District Five, Automated Data Collection System Solutions (ADCS)

The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) District Five is conducting a Request for Information (RFI) to identify Commercial Off-the-Shelf (COTS) Automated Data Collection System (ADCS) solutions designed to improve roadway inventory activities across Volusia County and the broader District Five service area. The procurement seeks solutions that will enhance worker safety by reducing time personnel spend on roadways while improving the efficiency and accuracy of geospatial data collection along the State Highway System (1,979 on-system centerline miles) and off-system roadways (4,760 off-system centerline miles). Vendors must provide comprehensive responses detailing their system capabilities, including data output in shapefile format with UTM 17N NAD83 projection, sub-meter accuracy where applicable, and identification of roadway features such as lanes, shoulders, traffic signals, medians, barriers, and supporting infrastructure. The ADCS solution must be compatible with the Linear Referencing System (LRS) and support the Roadway Characteristics Inventory (RCI) program operating on five-year cycles for all roadways and three-year cycles for HPMS Standard Sample inventory. Key deliverables required from vendors include system descriptions, evidence of successful deployments at other state DOTs with contact references, cost estimate ranges for both on-system and off-system data collection, typical data collection schedules with milestones, and capabilities for passing sight distance capture, obstacle identification, aerial imagery incorporation, signalization type identification, and cloud-hosted platform availability. The RFI advertisement was posted February 24, 2026, with questions due by March 6, 2026 at 10:00 AM EST, responses to questions posted by March 13, 2026, and RFI responses due by May 8, 2026 at 10:00 AM EST, with a public meeting scheduled for May 8, 2026 at 11:00 AM EST to open responses.

The RFI explicitly notes that responses are requested for informational purposes only and will not constitute binding contract offers; any subsequent competitive solicitation resulting from this RFI will be posted on the Florida Vendor Information Portal. Vendors must confirm compliance with Florida Administrative Code statutes related to cybersecurity (60GG-1 through 60GG-5) and demonstrate capability to produce datasets compatible with HPMS and RCI requirements. The RFI does not identify specific set-aside designations, incumbent contractors, or disadvantaged enterprise restrictions, though respondents should direct all inquiries to D5.ProcurementQuestions@dot.state.fl.us and submit responses to D5.Purch@dot.state.fl.us. No award value or budget range is specified in the RFI documentation, as this is an information-gathering solicitation intended to guide FDOT's future procurement development and vendor selection process. The specific cost structures and contract values will be determined in subsequent competitive solicitations following FDOT's evaluation of vendor capabilities and system offerings presented in response to this RFI.