Draft Statement of Work

PR: 693JJ927RQ000049

Title: Vehicle Testing for NCAP

SECTION C – DESCRIPTION, SPECIFICATIONS, WORK STATEMENT

(DRAFT)

C.1

BACKGROUND

The New Car Assessment Program (NCAP) is a consumer information program. Its major goals are to: (1) provide consumers with relative safety ratings 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) releases NCAP test results to the public as quickly as possible after vehicles are tested so that consumers can use this information when selecting a new vehicle to purchase. Federal law requires new passenger vehicles to be labeled with safety ratings information published by NHTSA. The work described herein will allow NCAP to meet the Federal requirements by generating the test data that will be used to assign crashworthiness ratings to new vehicles.
C.2

ACRONYMS AND DEFINITIONS

C.2.1 Acronyms

ACOR

CAP
CFE
COR
DAS
DO
DOT

FMVSS

FTP
GFE
GFP
MDB

NCAP

NHTSA

NIST

OMDB

QA

SAB-OOP

Alternate Contracting Officer’s Representative
Contractor Acquired Property
Contractor Furnished Equipment
Contracting Officer’s Representative
Data Acquisition System
Delivery Order
Department of Transportation
Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards
File Transfer Protocol
Government Furnished Equipment
Government Furnished Property
Moving Deformable Barrier
New Car Assessment Program
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Offset Moving Deformable Barrier
Quality Assurance
Side Air Bag Out-of-Position (SAB-OOP)

C.2.2 Definitions
“Day”: As used in this contract, unless otherwise noted, the term refers to a calendar day. “Week”: As used in this contract the term refers to seven consecutive calendar days.

PR: 693JJ927RQ000049

Title: Vehicle Testing for NCAP

“Standard” or “Safety Standard”: As used in this contract, the term means a Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard or FMVSS.
“Test Failure”: As used in this contract, and unless otherwise stated, the term means a test which fails to meet an NCAP, FMVSS, or SAB-OOP requirement. “Invalid Test”: As used in this contract, an “invalid test” is one that does not conform to all requirements/specifications of the NCAP test procedures. C.3

GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

The Contractor shall provide all facilities, services, materials, supplies, and equipment