SOURCES SOUGHT
A -- Effects of High Visibility Enforcement on Driver Compliance to Bicyclist Safe Passing Laws - DTNH2216RQ-00147
- Notice Date
- 1/4/2016
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541712
— Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)
- Contracting Office
- Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), National Highway Traffic Safety Administration HQ, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE, Washington, District of Columbia, 20590
- ZIP Code
- 20590
- Solicitation Number
- DTNH2216RQ-00147
- Point of Contact
- Vincent Lynch, Phone: 202-366-9568
- E-Mail Address
-
vincent.lynch@dot.gov
(vincent.lynch@dot.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Sources Sought Notice Action Code: Sources Sought Classification Code: A Solicitation: DTNH2216RQ-00147 Agency/Office: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) Location: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration HQ NAICS Code: 541712, Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences, 500 Employees. Point of Contract: Vincent Lynch, Contracting Officer, ph(202) 366-9568 Title: Effects of High Visibility Enforcement on Driver Compliance to Bicyclist Safe Passing Laws Description(s): The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is issuing this Sources Sought Notice to identify potential qualified Small Business (SB), Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB), 8(a) Certified SDB, HUBZone SB, SDVOSB, or WOSB concerns that may be interested in and capable of performing the work described herein to conduct a demonstration project to determine the typical "safe" passing distance of motorists around bicyclists and to increase motorists moving over to a safe (legally prescribed) distance when passing bicyclists thereby increasing bicyclist safety. NHTSA welcomes all qualified Small Business concerns, with the appropriate NAICS Code and past experience to submit their Corporate Capability Statements that demonstrate their ability to successfully accomplish the goals of the project as listed below. NHTSA does not intend to award a contract on the basis of responses to this notice or otherwise pay for the preparation of any information submitted. Acknowledgement of receipt of responses will not be made; no formal evaluation of the information received will be conducted by NHTSA. NHTSA may; however later on issue a Request for Proposals (RFP). However, should such a requirement fail to materialize, no basis for claims against NHTSA shall arise as a result of a response to this notice. Background: The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's (NHTSA) mission is to save lives, prevent injuries, and reduce traffic-related health care and other economic costs. The agency develops, promotes, and implements effective educational, engineering, and enforcement programs with the goal of ending vehicle crash tragedies and reducing economic costs associated with vehicle use and highway travel. The Office of Behavioral Safety Research conducts extensive research, data collection and analysis activities to provide the scientific basis needed to support the Agency's motor vehicle and traffic safety goals. In addition to supporting internal NHTSA efforts, NHTSA-sponsored research provides high-quality publicly-accessible data that serves as the basis for countless other research endeavors. In 2013, 743 bicyclists were killed and 48,000 injured in motor vehicle related crashes. While the Secretary of Transportation's emphasis on bicyclists and pedestrians has brought attention to these vulnerable road users, little is known about the effect of bicyclist safe passing laws on bicyclist-motor vehicle interactions and crashes. Thirty-three States and the District of Columbia have safe passing laws that provide details about how much space motorists should allow when passing bicyclists. Twenty-five of these States laws indicate a minimum passing distance of 3-feet, Pennsylvania indicates 4-feet, and eight States indicate "a safe distance." Seventeen States have no specific laws for passing a bicyclist. This study will be conducted in phases. The first phase will consist of three parts - 1) assess the extent to which crashes, injuries, and fatalities are associated with motor vehicle drivers attempting to pass bicyclists too closely, 2) determine which, if any, localities are enforcing the safe passing statutes and how they are enforcing the statutes, and 3) determine if a methodologies to measure passing distance have been developed and are being used. If unsafe passing significantly contributes to the number of bicycle/motor vehicle crashes, the second phase of the project will involve enlisting a locality with a large number of these crashes to participate in a HVE program aimed at driver compliance to bicycle safe passing laws. Observations of motorists passing bicyclists will be documented before, during, and after an HVE program. The program will be evaluated to determine the impact law enforcement combined with increased education about bicyclist safe passing laws has on motorists passing bicyclists at a safe distance. The enforcement and education effort would use a modified methodology based on the Gainesville, Florida pedestrian yielding study. The goal of this project is to determine the typical passing distance of motorists and to increase motorists moving over to a safe (legally prescribed) distance when passing bicyclists thereby increasing bicyclist safety. Objective: The objective is to determine the typical "safe" passing distance of motorists and to increase motorists moving over to a safe (legally prescribed) distance when passing bicyclists thereby increasing bicyclist safety. Capabilities: The corporate capability statement must address the capabilities necessary to accomplish the scope outlined above as well as the additional tasks and characteristics given below: STUDY OBJECTIVES •1) Assess the extent to which crashes, injuries, and fatalities are associated with motor vehicle drivers attempting to pass bicyclists too closely. •2) Determine which, if any, localities are enforcing the safe passing statutes and how they are enforcing the statutes. •3) Determine if methodologies to measure safe passing distance have been developed and are being used. •4) Conduct a literature review of studies that have investigated bicycle passing distances including passing laws and detail the role passing distance versus other actions play in bicycle/motor vehicle crashes. •5) Conduct naturalistic observations to quantify passing distance. •6) Determine the impact law enforcement combined with increased education about bicycle safe passing laws has on motorists passing bicyclists at a safe distance. Format of Corporate Capabilities Statement: Any interested qualified Small Business firms, Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB), 8(a) Certified SDB, HUBZone SB, SDVOSB, or WOSB concerns should submit their Corporate Capability Statement, which demonstrates the firm's ability and past experience in no more than 10 pages to perform the key requirements described above to the identified NHTSA point of contact listed herein. Any proprietary information should be marked as such. All respondents are asked to certify the type and size of their business organization is in-line with the requirements of this Sources Sought Notice, and must be received no later than 7 calendar days from the date of publication of this notice.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: Washington, Washington, District of Columbia, 20590, United States
- Zip Code: 20590
- Zip Code: 20590
- Record
- SN03981779-W 20160106/160104233846-895286950448fb70c230139baef0a969 (fbodaily.com)
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