U.S. - Japan Intelligent Transportation Research Fellow

Pursuant to 13.106-1(b), the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) intends to negotiate a sole source purchase order to Mr. Ryuta Nozu for support of the United States (U.S.) Japan Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) Joint Research Program. Throughout the fellowship program, the coordination between the United States and Japan in the fields of ITS, connected vehicles, automation, and related transportation programs will be required. In compliance with the objectives of the Cooperative Agreement between USDOT RITA and the Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transportation, and Tourism (MLIT), Mr. Nozu, was competitively selected within MLIT to serve a 20 month fellowship in the U.S. Mr. Nozu will coordinate his services through this fellowship developed by the U.S. and Japanese governments, and is considered the only source that can provide services through the exchange program. The intent of this notice is not to request competitive proposals, and any information received from interested parties will only be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether a competitive procurement should be conducted. However, interested parties may submit a description of their firm's capabilities for satisfying this requirement, which demonstrates they possess the ability to successfully perform this effort. The responses must be received by September 4, 2015 at 12:00 PM EST. All questions concerning this matter should be addressed directly to Ms. LeeAnne Tran at leeanne.tran@dot.gov.