Broad Agency Announcement (BAA): ADVANCING TRAVEL BEHAVIOR INFORMATION GATHERING THROUGH PUBLIC DOMAIN DATA

This is a pre-solicitation notice (synopsis) for a broad agency announcement (BAA). The Federal Highway Administration's (FHWA) Office of Highway Policy Information has the responsibility to collect, analyze, and publish a wide range of data covering roadway inventory, performance and conditions, finance, vehicle, fuel, driver, travel behavior and future outlooks.

The FHWA, through the Office of Highway Policy Information, is seeking proposals for research and development projects that could lead to innovative changes and revolutionary advances for travel behavior data and information-gathering through using public domain data rather than the traditional "survey" approach (for example through the National Household Travel Survey). The selected research projects would explore new methods and approaches in deciphering travel behavior data and information in metropolitan areas in the United States covering public transportation usages, private vehicles, for hire vehicles, bicycles and pedestrian movements.

The research shall be in the area of travel behavior data and information acquisition methods. Research work in this area is considered foundational and therefore not all metropolitan areas in the United States need to be tested out. It is recommended that two to three metropolitan areas are to be selected by contractors for methods exploration and development.

The FHWA may award either contracts or cooperative agreements as a result of this BAA. The BAA will be released electronically only via this Government Point of Entry (GPE) otherwise known as Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) or www.fbo.gov. As such, no written, telephonic or other type of request for an advance copy of the solicitation will be entertained at this time. Potential offerors are encouraged to register on www.fbo.gov to receive any further information in reference to the subject action inclusive of any announcements, and/or amendments to the BAA after its release.