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Cooperative Driving Automation (CDA) Small-Scale Industry Prototype

Agency: TRANSPORTATION, DEPARTMENT OF / FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION
Location: Washington, DC
Amount: Amount not listed
Posted: Jul 16, 2026
Set-aside: No Set aside used
NAICS code: 541715 - Scientific Research and Development Services (general category) look up NAICS codes
PSC code: AS13

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Jul 16, 2026
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Agency: TRANSPORTATION, DEPARTMENT OF / FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION
Location: Washington, DC
Set-aside: No Set aside used
NAICS: 541715 - Scientific Research and Development Services (general category)
Scope: Federal

This is a presolicitation for the Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) that will be issued in late July 2026.

BACKGROUND: The United States Department of Transportation (USDOT) envisions a future transportation ecosystem where Cooperative Driving Automation (CDA) complements both human-driven and automated vehicles to improve roadway safety, mobility, and operational efficiency.

While standalone vehicle automation has advanced, it continues to struggle with complex edge cases such as occlusion, complex merging, or identifying pedestrians hidden behind buildings at corners, and vehicle sensors alone cannot adequately resolve these issues.

Prior USDOT-supported research projects have successfully demonstrated the technical proof-of-concept at technology readiness levels (TRL) of 3-5 for CDA applications in laboratory and closed environments.

However, most new vehicles are not equipped with CDA capabilities and Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) remain reluctant to integrate these technologies into production lines due to a lack of consumer awareness and unclear regulatory, policy, and institutional frameworks.

This acquisition seeks to build on foundational CDA research by bridging the gap between research concepts and commercial viability.

There is a critical need to develop and test pre-production, industry-led prototypes at a TRL of 6-7, to validate that the data shared between vehicles and roadside infrastructure is accurate, secure, and reliable enough to support functional safety.

By demonstrating CDA technologies in operational conditions, researchers will gain a better understanding of cooperative systems and if they are more valuable in terms of improving roadway safety, than standalone automation or vehicle-to-everything (V2X) technologies alone.

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