Engineering Special Study for NCAP

The U.S. Department of Transportation (U.S. DOT) National Highway, Traffic and Safety Administration (NHTSA) intend to award an Indefinite Quantity Contract (IQC), on a Time and Materials contract for a base period of two (2) years. The contract will also include a provision by which up to one (1) option three years period can be exercised resulting in total of possible period of performance of five (5) years. The National Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) (an operating administration within the United States Department of Transportation) is responsible for reducing the number of injuries and deaths on the highways resulting from vehicle crashes. In support of this mission NHTSA is requiring the services for the effort entitled, Engineering Special Studies for New Car Assessment Program. New Car Assessment Program (NCAP) provides national leadership in planning, developing and initiating new and innovative consumer information programs that are based upon laboratory or full-scale crash tests. These programs generate market forces, which encourage the production of improved passenger motor vehicles and/or occupant protection systems. The NCAP and Crashworthiness Standards conduct a variety of research projects, demonstration programs, technical analyses, and engineering studies to assess the crashworthiness of new vehicles to fulfill the provision of Title II of the Motor Vehicle Information Cost Savings Act. The engineering test procedures, crash data, and test results also are used to develop and disseminate information mandated by the Consumer Information Regulations of the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act. The primary objective of the Group is to develop and coordinate in the dissemination of consumer information on any aspect of motor vehicle and occupant protection systems that may induce market forces to enhance occupant protection through the production of improved motor vehicles and associated equipment. NCAP formulates, develops, and executes studies to achieve agency requirements in the areas of human impact tolerance, human crash kinematics, and anthropomorphic dummy development. The studies include interpreting the results of vehicle crashes to assess the risk of human injury. The studies are used for (1) defining, developing, and implementing improvement in existing programs of consumer information and (2) realistically assessing the results of new vehicle crashes for consumer information. NCAP often conduct special studies for analyzing vehicle testing results. This is an 8(a) Competitive Set-aside requirement. NAICS code for this contract is 541380. An Indefinite Quantity Contract (IQC), on a Time and Materials contract is planned for a base period of two years and one three year option. Electronic copies of the PRP and any other documentation related to this procurement will be available over the Internet. These documents will reside on a WWW browser application. The Internet site or URL for the FedBizOpps page www.fedbizopps.gov. It is the Offerors responsibility to monitor the Internet sites for downloading their own copy of the solicitation and amendments (if any). Request for paper copies of the RFP will not be accepted. All questions should be directed to Larry Gooding at (202) 366-9557 or email at larry.gooding@ dot.gov.