SOURCES SOUGHT
A -- Mass Reduction for Light-Duty Vehicles for Model Years 2017 - 2025
- Notice Date
- 3/15/2013
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541330
— Engineering Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), National Highway Traffic Safety Administration HQ, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE, Washington, District of Columbia, 20590
- ZIP Code
- 20590
- Solicitation Number
- 2013-0315
- Archive Date
- 4/9/2013
- Point of Contact
- Lloyd S. Blackwell, Phone: 202-366-9564
- E-Mail Address
-
lloyd.blackwell@nhtsa.dot.gov
(lloyd.blackwell@nhtsa.dot.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- This Sources Sought Notice is for planning purposes only and shall not be construed as a solicitation or as an obligation on the part of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). The purpose of this Notice is to identify potential sources that may be interested in and capable of performing the work described herein. The NHTSA welcomes Corporate Capability Statements from all individuals and organizations. The NHTSA does not intend to award a contract on the basis of responses nor otherwise pay for the preparation of any information submitted or NHTSA's use of such information. Acknowledgement of receipt of responses will not be made, nor will respondents be notified of NHTSA's evaluation of the information received. As a result of this Notice, the NHTSA may issue a Request for Proposals (RFP). However, should such a requirement fail to materialize, no basis for claims against the NHTSA shall arise as a result of a response to this Notice. The purpose of this contract is to design a light-weighted light-duty pickup truck [1] that can, at minimum, meet the performance functions [2] of the original baseline vehicle while controlling for both direct and indirect cost to maintain affordability. [3] The contractor shall pick a baseline vehicle that best represents the contractor's expectation of the light-duty pickup truck fleet for MY 2021 and perform a teardown study to build the baselines for engineering analysis and cost analysis for the light-weighted design. The contractor shall use advanced design, material and manufacturing processes that will likely be available in the time frame of model years 2020-2030 for high volume production to develop an engineering design with sufficient detail such that computer aided engineering analysis can be performed to demonstrate crashworthiness of the vehicle concept. The contractor shall also calculate and provide a comprehensive incremental cost estimate for the concept vehicle in relative to the baseline vehicle, including both detailed direct (price) and some of the indirect cost estimates, such as tooling and equipment investment. Format of Corporate Capabilities Statement: Any interested organizations should submit the Corporate Capability Statement which demonstrates the firm's ability and interest in no more than 10 pages to perform the key requirements described above. All proprietary information should be marked as such. All respondents are asked to indicate the type and size of their business organization, e.g., Large business, Small Business, Small Disadvantaged Business, Women-Owned-Business, 8(A), Historically Black College or University/Minority Institution (HBCU/MI), educational institution, profit/non-profit organization, in their response. Interested offerors shall respond to this Sources Sought Notice no later than 15 calendar days from date of posting. E-mail is the preferred method when receiving responses to this Notice. [1] Light duty pickup trucks are defined as trucks with gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) ranges from 6,001 to 8,500 pounds. [2] Vehicle performance functions include safety, fuel economy, vehicle utility/performance (e.g. towing, acceleration, etc.), NVH, manufacturability, aesthetics, ergonomics, durability and serviceability. [3] Affordability is defined as maintaining overall vehicle retail price parity with the baseline vehicle with ±10% variation.
- Web Link
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- Record
- SN03012764-W 20130317/130315234159-8f56a5f54e09f77119666901fee92c2d (fbodaily.com)
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