OMF Notice of Intent to Sole Source__10.6.2026.pdf
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This is a Notice of Intent to Award a Sole-Source Indefinite-Delivery Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) Contract issued by the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT), Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). The Government intends to award a single-award IDIQ contract to The Open Mobility Foundation (OMF), located in Woburn, Massachusetts, for non-personal services supporting the USDOT Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology (OST-R) Intelligent Transportation Systems Joint Program Office (ITS-JPO) Multimodal Standards Program. The contract encompasses systems engineering development, research, testing, maintenance, and stakeholder engagement activities focused on developing, maintaining, and updating non-proprietary, consensus-based multimodal ITS standards, specifications, and data structures, as well as supporting nationwide deployment and adoption of multimodal ITS technologies through testing, validation, reference implementations, and stakeholder engagement.
The IDIQ contract features a single-award structure with both Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP) and Time-and-Materials (T&M)/Labor-Hour task order options. The ordering period is 60 months (5 years) from the effective date of award, with a minimum guarantee of $25,000 and a maximum ceiling of $9,800,000 inclusive of labor, travel, and materials. Although this is not a competitive solicitation, responsible sources believing they can provide the required multi-disciplinary research, systems engineering, and open consensus-based multimodal ITS standards development and maintenance capabilities without severe mission disruption or organizational conflicts of interest may submit capability statements by October 21, 2026, at 2:00 PM Eastern Time to malik.arnold@dot.gov. The Government reserves the right to conduct a competitive procurement based on responses received, with that determination solely within the discretion of the Contracting Officer.
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Notice of Intent to Award a Sole-Source IDIQ Contract Notice Type: Special Notice
Solicitation Number: 693JJ327R000002
1. Background & Authority
This notice is issued by the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT), Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), Office of Acquisition and Grants Management.
Pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 3204(a)(3), as implemented by FAR 6.103-1 (only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements) and FAR 6.103-3 (Industrial mobilization;
engineering, developmental, or research capability; or expert services), the Government intends to negotiate and award a single-award, Indefinite-Delivery Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) contract to:
The Open Mobility Foundation 400 TradeCenter, Suite 5900 Woburn, MA 01801
The Open Mobility Foundation (OMF) is a nonprofit standards development organization responsible for the development, governance, maintenance, and stewardship of the Mobility Data Specification (MDS) and Curb Data Specification (CDS), which are widely adopted multimodal mobility and digital curb standards supporting public sector transportation operations and policy in more than 1,200 cities around the world. The OMF is a program of the OASIS Open (501(c)(6) nonprofit. Through a consensus-based program and as a partner organization, OMF plays a central and comprehensive role in creating harmonized solutions for the advancement of mobility.
2. Description of Requirement
FHWA requires non-personal services to perform systems engineering development, research, testing, maintenance, and stakeholder engagement activities to support the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology (OST-R) Intelligent Transportation Systems Joint Program Office (ITS-JPO) Multimodal Standards Program.
The effort, titled " Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Multimodal Standards Development, Maintenance and Related Activities" focuses on pursuing further research in the development of new standards and modification of existing standards supporting interoperability and meeting performance requirements for multimodal ITS technologies and services.
Work under the resulting IDIQ will encompass two primary objectives:
o The first objective of this contract is to develop, maintain, and update non-proprietary, consensus-based multimodal Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) standards, specifications, and data structures.
o The second objective of this contract is to support the nationwide deployment and adoption of multimodal ITS technologies through testing, validation, reference implementations, and stakeholder engagement.
3. Contract Details o Contract Type: Single-Award IDIQ with Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP) and Time-and-Materials (T&M) / Labor-Hour task orders.
o Ordering Period: 60 months (5 years) from effective date of award.
o Minimum Guarantee: $25,000 o Maximum Ceiling: $9,800,000 (inclusive of labor, travel, and materials).
4. Justification for Sole Source
OMF is uniquely qualified to perform the requirement. They are a leader and a partner in multimodal mobility standards development nationwide. Through a consensus-based program and as a partner organization, OMF plays a central and comprehensive role in creating harmonized solutions for the advancement of mobility.
5. Submission Instructions
THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS. A formal Request for Proposals (RFP No.
693JJ327R000002) is being issued directly to the Open Mobility Foundation.
However, any responsible source that believes it can provide the required multi-disciplinary research, systems engineering, and open consensus-based multimodal ITS standards development and maintenance capabilities without severe mission disruption or organizational conflicts of interest may submit a capability statement.
Response Deadline: Capability statements must be received electronically no later than October 21, 2026, at 2:00 PM Eastern Time.
Submission Email: Malik Arnold, Contract Specialist, at malik.arnold@dot.gov.
Subject Line: "Capability Statement Response - RFP 693JJ327R000002 (OMF)"
Capability statements received will be evaluated solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed action based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Contracting Officer.
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