Pre-Solicitation Notice for IntelliDrive
Safety Pilot Model Deployment
The Federal Highway Administration issued a
pre-solicitation notice (synopsis) for a full and open competition.
The prospective Contractor team will work in collaboration with the
Intelligent Transportation Systems IntelliDrive Safety Program to
establish the Safety Pilot model deployment. This deployment is
intended to be a real world multi-modal operating environment,
supported by a diverse team of industry, public agencies, and
academia.
It is anticipated that the Contractor team
will:
• Identify and define a model deployment site and
operating environment, along with partnering agencies and
organizations.
• Install infrastructure components, equip
2,000-3,000 vehicles with "Here-I-Am" and aftermarket safety
devices, arrange for the installation of Roadside Equipment
Devices, conduct a system interoperability test, and resolve any
interoperability problems.
• Coordinate and conduct testing of cooperative
systems among vehicles of various types as well as with the
roadside infrastructure.
• Collect and archive data involving the model
deployment operating environment. Provide the processed data to the
John A. Volpe National Transportation Center and assist them in
administering surveys and conducting focus groups.
• Demonstrate applications that leverage the
vehicle-based "Here-I-Am" data and infrastructure broadcasted
data.
Potential Offerors should be knowledgeable in wireless
communication (especially Dedicated Short Range Communications at
5.9 GHz) and information technologies, and be experienced in the
development and operation of complex, real world and test track
vehicle testbeds, including data collection. Offerors should also
be knowledgeable in vehicle-based safety systems.
More information on the Research and Innovative
Technology Administration's IntelliDrive program is available at http://www.intellidrive.org/.
IntelliDrive is a Service Mark of the U.S. Department of
Transportation.
The RFP will be released and available electronically at
http://www.fedbizopps.gov. The solicitation number is
DTFH61-11-R-00006. Interested parties may register at the
aforementioned site to receive a variety of procurement
announcements/notifications. It is the responsibility of interested
parties to monitor the FedBizOpps website for any amendments to the
RFP package. NO OTHER PROCUREMENT INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT THIS
TIME.