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U.S. DOT FY 2024.2 Phase I Pre-Solicitation Q&A



3/1/24  Update: The Pre-solicitation is now closed. Topic questions are no longer being accepted. * * *

This U.S. DOT Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Pre-solicitation Q&A Forum provides small businesses an opportunity to submit clarifying questions on the topic published in the U.S. DOT Fiscal Year (FY) 2024.2 Phase I Pre-Solicitation. Questions will be answered by the Technical Experts/Topic Authors during this period. Questions shall be limited to improving the understanding of a particular topic's requirements and should not share proposal ideas nor proprietary information.

The U.S. DOT’s FY 2024.2 Pre-Solicitation period is February 1, 2024, through March 1, 2024, at 5:00 pm Eastern Time (ET). Only questions posted within this period will be responded to.

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  1. Making Sure Our Tools Work Well: Which performance benchmarks do our tools need to meet for effectiveness?

    Example: Your tools should process requests within 2 seconds and maintain a system uptime of 99.9%.

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  2. Handling More Data as We Grow: What scalability considerations are needed for our tools as data volume increases?

    Example: Design your tools for scalability using cloud services to manage increased data loads.

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  3. Protecting Our Systems: What security measures are required to safeguard the traffic data and tools?

    Example: Implement SSL encryption for data transmission and robust user authentication mechanisms.

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  4. Working with Existing DOT Tools: How can our developed tools integrate with the DOT’s existing systems?

    Example: Ensure your tools can export data compatible with our GIS mapping software.

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  5. Standard Data Formats: In what format should we submit our traffic data analysis to ensure compatibility with DOT systems?

    Example: Submit data in JSON or XML formats for seamless integration with our analysis tools.

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  6. What guidelines should we follow to ensure traffic data privacy and security?

    Keeping Data Safe and Private: In What format should we submit our traffic data

    Example: Adhere to federal privacy laws, using encryption and anonymization for personal information.

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  7. Does DOT use cloud technology for storing data? If yes, what cloud services are used? Is DOT open to using AI tools from cloud services for

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  8. How does the infrastructure currently support or hinder Complete Streets treatments, and what are the biggest challenges to implementation?

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  9. Are there interoperability requirements or standards that the tools must adhere to?

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  10. Are there preferred technologies or methodologies in place for data collection, fusion, and analysis?

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  11. Whether Government provide an access to camera's installed in the public transports to analyze the driver's behavior, Eyeball movements, fac

    To analyze the driver behavior data, create a pattern (through correlation with AI algorithm and human behavior analytics) and generate an alert to relevant department/Authority to take action to reduce the accidents

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  12. Whether Government allows the vendors to execute the POC hosted in public cloud (like AWS, Azure, and GCP etc.)

    2 votes

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  13. Whether vendors need to adhere to any specific regulatory compliance SOC, ISO etc?

    1 vote

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  14. Whether any need to create a virtual content for creation of virtual reality scenarios for training drivers, passengers(public/Private), oth

    1 vote

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  15. Whether Government provide any access(along with API integration to relevant Government department systems) to vendors for sending a relativ

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  16. Project Team Composiiton

    Is it appropriate for the composition of project teams to change from Phase 1 to Phase 2?

    2 votes

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  17. Question 3: Whether Government will provide an access and integrate with relevant department's systems/applications for fetching relevant ve

    For detailed analysis to find the vehicle health condition based on above mentioned data and predict the possible breakdown of equipment's, Equipment malfunctions etc. to proactively avoid the accidents

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  18. Will the Government give an access to inventory of all reports (created during implementation stage including design standards, quality asse

    With using AI tech, we will be able to generate a data patterns(across all assets over a period) for analyzing the assets deterioration and predicting the possible accident/incidents and avoid them by addressing those proactively

    1 vote

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  19. Will the Government provide access to data (in real time) from the Camera/Sensors installed in the public area like Traffic signals, Highway

    For analyzing the above-mentioned data using AI algorithms/Generative AI to create a data patterns, creating insights and providing all possible solutions/Remedies (few scenario mentioned below) to reduce all type of incidents/accidents/Injuries

    1 vote

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  20. Can you describe the traffic data to be provided?

    Access to Traffic Data: How can we access the necessary traffic data? Is there a specific database or website?
    Example: Access is provided via an online portal with APIs for real-time and historical traffic data.

    2 votes

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