Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) Testing for the New Car Assessment Program (NCAP)   2

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BACKGROUND

The New Car Assessment Program (NCAP) is a consumer information program. Its goals are to: (1) provide consumers with safety ratings and information to assist them in their vehicle purchasing decisions and (2) use market forces to motivate automobile manufacturers to design vehicles to a higher level of occupant protection. To accomplish these goals, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) conducts vehicle testing under its NCAP program and releases the test results to the public so that consumers can use this information when selecting a new vehicle to purchase.

The work described herein will allow NCAP to conduct crash avoidance tests on new vehicles to assess the performance of certain advanced technologies and provide consumers with this information. NHTSA plans to issue delivery orders for vehicle testing tests for Lane Departure Warning (LDW), Forward Crash Warning (FCW), Crash Imminent Braking (CIB), and Dynamic Brake Support (DBS) systems. NHTSA may issue delivery orders for additional vehicle testing for Lane Keeping Support (LKS), Blind Spot Detection (BSD), Blind Spot Intervention (BSI), Pedestrian Automatic Emergency Braking (PAEB), Semi-Automatic Headlight Beam-Switching (SAHBS), Lower Beam Headlighting, Adaptive Driving Beams (ADB), Intersection Safety Assist (ISA) systems, and other Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) or automated vehicle technologies that the agency seeks to assess. These tests may require testing conducted with a motorcycle or bicycle as the surrogate vehicle, testing in dark or poorly lit conditions, and/or testing on curved roads.

NHTSA may also issue task orders for testing of Automatic Crash Notification (ACN), Advanced Automatic Crash Notification (AACN), Vehicle-to-Vehicle communication (V2V), or Vehicle-to-Infrastructure (V2I) communication. Furthermore, additional research-type testing may be conducted in conjunction with any the technologies mentioned, to investigate test failures or test anomalies, or to refine or develop test procedures.

GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

The Contractor shall provide all personnel, facilities, services, materials, supplies, and equipment (except government furnished property) necessary to perform the following: inspection, testing, and reporting services for crash avoidance technology testing conducted for the New Car Assessment Program (NCAP); and test instrumentation calibration.

NHTSA will issue delivery orders for vehicle tests that focus on performance assessments for Lane Departure Warning (LDW), Forward Crash Warning (FCW), Crash Imminent Braking (CIB), and Dynamic Brake Support (DBS) systems. Additional delivery orders may be issued for additional ADAS systems or technologies such as : Lane Keeping Support (LKS), Blind Spot Detection (BSD), Blind Spot Intervention (BSI), Pedestrian Automatic Emergency Braking (PAEB), Semi-Automatic Headlight Beam-Switching (SAHBS), Lower Beam Headlighting, Adaptive Driving Beams (ADB), Intersection Safety Assist (ISA) systems, and other Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) or automated vehicle technologies that the agency may seek to assess. These tests may include testing conducted with a motorcycle or bicycle as the surrogate vehicle, testing in dark or poorly lit conditions, and/or testing on curved roads. NHTSA may also issue task orders for testing of Automatic Crash Notification (ACN), Advanced Automatic Crash Notification (AACN), vehicle-to-vehicle communication (V2V), or vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) communication. Furthermore, NHTSA may include in a task order research-type testing of a ADAS technology to investigate test failures or test anomalies, or to refine or develop test procedures.

RFP 693JJ921R000073 and all Section J attachments are attached.