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D -- DEMONSTRATION OF ENHANCED ACCIDENT DATA COLLECTION SOFTWARE DUE 011596 POC Jodi Condes, Contract Specialist, (202) 366-6991. The FHWA Office of Safety and Traffic Operations R&D is seeking expressions of interest by potential sources in a proposed activity of mutual benefit to FHWA and the vendor. This is NOT a solicitation or notice of availability of a solicitation. The FHWA is conducting research on the ''Development of an Expert System for Crash Data Collection (DTFH61-95-C-00007)'' under contract with the Calspan Corporation. As part of this effort the FHWA and Calspan will be developing enhanced accident data collection techniques that employ an expert systems approach. The purpose of this effort is to demonstrate how the quality and utility of police reported accident data can be improved by using the knowledge of experts (accident reconstructionist, safety analysts, etc.) to guide the user through selected parts of the on-scene data collection process. For the purposes of demonstrating the advantages of the expert systems approach the FHWA would like to determine whether there is interest by any source with existing commercially-available software, in participating in this demonstration. It is envisioned that the expert system modules would be developed by the FHWA and Calspan in a manner which would facilitate their incorporation into existing accident data collection software packages. The vendor(s) would work with the FHWA and Calspan to create this linkage. The vendor(s) will retain all rights to their software. An evaluation of the enhanced accident data collection software will be conducted in cooperation with State and/or local agencies who are either using or considering the use of computer-based software for accident data collection. The results of this evaluation will be documented by Calspan and will be discussed and showcased at regional and national meetings. The vendor(s) software will be demonstrated to a broad audience of potential customers and they will also benefit by association of their product with the FHWA. Because of the envisioned benefits that are expected to accrue to the successful vendor(s), FHWA would expect offerors to share all or part of the cost of linking the expert system modules with their software. Expressions of iterest in such a program, including background information on the vendor's software, should be FAXED or mailed to Ms. Condes at the above address within 30 business days after publication of this notice. This is not a request for proposals, and the requested expressions of interest do not constitute offers or a commitment of any kind by either the FHWA or the responding party. This request for expressions of interest does not commit the Government to a subsequent solicitation and award. (0345)

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