop and maintain an asset management system. The asset management system may include the following;

a. Be located on a secure government network or an approved government cloud based solution approved by the COR.

C. Provide a method to document all laboratory assets, including experimental vehicles and any hardware/software properties part of the Saxton Laboratory

D. Track any hardware and software updates to experimental vehicles or other equipment that has shared use, including the creation of a logging system for in-vehicle changes

E. Track any software or firmware updates on any devices in use, with a clearly defined label with hardware/software part number or version number.

A-3 Testbed & Equipment Maintenance

The Contractor shall provide the following testbed and equipment maintenance services:

A. Procure materials and equipment to maintain normal Saxton Lab operations, including spare parts.

B. Maintain the Saxton Lab testbeds and the associated equipment to ensure normal operating conditions. The Saxton Lab elements include both field and lab devices, support vehicles, as well as the network and communication support artifacts.

C. Maintain the health of external interfaces and connections to: data sources; connected vehicles technology Service Delivery Node (SDN) (or similar connected vehicle data source such as the CV Data Warehouse/Clearinghouse); web connections; and, wireless network connections. Coordinate the connectivity to the connected vehicles’ technology SDN with other contractors as necessary.

D. The Contractor shall assist in disposing of old/obsolete equipment and materials by coordinating with the Contracting Officer (CO), COR and the TFHRC facility staff.

E. The Contractor shall maintain full operation of the research and support vehicle fleet.

a. Provide a gas card for re-fueling the vehicle fleet.

b. Provide a vehicle maintenance schedule.

c. Provide a mileage log and any requested vehicle data to TFHRC property manager.

d. Maintain all equipment onboard research vehicles and ensure operational condition.

e. Vehicles shall be available for demonstrations within 2 days’ notice.

f. Collaborate with other contractor(s), as necessary, for the vehicle and equipment upgrades and maintenance.

F. The Contractor shall closely coordinate with the COR for the maintenance schedule so that the vehicles are available when needed for research, development, and demonstrations

A-4 Conduct Operations Research

The Contractor shall provide technical services in the Saxton Lab for operations and research activities to include the following:

A. Operate the Saxton Lab to support FHWA research, studies, and other activities as directed by the COR.

B. Use the Saxton Lab and other resources to conduct research, as directed by the COR, in support of Operations R&D’s mission. Research priorities and timeline shall be determined by the COR.

C. Conduct general Saxton Lab operations and research activities such as:

a. Data set development, data collection, data documentation, and data analysis and presentation/visualization.

b. Traffic Simulation analysis, including sophisticated hardware-in-the-loop, script development, and interface with Application Programming Interface (API), as needed.

c. Scientific research using Saxton Lab tools.

d. Development of research reports, white papers, research papers.

e. Development of web materials.

f. Test and evaluation technologies using Saxton Lab tools

g. Accessible transportation technologies research

D. Conduct specialized studies needed for the development of new operational or safety concepts and technologies.

E. Plan and acquire laboratory resources, equipment, software (including updates and maintenance of licenses), hardware, and instruments to support research studies in any of the three testbeds. Secure approval of individual testbed requests from the COR.

F. Assist in the development of necessary data analysis or testing activities to support Operations R&D’s mission using Saxton Lab tools, data sources, and equipment.

G. Collaborate with other contractors and visiting researchers as directed by the COR to support the Operations R&D’s mission using the Saxton Lab resources.

H. Prepare work plans; test and analysis reports; and, briefing materials as directed by the COR and submit them to the COR for approval.

The Contractor shall provide graduate researchers the ability to be located at the Saxton Lab for part- or full-time assignments. All researchers that have part- or full-time assignments shall have a clearance from the Government.

A-5 Network and IT Configuration

The Saxton Laboratory has two separated networks; (1) Network A which is controlled by the USDOT and (2) Network B which is controlled but TFHRC computer center. Both networks are government owned but Network B is connected through Internet-2 (I2). The Contractor shall provide the following Network and IT Configurations services:

A. The Contractor shall only use government issued computers when working on-site for government and using either Network A or B.

B. The Government shall provide all necessary software and hardware to contractors for to complete their assigned tasks.

C. The Contractor shall communicate via government email (ADDOT domain account) for all communication relating to all assigned government tasks.

D. The Contractor shall provide their own wireless connectivity when using any non-government issued computers while not working for government.

E. The Government will provide guest access to the internet for visitors of TFHRC on a day-to-day basis.

F. The Contractor shall coordinate with the TFHRC IT computer center to provide government issued computers for visiting contractors who are under contract and need to access to Network B. This applies to those contractors with less than 6 months’ work related duration of stay.

G. The Contractor will support and assist other contractors that need to use the Saxton Laboratory

A-6 Software and Systems Integration

The Contractor shall develop limited software code or tools to advance the Saxton Lab capabilities in data processing, interfaces/integration, data acquisition, visualization, and tests or demonstration. To the extent possible, any software code that is developed shall be developed as open source software.

C.4.3 Task Area B: Technical Support to FHWA’s Office of Operations R&D

The Contractor shall provide technical support to FHWA’s Office of Operations R&D. The following lists are examples of the type of work related to this task area.

B-1 Task Order Program Management

The Contractor shall prepare reports on progress, schedule, issues, budget, and results of tasks and present to FHWA at management meetings. The Contractor shall prepare management meeting summaries, which will, at a minimum, track the status of action items.

B-2 Conduct Transportation Operations Research

The Contractor shall:

A. Use the Saxton Lab and other resources to conduct research, as authorized by Task Orders and as directed by the COR, in support of Operations R&D’s mission. Research priorities and timeline shall be determined by the COR.

B. Conduct operations research activities such as:

a. Data set development, data collection, data documentation, and data analysis and presentation/visualization.

b. Traffic Simulation analysis, including sophisticated hardware-in-the-loop, script development, and interface with Application Programming Interface (API), as needed.

c. Scientific research using Saxton Lab tools.

d. Development of research reports/papers, white papers, work plans, test and analysis reports, and briefing materials.

e. Development of web materials.

f. Test and evaluation technologies using Saxton Lab tools.

g. Accessible transportation technologies research.

C. Conduct specialized studies needed for the development of new operational or safety concepts and technologies.

D. Assist in the development of necessary data analysis or testing activities to support Operations R&D’s mission using Saxton Lab tools, data sources, and equipment.

E. Collaborate with other contractors and visiting researchers as directed by the COR to support the Operations R&D’s mission using the Saxton Lab resources.

F. Support modeling and simulation of transportation systems at all levels (macro to micro), domains, and for all modes of travel and users. Purchase necessary software and hardware to serve the objectives of traffic simulation and analysis.

G. Support the capabilities to access, assemble, archive, and host (as near real time feed or archive) transportation data, analyze performance, provide and advance visualization tools.

H. Support designing and conducting tests, analyses, and performance evaluation of new technologies (including vehicles and roadside infrastructure cooperative and automation systems). Purchase necessary equipment to serve the objectives in this task.

I. Support the FHWA’s operations research on accessible transportation or related disability research. This may include connected vehicle infrastructure, mobile devices for pedestrians, and use of new emerging technologies and accessible data.

J. Provide transportation operations technical and research services in the following program areas. These areas are for conventional transportation operations research for all FHWA Offices and related programs, for OST-R’s ITS JPO office, and advanced research. Program areas include but are not limited to:

a. Road/Vehicle Automation Research and Technologies o Speed Harmonization o Cooperative Adaptive Cruise Control (V2V and/or V2I) o Truck Platooning o Traffic Signal Eco Approach and Departure o Cooperative Merging and Weaving o First Mile / Last Mile Mobility

b. Connected Vehicle Research and Technologies

c. Reducing Non-Recurring Congestion o Traffic Incident Management o Work Zone Management o Road Weather Management o Congestion Mitigation

d. Reducing Recurring Congestion o Arterial Management o Traffic Signal Timing o Corridor Traffic Management o Bottleneck Mitigation o Active Travel Demand Management o Congestion Mitigation

e. Improving Day-to-Day Operations o Real Time Traveler Information o Traffic Analysis Tools o Accessibility Applications

f. Improving Global Connectivity by Enhancing Freight Management and Operations o Freight Analysis o Freight Technology and Operations

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h. Accessible Transportation Technologies o Wayfinding and navigation o ITS and Assistive Technologies o Automation and Robotics o Data Integration o Human Services Transportation

B-3 Support R&D of Operational Technologies for Connected Vehicle and Automation Research

The Contractor shall support the ITS JPO’s multimodal research and development program plan for road vehicle automation and connected vehicle research. This may include developing, testing, and demonstrating human-in-the-loop (HITL) applications (e.g., cooperative adaptive cruise control, platooning, merge/weave assist, speed harmonization, eco-approach/departure), foundational research into systems that automate all control functions under certain conditions for limited amounts of time, researching areas including human factors, control system reliability, testing procedures, and cybersecurity, and developing some prototype systems.

B-4 Support Establishment and Facilitation of Partnerships with Other National and International Laboratories

The Contractor shall support the establishment and facilitation of partnerships with local, national, and international laboratories and operating organizations to meet program objectives.

Technical support activities may include arranging and managing scanning tours, sharing and hosting data, sharing vehicle–infrastructure technologies, and conducting joint research efforts on modeling and simulation.

C.4.4 Task Area C: Transportation Communication and Positioning Technologies and Systems

The Contractor shall provide a comprehensive in-depth evaluation of communications systems and technological capabilities including DSRC, LTE, cellular and support location services, positioning services and timing services, mapping (situational awareness and context), digital infrastructure, to support an evolving set of ITS communications, positioning and mapping requirements. The Contractor shall consider currently defined/projected ITS requirements, application development and deployment goals, and shall evaluate existing and emerging communications, positioning and mapping systems and technologies against those requirements and goals. The Contractor shall conduct work in the DSRC standards and architectures and supporting international harmonization when appropriate, enabling technologies related to location services, positioning and mapping services and timing services. The Contractor shall identify communications approaches that have clear potential for supporting such goals. The Contractor shall also support USDOT research related to Spectrum sharing and testing and emerging new enabling technologies both in the communication and radio navigation areas.

C-1 Support Dedicated Short Range Communications Systems and Test Planning

The Contractor shall provide engineering analysis and support in the planning, standards development, prototype development, and conduct of tests to validate proposed DSRC standards, including the preparation and installation of test facilities, the conduct of vehicle-to-vehicle, vehicle-to-infrastructure and vehicle-to-pedestrian communications tests, and the analysis of collected system performance, and publication of test summary reports to completely describe the results and findings of the tests.

The Contractor shall develop/update DSRC test program objectives and plans that will provide technical data to validate DSRC standards relative to planned applications. Objectives of this test program will include, but may not be limited to, assessing standardization alternatives and investigating potential operational constraints and approaches for DSRC applications for transportation systems including vehicles, smartphones and devices.

The Contractor shall support the development of DSRC safety, mobility and environmental applications, including standards, as identified by FHWA to decrease the time needed to deploy safety critical and other ITS applications. The Contractor shall support the development and, where directed, international harmonization of specific ITS standards and architectures. Such efforts may include attendance, reporting, participation and/or leadership in standards development working groups and other efforts as identified by the Government.

The Contractor shall identify the items of equipment and software, including specifications that are required to implement specific DSRC communication links, configure test setup, and collect test data. This activity will include identification of necessary modifications to off-the-shelf equipment or software to enable implementation of test scenarios and the collection of test data.

The Contractor shall fabricate or if necessary purchase, with government approval, any additional test support equipment, such as engineering development kits, software development kits, gantries, mounts, and/or other items needed to implement/conduct the tests.

The Contractor shall support USDOT efforts regarding petitions to the FCC for DSRC frequency allocations in the 5.9 GHz band. This activity shall include evaluation of DSRC Electro- Magnetic Compatibility (EMC) issues with the fixed satellite services in the 5.9 GHz band, as well as other shared users of this band. The Contractor shall provide technical evaluation of potential DSRC frequency interference issues related to existing satellite services (both earth-to-space and space-to-earth links) in this band. The Contractor shall also perform analyses related to DSRC application’s power levels, site coordination, and licensing considerations.

C-2 Evaluation of Intelligent Transportation Systems Infrastructure, Vehicle and Pedestrian Based Communications Alternatives

The Contractor shall support FHWA efforts to determine requirements and approaches for vehicle-to-vehicle, vehicle-to-infrastructure and vehicle-to-pedestrian communications (including cyclists, transit riders with a mobile device), in support of USDOT activities. The Contractor shall review the currently identified requirements for communications including

DSRC, LTE, cellular and other emerging technologies between vehicles and recommended approaches for satisfying those requirements. The Contractor shall review ITS features and capabilities to determine the specific needs for vehicle-to-vehicle, vehicle-to-infrastructure and vehicle-to-pedestrian communications and proposed approaches for implementing those capabilities.

The Contractor shall provide engineering analysis and support in the planning, standards and architecture development, and conduct of tests to validate proposed safety, mobility and environment-related standards and architectures, including the preparation and installation of test facilities, the conduct of vehicle-to-vehicle, vehicle-to-infrastructure and vehicle-to-pedestrian communications tests, and the analysis of collected system performance, and publication of test summary reports to completely describe the results and findings of the tests. The Contractor shall support other related activities when directed by the government.

The Contractor shall support the development of safety, mobility and environment applications, including standards and architectures, internationally harmonized when so directed, as identified by COR to decrease the time needed to deploy safety critical and other applications.

The Contractor shall identify the items of equipment and software, including specifications that are required to implement specific communication links, configure test setup, and collect test data. This activity shall include identification of necessary modifications to off-the-shelf equipment or software to enable implementation of test scenarios and the collection of test data.

The Contractor shall fabricate or if necessary purchase, with government approval, any additional test support equipment, such as engineering development kits, software development kits, gantries, mounts, and/or other items needed to implement/conduct the tests.

C-3 Support Enabling Technologies

The Contractor shall track the changing enabling technologies and wireless spectrum allocations so as to map those changes onto the needs of various projects across the USDOT connected vehicle and automated vehicle programs as well as provide guidance to predict the future direction for these technologies.

C-4 Develop Tools (software, hardware and firmware)

The Contractor shall develop tools including the software, hardware and firmware, to support various research needs across the USDOT to capture, parse and display various frames, messages and signals related to certain standards such as 802.11 and other communications standards pertinent to surface transportation communications and radio navigation. This will include creating open source plug and play devices with the ability to provide improvements to frame and data unit specifications.

C-5 Pre-deployment Program Support

The Contractor shall support FHWA in identifying, assessing, and documenting spectrum management and sharing issues (such as interference with other users, capacity and usage, coexistence, or conflict resolution processes among other policy issues), perform research and analysis, and develop optional strategies for facilitating licensing and use of radio frequency spectrum in the 5.9 GHz band that has been established for transportation safety and other purposes. Perspectives must include both technical and policy support.

The Contractor shall support research needs in the areas of positioning technologies and other emerging new enabling technologies for surface transportation applications.

C-6 Support Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT) and Mapping

The Contractor shall support FHWA efforts to determine requirements and approaches supporting vehicle (and mobile devices) and transportation infrastructure Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT) and mapping applications, develop technology to support these requirements, coordinate with other government agencies/activities supporting the development of PNT and mapping capabilities, and conduct outreach activities. The Contractor shall review currently identified requirements for PNT and mapping, and assess current technologies that are capable of meeting those requirements and document development plans to meet requirements that cannot currently be met. If no such documentation exists the Contractor shall develop such documentation as needed.

The Contractor shall assess, monitor and report on current activities underway across the Federal government including development of nationwide availability of carrier phase GNSS data and development and implementation of supplemental technologies such as chip scale atomic clocks, inexpensive inertial sensors, and vision based navigation systems including creation of maps and GIS inventory.

C-7 Support Security of Devices and Technologies

As researchers and industry explore ways to build wireless functionality in vehicle and infrastructure systems, to connect them with mobile phones and the larger Internet, there are increasing concerns that the security of such devices and technologies could be compromised, endangering the transportation system and public safety. The Contractor shall conduct a state-of-the-practice-and-innovation scan on security systems and practices in other key related industries, and support FHWA in identifying security considerations and guidance that leads to robust design and reduces system risks and vulnerabilities.

C-8 Support System Start up, Setup, Failsafe, and Diagnostics

The Contractor shall develop system start up, set up, and failsafe methods and techniques to bring all three testbeds back to working condition in the event of a failure or mal-function. A failure or mal-function could be due to a hard drive crash or failure of any components that require a reset of the system or devices associated with the testbed. In the event of a catastrophic failure, the testbed should default to a known failsafe state and revert to full function upon identification and remedy of the failing component. The Contractor shall develop basic diagnostics to help root cause or isolate an issue in the event of system failure or malfunction.

C.4.5 Task Area D: Communications, Outreach and Marketing, and Industry Liaison

The Contractor shall design and deliver a number of communications, outreach, and marketing products that can be used by HRDO staff, stakeholders, and customers as a result of the work conducted by the Office of Operations Research & Development, both on-site at the Saxton Lab and off-site at other contractor facilities.

D-1 Prepare Documentation and Marketing Material

The Contractor shall prepare…