New Car Assessment Program (NCAP) Pedestrian Impact Testing

TRANSPORTATION, DEPARTMENT OF · NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION · 693JJ9 NHTSA OFFICE OF ACQUISTION is soliciting New Car Assessment Program (NCAP) Pedestrian Impact Testing. Solicitation number 693JJ926R000073. Classified under NAICS 541380 — Testing Laboratories. Product/service code H223 — EQ TEST SVCS/VEHICLES-TRAILERS-CYC. Place of performance: DC, USA. Responses are due by 15 September 2026 19:00 UTC. Posted on SAM.gov, the US federal contract opportunities system; registration is required to bid.

NHTSA's New Car Assessment Program (NCAP) requires pedestrian protection impact testing on production motor vehicles. The Contractor(s) shall perform test-procedure evaluation; impactor qualification (headform, Flexible Pedestrian Legform Impactor (Flex-PLI), and upper legform); and pedestrian headform, Flex-PLI, and upper-legform tests on assigned vehicle models, in accordance with the NCAP Crashworthiness Pedestrian Protection Test Procedure, together with related qualification, reporting, and optional cyclist/aPLI testing. The Government intends to make multiple awards and to issue firm-fixed-price task/delivery orders for testing as vehicle models are assigned.

valuation:

Award will be made on a best-value tradeoff basis considering the following technical factors — (1) Technical Plan, Quality Assurance Management Plan, and Test Procedures; (2) Facilities and Equipment; (3) Organization and Personnel Qualifications; and (4) Past Performance and Prior Experience - and price. The technical factors, combined, are more important than price. Please see the attached for the full solitcitation and all support documents.