B -- FMVSS NO. 214

Introduction: The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), of the United States Department of Transportation, is responsible for reducing the number of injuries and deaths on highways resulting from vehicle crashes. As part of its mission to reduce fatalities and injuries caused by motor vehicle crashes, the NHTSA promulgates Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSS). Specific Requirements: NHTSA plans to procure inspection and compliance testing services to determine conformance of motor vehicles to the requirements of FMVSS No. 214 Side Impact Protection and FMVSS No. 301 Fuel System Integrity (lateral impact requirements). In addition to the above, the contractor will conduct indicant side impact tests. The Government will provide the Contractor with the test vehicles and anthropomorphic test devices (i.e. test dummies) without instrumentation as Government Furnished Property (GFP). The Contractor shall have a fully operational test site with all of the qualified personnel, facilities, equipment and test devices to perform the work at the time of proposal submission. Contract Award: NHTSA intends to award a single, Time and Materials contract with a base year to include optional quantities during year one (1) of the contract. The contract will also include a provision by which four (4) one-year option periods can be exercised (in one-year increments) resulting in a total possible performance period of five (5) years. This solicitation is full and open competition. The solicitation DTHN22-07-R-00009 will be available for downloading from http://www.fedbizopps.gov/ on or about February 19, 2007. All questions regarding this solicitation must be submitted in writing via e-mail to contact@example.gov no later than February 26, 2007. The anticipated award date for this resultant contract is expected on or about August 31, 2007.