SOLICITATION NOTICE
B -- Acquisition of the Analysis of the Association Between Cell Phone Use and Motor Vehicle Crashes
- Notice Date
- 8/18/2012
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 611310
— Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Procurement and Grants Office (Atlanta), 2920 Brandywine Road, Room 3000, Atlanta, Georgia, 30341-4146
- ZIP Code
- 30341-4146
- Solicitation Number
- 2012-Q-15095
- Archive Date
- 9/17/2012
- Point of Contact
- Vallerie M Redd, Phone: 770-488-2845
- E-Mail Address
-
gfj3@cdc.gov
(gfj3@cdc.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC), intends to award a sole source contract to the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute, 2901 Baxter Road, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-2150 for the acquisition of the Analysis of the Association Between Cell Phone Use and Motor Vehicle Crashes. The statutory authority for this sole source acquisition is 10 U.S.C 2304(c)(1) in accordance with FAR Part 6.302-1- only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy the agency requirement. The NAICS code for this procurement is 611310, Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools. The period of performance for this procurement is 19 months. University of Michigan has three critical characteristics that together make them unique in the field. First, they have access to 10 complete state crash databases. This compilation representing 20% of all states is critical to the success of the project because it provides a large enough database with the necessary diversity (different cell phone bans, different crash severities) to analyze cell phone bans and their effect on crashes among different age groups. Second, the vendor is an expert in young driver behavior. The University has expertise in young driver safety that is a requirement for this project. The mission of the Young Driver Behavior and Injury Prevention Group is to advance the understanding and safety of young drivers, and reduce their injuries and fatalities on the road using a public health approach. They accomplish this by providing a deep understanding of the social, psychological, behavioral, physiological, and environmental aspects of unsafe driver behavior via many years of published scientific research. A particular expertise is the area of the inexperienced, impaired, and distracted driving behavior of teens and young adults. This expertise in young driver distraction is required for the success of this project. Lastly, the vendor bridges the fields of public health and traffic safety. This is crucial to the success of this project. The data come from the traffic safety field, but the expertise in behavior comes from public health. The University has extensive experience in both fields. These three critical characteristics combined make the vendor exclusively situated to conduct this project. State crash data is collected, managed and compiled at the state departments of transportation; therefore, there are 50 separate databases. This situation leaves researchers with the choice of using only one state's database (which brings small sample size problems to the research), or separately contacting each state of interest, gaining access to the data, resolving issues of database incompatibility, and finally combining data into one useable database. The proposed vendor has current access to 10 complete state data bases that have been readied for analysis; this represents 20% of all states and is not available through other means. University of Michigan is unique in the combination of critical factors that are necessary for the project to be a success. This project requires access to and experience with state crash data. The strength of the police-collected state databases is that they document all reportable crashes during a calendar year. The University of Michigan's transportation data center has been in operation for 40 years. They are known worldwide for their expertise in compiling, managing and analyzing state traffic crash data. Analysis performed on these databases offers a key decision-making tool for law enforcement officials and policymakers regarding cell phone bans and driving. This decades long experience in crash analysis coupled with expertise in public health and young driver behavior make this vendor uniquely qualified to carry out this project. As a result of this synopsis, no competitive solicitation will be posted on FedBizOpps. We will issue only one solicitation to the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute. However, all responsible sources that believe they can meet these requirements may submit their capabilities/qualifications statement to provide the services to Vallerie Redd via email ONLY at gfj3@cdc.gov with the solicitation number 2012-Q-15095 referenced in the subject line NO LATER THAN September 2, 2012. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed action will be based on responses to this notice and are solely within the discretion of the Contracting Officer. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement.
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