Presolicitation 693JJ921R000073.pdf

Title: Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) Testing for the

New Car Assessment Program (NCAP)

Solicitation Number: 693JJ921R0000073

Department: Department of Transportation

Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)

Location: 1200 New Jersey Ave., S.E., Washington, DC 20590

Notice Type:

Pre-solicitation

Posted Date:

TBD

Classification Code: R

NAICS Code: 541380, Testing Laboratories

This is a Pre-Solicitation notice (synopsis) for a procurement in accordance with FAR Part

5.203; to provide notice of the Government's proposed contract action listed herein.

Description:

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is an agency of the U.S.

Department of Transportation (DOT). NHTSA’s mission is to save lives, prevent injuries and reduce traffic-related health care and other economic costs. The agency develops, promotes, and implements effective educational, engineering, and enforcement programs with the goal of ending vehicle crash tragedies and reducing economic costs associated with vehicle use and highway travel.

The New Car Assessment Program (NCAP) is a consumer information program. Its major goals are to: (1) provide consumers with safety ratings and information to assist them in their vehicle purchasing decisions and (2) use market forces to motivate automobile manufacturers to design vehicles to a higher level of occupant protection. To accomplish these goals, the National

Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) releases NCAP test results to the public as quickly as possible after vehicles are tested so that consumers can use this information when selecting a new vehicle to purchase.

This project will allow NCAP to conduct crash avoidance tests on new vehicles to assess the performance of certain advanced technologies and provide consumers with this information.

Initially, testing will be conducted for Lane Departure Warning (LDW), Forward Crash Warning

(FCW), Crash Imminent Braking (CIB), and Dynamic Brake Support (DBS) systems. However, additional testing is expected and may include testing for Lane Keeping Support (LKS), Blind

Spot Detection (BSD), Blind Spot Intervention (BSI), Pedestrian Automatic Emergency Braking

(PAEB), Semi-Automatic Headlight Beam-Switching (SAHBS), Lower Beam Headlighting, Adaptive Driving Beams (ADB), Intersection Safety Assist (ISA) systems, and other Advanced

Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) or automated vehicle technologies that the agency believes may provide safety potential; in addition to testing conducted with a motorcycle or bicycle as the surrogate vehicle, testing in dark or poorly lit conditions, and/or testing on curved roads. Testing may also focus on Automatic Crash Notification (ACN), Advanced Automatic Crash

Notification (AACN), Vehicle-to-Vehicle communication (V2V), or Vehicle-to-Infrastructure

(V2I) communication. Furthermore, additional research-type testing may be conducted in conjunction with any the technologies mentioned, to investigate test failures or test anomalies, or to refine or develop test procedures.

This work will consist of year-around outdoor non-destructive vehicle testing, and data gathering.

The solicitation will result in an award of an Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract, whereby Firm Fixed Price (FFP) Delivery Orders shall be issued to provide NHTSA’s

New Car Assessment Program’s (NCAP) crash avoidance test program.

Solicitation Information:

This acquisition is being offered for full and open competition. The NAICS Code for the anticipated contract is 541380. Contractors must be registered in the Systems for Award

Management Database located at http://www.sams.gov, and must complete electronic representations and certification on the ORCA database located at http://orca.bpn.gov to be considered for contract award. It is the Government’s intent to award a single Indefinite

Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract, whereby Firm Fixed Price (FFP) Delivery and

Task Orders can be issued, from the solicitation, with or without discussions, to the responsible offeror whose proposal, conforming to the solicitation, is most advantageous to the Government based on the evaluation factors contained in the solicitation. It is the Offeror’s responsibility to monitor the https://beta.sam.gov/ for the release of the solicitation and amendments (if any).

Potential Offerors will be responsible for downloading their own copy of the solicitation and amendments (if any). Requests for paper copies of the RFP will not be accepted. The estimated date for release of the solicitation is on or about July 30, 2021.

Period of Performance: Sixty (60) months.

Contract Award: The anticipated award date for the resultant contract is expected to be on or about November 2021

No Further Procurement Information is Available at this time.

Contracting Office Address:

1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE

Washington, District of Columbia 20590

Primary Point of Contact.:

David Larson

David.Larson@dot.gov

Secondary Point of Contract:

Sherese Gray

Sherese.Gray@dot.gov http://www.sams.gov/ http://orca.bpn.gov/ mailto:David.Larson@dot.gov mailto:Sherese.Gray@dot.gov