American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO)Ware Pavement ME Design Site Licenses

Pursuant to 13.106-1(b)(1)(i), the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) intends to solicit from a single source with the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO).  The FHWA requirement is to support the FHWA in providing Site Licenses for pavement design software and is the only source available for purchasing the site license. This software is being used by the state highway agencies for pavement design and no other compatible pavement design software is available that can be used by FHWA to evaluate pavement designs being developed by the state highway agencies for use on the National Highway System.

The intent of this notice is not to request competitive proposals, and any information received from interested parties will only be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether a competitive procurement should be conducted. However, interested parties may submit a description of their firm's capabilities for satisfying this requirement, which demonstrates they possess the ability to successfully perform this effort. All questions concerning this matter should be addressed directly to Vanessa Lechon at Vanessa.lechon@dot.gov.