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This document is a Sole Source Justification for a simplified acquisition procedure under FAR Part 13 (under $250,000). It describes the requirement for on-request technical support to the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), including the Office of Safety and Operations R&D, Office of Safety, Resource Center, and Complete Streets Working Group, for research, outreach, and coordination activities related to Complete Streets and the Safe System Approach. The justification cites the unique research insights of the sole source provider, ProFound Insights, Inc., on driving behavior and its implications for advancing the Complete Streets initiative. The related federal contract opportunity is a Special Notice for the same requirement, which states the FHWA's intent to solicit from the single source of ProFound Insights, Inc. and invites interested parties to submit descriptions of their capabilities to potentially compete the requirement.
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SOLE SOURCE JUSTIFICATION
For purchases made under FAR Part 13, Simplified Acquisition Procedures (Under $250,000)
Name and Location of the organization making the purchase:
Office of Acquisition and Grants Management Federal Highway Administration 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE Washington, DC 20590
Describe supplies and/or services being procured:
On-request technical support to FHWA, including Office of Safety and Operations R&D (HRSO), Office of Safety (HSA), Resource Center, and Complete Streets Working Group (CSWG). The scope of support will be research, outreach, and coordination activities related to Complete Streets and the Safe System Approach. Technical support is off-site, and defined as responding to general and technical inquires, developing and/or responding to research questions, conducting research, writing reports and technical briefs, developing presentation and/or training materials, delivering presentations and/or training, facilitating meetings and/or workshops.
Name and Contact Information of Required Source:
ProFound Insights, Inc.
606 Courtlea Cove Ave Winter Garden FL 34787 407-758-0137
Rationale supporting the sole source acquisition (Authority under FAR 13.106-1(b))
“(b) Soliciting from a single source:
(1) For purchases not exceeding the simplified acquisition threshold, contracting officers may solicit from one source if the contracting officer determines that the circumstances of the contract action deem only one source reasonably available (e.g., urgency*, exclusive licensing agreements, brand name or industrial mobilization). “
The recent research by , ProFound Insights, Inc., for Florida DOT on Complete Streets and the Safe System Approach, Identifying Mental Frameworks Underlying Driver Behavior in Urban Contexts, that utilized data from the SHRP 2 Naturalistic Driving Study (NDS) has provided unique, and potentially ground breaking insights on driving behavior with direct implications for advancing the Complete Streets initiative Complete Streets | FHWA (dot.gov). These research findings have generated interest amongst FHWA’s Complete Streets Working Group (CSWG), and other staff in HSA, HRSO, and the Resource Center. Allowing to share and expand on her unique research insights into driver behavior, in particular
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