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 collect and analyze information, identify information gaps; develop and test content, have a network of transportation safety professionals, implement demonstration projects, as well has the capacity to develop training, materials and resources on pedestrian 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 (NHTSA) is an operating mode of the United States Department of Transportation (DOT). Its mission is to save lives, prevent injuries, and reduce traffic-related health care and other economic costs.

In 2022, 7,522 people were killed while walking, a 0.7 percent increase from 2021, and 67,336 people were injured, an 11 percent increase from 2021. It is the highest since 1981 when 7,837 pedestrians died in traffic crashes.

Many people rely on walking as a mode of transportation for everyday activities, leisure and entertainment purposes. Walking also provides health, social and economic benefits, along with increased community engagement and healthier and safer streets. NHTSA acknowledges each community has different needs and members of the community understand firsthand what strategies will be most effective for improving pedestrian safety within their respective community (i.e., urban, rural, suburban).

Community-based organizations play an important role in promoting the safety of the residents in their community. Using evidence-based countermeasures, found in NHTSA's Countermeasures that Work, the purpose of this project is to create a how-to implementation guide for pedestrian safety programs for communities that are readily available with training and tools in place. This guide will help communities use data to plan, implement, promote, sustain, and evaluate pedestrian safety programming based on the needs of their community.

Objective:

The objective of this project is to identify evidence-based intervention strategies targeted toward the prevention of crashes pedestrians, develop an evidence-based implementation step-by-step guide for community-based organizations focused on pedestrian safety programming found in NHTSA's Countermeasures That Work and other evidence-based safety countermeasures to help end users select effective, science-based pedestrian safety countermeasures to address highway safety problem areas in their communities.

Capabilities:

The Contractor shall have the capabilities to: collect and analyze information, identify information gaps; develop and test content, have a network of transportation safety professionals, implement demonstration projects, as well has the capacity to develop training, materials and resources on pedestrian safety.

SUPPLIES/SERVICES

The Contractor shall provide the necessary qualified personnel, facilities, materials, supplies, equipment, and services as identified in the attached Draft Statement of Work (SOW), which are necessary to collect and analyze information, identify information gaps; develop and test content, develop training, materials and resources on pedestrian safety.

More specifically, the Contractor shall:

• The contractor will conduct an environmental scan of existing resources and materials related to effective pedestrian safety programming in order to identify gaps.
• Develop an evidence-based implementation guide for community-based organizations focused on pedestrian safety programming found in NHTSA's Countermeasures That Work or other evidence-based programming to help select effective, science-based traffic safety countermeasures to address highway safety problem areas in their communities.
• The step-by-step guide will provide a through how-to approach including but not limited to; assess c