NHTSA is seeking responses from qualified small business concerns—including SB, SDB, 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, and WOSB—capable of providing full-scale vehicle crashworthiness testing and side air bag out-of-position testing for the New Car Assessment Program (NCAP). Interested firms should demonstrate the appropriate NAICS code and past experience through corporate capability statements. This is a sources-sought market research action; NHTSA will not award a contract based on responses, pay for information, acknowledge receipt, or formally evaluate responses, but may later issue an RFP. The work includes inspection, testing, and reporting for NCAP and related crashworthiness, crash avoidance, rollover, air bag out-of-position, tire, FMVSS, future technology, dummy/child restraint, and vehicle safety defect research efforts. The contractor must provide all necessary equipment, personnel, facilities, and workflow management identified in the draft Statement of Work.

NHTSA is seeking capability statements from qualified small business concerns—including SDB, 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, and WOSB firms—that can provide full-scale vehicle crashworthiness testing and side air bag out-of-position testing for the New Car Assessment Program (NCAP). The contractor would supply inspection, testing, reporting, equipment, personnel, facilities, and workflow management to support NCAP and related vehicle safety research, including FMVSS, crash avoidance, automated/electric vehicles, new dummies, child restraints, and defect studies. This is a sources-sought notice only; NHTSA does not intend to award a contract based on responses, will not pay for information submitted, and may later issue an RFP. Interested firms should submit a corporate capability statement of no more than 10 pages covering business size/classification under NAICS 541380, DUNS/CAGE, GSA FSS if applicable, similar past-performance contracts from the past three years, technical capability, staffing, and teaming or joint-venture information.