Inactive

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has comprehensive programs to evaluate proposed and existing motor vehicle safety regulations to determine their effectiveness, benefits, and... The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has comprehensive programs to evaluate proposed and existing motor vehicle safety regulations to determine their effectiveness, benefits, and costs. These programs include (1) estimation of the incremental weights and initial costs of safety features that have been proposed in Agency initiatives to enhance motor vehicle safety in accordance with the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966 as amended, and lead time and/or effects on manufacturers and suppliers and (2) evaluation of the weight and initial consumer cost of components that have been modified or added to motor vehicles in order to comply with the performance requirements of existing regulations. The purpose of this procurement is to conduct cost studies of motor vehicle equipment and perform detailed engineering “teardown” analyses to provide definitive cost and weight estimates of this equipment. The results will serve as the basis for NHTSA’s evaluation of thecosts, weights, and lead time impacts of proposed initiatives, and compliance with the performance requirements of existing regulations. The Contractor shall be required to identify, isolate, and analyze the systems and subsystems of the motor vehicle equipment under study for cost and weight analysis. The contractor may also be required to analyze lead time and/or effects on manufacturers and supplier for selected equipment that is yet not required in all new vehicles.