Sources Sought Notice_693JJ924RQ000192 VL 01-17-2024.pdf

Sources Sought: 693JJ924RQ000192 Title: Engineering Assessment of Current and Future Vehicle Technologies

Action Code: Sources Sought

Classification Code: H125 - Quality Control—Vehicular Equipment Components

Solicitation: 693JJ924RQ000192

Agency/Office: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)

Location: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration HQ

NAICS Code: 541330 - Engineering Services, $16.5 million to $22.5 million

Point of Contract: Vincent Lynch, Contracting Officer, ph (202) 366-9568

Title: Engineering Assessment of Current and Future Vehicle Technologies

Description(s):

Information Collection on Current Production and Prospective Motor Vehicle Technologies and Related Testing

The contractor shall collect and assess the value of automotive technologies information through any of the following sources: literature searches of technical reports, automotive news media, manufacturer inquiries, supplier inquiries, discussions with engineering staff of various offices in NHTSA, site visits, and other sources identified by the COR and/or the contractor. The objective is to obtain information on (1) technologies being used in current production vehicles, (2) technologies in the later stages of development that may be ready for use in production in the near-term (0-5 years), (3) technologies showing promise for the longer term (5+ years) and (4) testing related to the standard.

Vehicle Systems Assessment

The contractor may be required to conduct an engineering assessment and provide documentation on how automotive system and subsystem technologies relate to the specific components of the FMVSS under review. The analysis will determine these relationships in quantitative and qualitative terms, as applicable.

Background:

The National Highway Traffic Safety administration (NHTSA) is responsible for developing and enforcing Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSS). The standards establish safety performance requirements for new production motor vehicles and address all major vehicle systems. Many of these standards were originally issued in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Many NHTSA safety standards have had minor to major upgrades since that time, but others have not.

Examination of vehicle safety technologies under this proposed contract could include:

assessments of whether the standard is up to date with new technology, technical reviews of international standards or testing, compliance with Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) International standards, testing done by manufacturers, assessments of recent countermeasures being used to meet the standard (including technologies in development) and possibly assessments of other factors that would affect the need to update existing standards.

Objective:

The objective of this contract is to provide research and analysis support for a technology assessment of countermeasures and/or testing utilized in the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) FMVSS. The scope of this contract includes identifying technology developments in vehicle systems and vehicle safety systems that are associated with each standard, completing an engineering analysis/assessment of the relationship of these technologies to components of the standard, identifying elements of the standard that are affected by these technologies, and identifying potential changes to the standard to address these technologies.

The scope of the research includes technologies in vehicles currently in production and products in development.

Capabilities:

Requirements may include, but not limited to the following:

Information Collection on Current Production and Prospective Motor Vehicle Technologies and Related Testing

The contractor shall collect and assess the value of automotive technologies information through any of the following sources: literature searches of technical reports, automotive news media, manufacturer inquiries, supplier inquiries, discussions with engineering staff of various offices in NHTSA, site visits, and other sources identified by the COR and/or the contractor. The objective is to obtain information on (1) technologies being used in current production vehicles, (2) technologies in the later stages of development that may be ready for use in production in the near-term (0-5 years), (3) technologies showing promise for the longer term (5+ years) and (4) testing related to the standard.

Vehicle Systems Assessment

The contractor may be required to conduct an engineering assessment and provide documentation on how automotive system and subsystem technologies relate to the specific components of the FMVSS under review. The analysis will determine these relationships in quantitative and qualitative terms, as applicable.

PERFORMANCE AND DELIVERABLES

All work required in each awarded Task Order, including preparation, submission, review, and acceptance of the final report will be completed within each Task Order's period of performance.

The required work described in each Task Order will be performed and completed by the contractor within the ceiling amount of each Task Order. The contractor is required to submit a monthly Task Order Report.

Format of Corporate Capabilities Statement:

This notice of intent is NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS nor is a Request-for-Proposal solicitation document currently available.

Any interested qualified Small Business firms, Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB), 8(a) Certified SDB, HUBZone SB, SDVOSB, or WOSB concerns should submit their Corporate Capability Statement, which demonstrates the firm’s ability and past experience in no more than 10 pages to perform the key requirements described above to the identified NHTSA point of contact listed herein.

Any proprietary information should be marked as such. All respondents are asked to certify the type and size of their business organization is in-line with the requirements of this Sources Sought Notice, and must be received by the listed procuring office within 10 days from the date of publication or closing date of this notice.