STATEMENT OF WORK.docx

DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSED EQUIPMENT ACQUISTION ACTION

This activity is associated with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service National Bicycle and Pedestrian Counting Program. This program is a joint project between the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and the FHWA Office of Federal Lands Highway (FLH). The overall goal of this program is “To gather enhanced visitor movement information upon which FWS can make informed decisions on investments needed to expand and improve existing bicycle and pedestrian elements.”

The purpose of this action is for the acquisition by the Eastern Federal Lands Highway Division of the Federal Highway Administration of a group of 13 electronic bicycle/pedestrian counter units. These 13 bicycle/pedestrian counter units are to be installed at a group of eight (8) National Wildlife Refuge stations of the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. The provision of these electronic counter units will be the responsibility of the selected vendor. The delivery of these electronic counter units to each of the defined national wildlife refuge sites will be the responsibility of the selected vendor. The installation and operation of these electronic counter units will be the responsibility of the staff of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) who are assigned to each of the designated national wildlife refuges.

The location of each of the eight (8) National Wildlife Refuge stations, and the number of counter units to be delivered to, and subsequently installed at, each refuge station, is presented on the table below:

Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge 6263 Appalachian Highway Davis, WV 26260-8061 (2 counters at this refuge)

Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge 800 Great Creek Road Oceanville, NJ 08231

Missisquol National Wildlife Refuge 29 Tabor Road Swanton, VT 05488-8159

Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge 1324 Sandbridge Road Virginia Beach, VA 23456-4023

Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge 321 Port Road Wells. ME 04090-4758 Tel: 207-646-9226 (Only 1 counter at this refuge)

Silvio O. Conte National Wildlife Refuge 103 East Plumtree Road Sunderland, MA 013756

Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge 3100 Desert Road Suffolk, VA 23434-8973

Iroquois National Wildlife Refuge 1101 Casey Road Basom, NY 14013-9730

A general description of the information to be obtained by each counter unit, and of the general capabilities and characteristics of each counter unit and any associated software applications, is presented below:

· Should be capable of deployment and operation in a variety of urban, suburban, and rural environments

· Should have the capability to employ a passive infrared sensor (or an equivalent type of sensor device) that can determine the direction of travel of bicycles or pedestrians

· Should provide movement detection range options of 4, 15, or 50 feet

· Should be possible of being configured to detect movement in multiple directions

· Should have a standard use battery life of no less than 5 years

· Should have a standard temperature operating range of -400 F to 130o F

· Should have an ability to store up to 18 months of data (15-minute or 1-hour frequency)

· Should provide data collection software for use with Windows Laptops or Android Devices

· Should make use of Bluetooth communications to download data from counters

· Should provide a Web-based application for storing and analyzing count data

· Should have the capability to generate reports, graphs, and charts

· Should not impose an unreasonable limit on the number of counters or users These counters will contribute data for the FWS Urban Refuges, the FHWA Safer People Safer Streets initiative, the RAPP and other efforts. The data should also help with implementing project selection for bike/ped projects using FLTP/FLAP and TAP funds.

After the counters are purchased, installed and FWS staff are trained in their operations and daily maintenance, the Fish and Wildlife Service and Eastern Federal Lands may develop a separate agreement for the collection, analysis, and incorporation of the data into FHWA, FWS, and other relevant agency’s national bicycle and pedestrian traffic databases, transportation plans, and publications.