Technical Support Services for Vehicle Crash Test

The Research and Special Programs Administration (RSPA) under the U.S.Department of Transportation is being replaced by the Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA) and the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), which were authorized on Nov. 30, 2004 when President Bush signed the Norman Y. Mineta Research and Special Programs Improvement Act. RSPA had two contracting offices, one at RSPAs Washington Headquarters and one at Volpe National Transportation Systems Center in Cambridge, MA. For the most part, the Volpe contracting office will be the new contracting office for RITA, and the former RSPA Headquarters contracting office will be the new contracting office for PHMSA. Though the Bureau of Transportation Statistics has been reorganized under RITA, its procurement activities will continue to be serviced by the contracting office in the Office of the Secretary of Transportation. More reorganization details are available at http://www.dot.gov/affairs/DOT2805.htm.