Synopsis_for_DTFH6116R00009.docx

This synopsis is issued in accordance with FAR Part 5.203 in response to the mandatory requirement for a 15 day pre-solicitation notification. The purpose of this synopsis is to announce the Federal Highway Administration’s intent to issue a solicitation for small business set-aside to procure the services of a contractor to support the operation of the FHWA J. Sterling Jones Hydraulics Laboratory (the Hydraulics Laboratory) at the FHWA's Turner Fairbank Highway Research Center (TFHRC), located in McLean, Virginia.

As a result of this solicitation, the FHWA intends to award one Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract. Task orders may be issued either on a Firm Fixed Price and/or time-and-materials/labor hour basis. The anticipated period of performance will be five years.

The overall objective of this acquisition is to obtain the services of technicians, engineers and scientists to provide support services to the Hydraulics Laboratory. Research for the following functional areas will be addressed:

Hydrology and Climate Change: To study water's properties, distribution, and effects on the earth's surface and atmosphere

Highway Drainage: To research and develop models and information concerning the behavior of urban, roadside, and bridge deck drainage systems

Culvert Hydraulics: To research improved inlets, energy dissipaters, potential for siltation and abrasion of the culvert barrel; inlet and outlet protection for scour control; debris control; and any necessary fish passage criteria

Bridge Hydraulics: To research technical approaches and develop models and related information for analysis and design of bridge crossings

Scour, Stream Stability, and Countermeasures: To research scour at bridges, stream stability, bridge scour and stream instability countermeasures and sediment transport

Coastal Highways: To research and develop improved design and analysis tools and to research the impacts of climate change and extreme events

· Multi-hazard Mitigation Research for Combined Hazards from Floods, Seismic and Wind Events: To develop of Computational Fluid Dynamics/ Computational Structural Mechanics models to explore and demonstrate the combined hazards from flood seismic and wind events

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 at this time. 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.

Any questions regarding this synopsis should be directed to Guang Zeng, Contract Specialist, via email at Guang.Zeng @dot.gov. A secondary point of contact is the Contracting Officer, Robin Hobbs via email at Robin.Hobbs@dot.gov.