HSA IDIQ Industry Day Notice_Amendment 1.pdf

October 8, 2024

NOTICE OF VIRTUAL INDUSTRY DAY

This letter is an advance notice that the Department of Transportation (DOT), Federal Highway

Administration (FHWA), Office of Safety, intends to release a Request for Proposal (RFP) in late 2024-early 2025. This RFP is for the Office of Safety Technical Expertise and Support

Services multiple award Indefinite-Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract recompete. The purpose of the Technical Expertise and Support Services requirement is to provide services in support of the Office of Safety’s transportation safety mission.

The Office of Safety is organized into two program area units:

A. The Office of Safety Technologies is responsible for identifying, developing, evaluating, and promoting methods, strategies, designs, treatments, and technologies that improve roadway safety performance.

B. The Office of Safety Programs is responsible for advancing the implementation of comprehensive Federal and State highway safety programs, policies and activities that improve roadway safety for all road users.

The purpose of this letter is to notify all Open Market Industry Partners (IPs) that a Virtual

Industry Day will be held on November 21, 2024, through Microsoft Teams. An invite will be sent out containing dial-in details.

The presentation will begin promptly at 12:00 PM Eastern Time (ET). Please test equipment prior to the start time. The purpose of this Virtual Industry Day will be for the Government to explain the overall FHWA Office of Safety vision as well as to provide details regarding the

Technical Expertise and Support Services requirements identified at this time.

Each interested IP shall email their RSVP request to the FHWA Contract Specialist, Kristen

Hayes at kristen.hayes@dot.gov and the FHWA Contracting Officer, Carolyn Lethert at carolyn.lethert@dot.gov , no later than 11:00 am ET on October 24, 2024. In the email, the interested party should include the following information:

• Company name

• Point of Contact (POC) name

• POC email address mailto:kristen.hayes@dot.gov mailto:carolyn.lethert@dot.gov

• POC phone number

• Names of additional individuals who will view the presentation

Please note that Industry Day attendance is limited to three individuals per IP.

There will be an opportunity for IPs to submit questions during the presentation using the chat function in Microsoft Teams. IPs may also submit questions in advance to the FHWA Contract

Specialist, Kristen Hayes at kristen.hayes@dot.gov and the FHWA Contracting Officer, Carolyn

Lethert at carolyn.lethert@dot.gov . The Government will present information regarding its current strategy and business drivers for a forthcoming acquisition. After the presentation, the

Government will accept questions. If additional information is needed for certain questions, the

Government will record them and attach responses via SAM after the event.

During the Virtual Industry Day Session, each IP will be asked to fill out a Google Form with its list of attendees. It is the Government’s intent to release all attendees’ names and contact information to SAM. If you would like to opt out of having your information released, please mention that in your firm’s RSVP request email.

In conjunction with this “Notice of Virtual Industry Day,” the Government would like to note that an Advance Notice with a draft Statement of Work is forthcoming.

The Government received numerous responses to the Technical Expertise and Support Services

Request for Information (RFI) from small businesses who can do at least part of this requirement. It is highly encouraged that both large and small businesses collaborate to submit proposals that meet the full scope of the requirement.

The Industry Day presentations slides will be attached as an amendment to the original SAM

Industry Day notice after the event.

If you have any questions regarding this requirement, you may contact the FHWA Contract

Specialist, Kristen Hayes at kristen.hayes@dot.gov or the FHWA Contracting Officer, Carolyn

Lethert at carolyn.lethert@dot.gov.

Sincerely, Kristen Hayes

FHWA Contract Specialist kristen.hayes@dot.gov mailto:kristen.hayes@dot.gov mailto:carolyn.lethert@dot.gov mailto:kristen.hayes@dot.gov mailto:carolyn.lethert@dot.gov mailto:kristen.hayes@dot.gov