Production of Dedicated Short Range Communications "Hear I Am" Devices

The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has a requirement for the development and production of aftermarket devices for use in vehicles for generating "Here I Am" messages to other vehicles and other devices. These devices will support vehicle to vehicle (V2V) and vehicle to infrastructure (V2I) safety communications capabilities within the United States Department of Transportation's (US DOT's) affiliated Test Beds.

All interested parties shall submit their offer in accordance with the solicitation. The solicitation and all related documents and amendments to the solicitation, if any, will be released and available electronically through the Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) website at https://www.fbo.gov/. Interested parties can register at the aforementioned site to receive procurement announcements by email. Since the solicitation is only available electronically, it is the responsibility of interested parties to monitor the FBO website for any solicitation amendments. All responsible sources are encouraged to submit an offer. The awards resulting from this solicitation will be made to the offerors whose offers conform to the solicitation and represent the best value to the Government. The Government anticipates making up to 4 awards as a result of the solicitation. This requirement will be awarded on an unrestricted basis and is a simplified acquisition, pursuant to Federal Acquisition Regulation Part 13. All awards will be under the simplified acquisition threshold.

THE GOVERNMENT WILL CONDUCT A BIDDERS WEB CONFERENCE AT 1:00 P.M. EASTERN TIME ON FRIDAY, JUNE 3, 2011. ALL INTERESTED OFFERORS SHALL PRE-REGISTER FOR THE BIDDER'S CONFERENCE. TO PRE-REGISTER, PLEASE EMAIL THE NAMES, TITLES, PHONE NUMBERS, AND EMAIL ADDRESSES OF THE PEOPLE WHO WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE CONFERENCE TO SARAH KHAN AT SARAH.KHAN@DOT.GOV NO LATER THAN JUNE 1, 2011 AT 12:00 P.M. EASTERN TIME.