Description
The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) / Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) is conducting market research to determine if there are any organizations capable of providing Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Infrastructure Standards Development, Maintenance, and Related Activities. The contractor will be responsible for developing and maintaining ITS standards, providing program management, and interacting with the stakeholder community. The scope of work includes developing new standards, updating existing standards, and testing selected ITS standards. The contractor will also provide industry education and training support, technical and programmatic support, and industry outreach and involvement.
• The contractor must have the ability to facilitate broad representation of suitable stakeholder communities.
• The contractor must have the ability to establish and maintain diverse industry expert working groups.
• The contractor must provide an established, transparent, and equitably accessible process for developing and governing requirements and voluntary technical standards.
• The contractor must have the ability to publish standards as a standards development organization and have the required intellectual property rights to make publicly available existing standards on fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory (FRAND) terms.