White Paper on the effective use of transportation investments

Pursuant to 13.106-1(b), the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) intends to negotiate a sole source purchase order with Georgia State University to prepare a, "White Paper" to facilitate effective use of transportation investments and community engagement processes in the management and elimination of health disparities. The Community Soil, Air, Water (C-SAW) team at Georgia State University is uniquely positioned to deliver the knowledge product timely. Georgia State University is the only known source that can synthesize several lines of cutting edge science into a model of complex system for use by communities and infrastructure owners, such that no other source can satisfy this requirement.

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 Dag Andargatchew at Dag.Andargatchew@dot.gov.