Synopsis_for_DTFH6116R00030.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 full and open competition to procure the services of a contractor to provide guidance for DOT to determine what assets, and asset data, to capture beyond pavements and bridges that focus on a long-term, sustainable infrastructure investment strategy. The outcome will be a methodology that will provide the practitioner decision guidance that is comprehensive, yet flexible, to help the agency determine what assets, and what asset data, are worth tracking for their particular agency.

As a result of this solicitation, the FHWA intends to award one contract. The anticipated period of performance will be approximately 20 months.

The Contractor shall conduct a study that includes, but is not limited to, the following topics:

· Methodology to determine what assets and corresponding asset data are most beneficial toward achieving a long-term, sustainable infrastructure investment strategy;

· Development of a decision and prioritization methodology to either incorporate or leave out an asset from a transportation asset management plan (TAMP);

· Identification of assets that are not typically tracked within agency management systems that have bearing on a part of a long-term, sustainable infrastructure investment strategy.

· Development of a decision and prioritization methodology regarding what asset data to collect for a particular asset;

· Inclusion of case studies of national/international transportation agencies that have successfully implemented asset management plans that include assets beyond pavement and bridges;

· An analysis that includes example scenarios of the long-term implications of selective asset and asset data management. The analysis shall include how the value of including or not including an asset within an asset management system was balanced with the cost (financial, personnel, resources) of collecting and analyzing its data.

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.