Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Vehicle Research and Test Center, P.O. Box 37, East Liberty, OH 43319

B -- INERTIAL AND SUSPENSION PARAMETER MEASUREMENTS OF A TRACTOR/ SEMI-TRAILER SOL DTNH22-95-R-08125 DUE 032795 POC Robin Esser, Contracting Officer at (513) 666-4511 The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Vehicle Research and Test Center requires inertial and suspension parameter measurements on a tractor/semi-trailer combination vehicle. The types of tests to be run include suspension bounce and roll mode kinematics, lateral compliance, longitudinal compliance, aligning moment compliance, chassis stiffness and measurement of suspension component inertial and geometric properties. The tests will be conducted on a single combination vehicle supplied by the government. The Government intends to negotiate a firm-fixed-price contract with The University of Michigan, Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI) to perform these measurements. This is not a Request for Proposal (RFP) nor is a RFP available. Interested parties believing they are capable of providing this requirement must respond to this notice in writing within fifteen (15) days after its appearance in the CBD. Interested parties must demonstrate proven capability to perform all of the measurements described. Mere expressions of interest will not be considered. In the absence of responses within the specified time, negotiations on a sole source basis will commence with UMTRI. (0065)

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