Surface Transportation Systems Engineering for Enabling Technologies Research and Development
Past New Requirement Updated
- Agency
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Department of Transportation
- Solicitation expected
- Estimated value
- $5,000,000 to $9,900,000
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Forecast facts
- Anticipated award
- Not on record
- NAICS code
- 541990 All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
- Place of performance
- VA
- Forecast number
- 41888
- Points of contact
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- Danielle Chou danielle.chou@dot.gov
Forecast details come from the GSA Acquisition Gateway. Agencies' dates and values are estimates.
About this forecast
The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) is seeking to establish an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract with MITRE's Center for Advanced Aviation System Development (CAASD) Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) to provide technical services and systems engineering expertise for surface transportation enabling technologies research and development. The contract will support the development of systems engineering analyses, stakeholder-adoptable prototypes, and standards-aligned methodologies that enable federal, state, and local departments of transportation to make informed investment decisions. The initial task order will focus on building a prototype digital testing marketplace that facilitates interoperability and data exchange across heterogeneous models, tools, and simulation platforms. The solicitation is anticipated to be released on June 22, 2026.
The IDIQ contract carries a ceiling value of $9.8 million with $1 million obligated toward the first task order, and the total estimated award value ranges from $5 million to $9.9 million. This is a sole-source award to be performed in Virginia, USA under FAR Part 35.017, which governs the government's ability to cultivate technical expertise at FFRDCs. For further information regarding this opportunity, interested parties should contact Danielle Chou, Enabling Technologies Program Manager at the Department of Transportation, at danielle.chou@dot.gov.
Forecast text
This contract action actually consists of two simultaneous actions: one to establish an IDIQ contract with a ceiling of $9.8M and the second to obligate $1M in funds toward the first task order under the IDIQ. The IDIQ contract vehicle will enable FHWA to obtain technical services and expertise from the FAA CAASD FFRDC at MITRE. Under FAR Part 35.017 which specifies how the government may cultivate technical expertise at Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDCs) to conduct research in the public interest, FHWA may access MITRE's highly technical skillsets to produce systems engineering analyses, stakeholder‑adoptable prototypes, and standards‑aligned methodologies that enable federal, state, and local DOTs to make informed investment decisions. The first task order will build a prototype digital testing marketplace that enables FHWA researchers and others to interoperability exchange data from heterogeneous models, tools, and simulation platforms.
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