Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Multimodal Standards Development, Maintenance and Related Activities

The U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Office of Acquisition and Grants Management intends to award a single-award, Indefinite-Delivery Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) contract to The Open Mobility Foundation (OMF) for Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Multimodal Standards Development, Maintenance and Related Activities. This sole-source procurement, conducted under FAR 6.103-1 and 6.103-3, is based on OMF's unique qualifications as a nonprofit standards development organization responsible for the Mobility Data Specification (MDS) and Curb Data Specification (CDS). The contract will utilize Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP) and Time-and-Materials (T&M) / Labor-Hour task orders over a 60-month ordering period, with a minimum guarantee of 25,000 dollars and a maximum ceiling of 9,800,000 dollars inclusive of labor, travel, and materials. The scope of work involves providing non-personal services for systems engineering development, research, testing, maintenance, and stakeholder engagement to support the USDOT ITS-JPO Multimodal Standards Program. Primary objectives include the development and maintenance of non-proprietary, consensus-based multimodal ITS standards and supporting the nationwide adoption of these technologies through validation and reference implementations. Interested parties may submit capability statements electronically by October 21, 2026, which will be evaluated solely to determine if a competitive procurement is necessary. The effort is categorized under NAICS code 813920 and is managed by the Office of Acquisition and Grants Management in Washington, DC.