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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Cameron Farr <cmf0046@auburn.edu>
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<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, January 16, 2025 11:30 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> David Bevly <dmbevly@eng.auburn.edu>; Mark Hoffman <mah0142@auburn.edu>; N Narayanan <naraynh@auburn.edu>; Jeff Suhling <jsuhling@auburn.edu>; Robert Nelms <nelmsrm@auburn.edu>; Gregory Harris <gah0015@auburn.edu>; Mark Schall <mcs0084@auburn.edu>;
Allan David <aed0022@auburn.edu><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Ernest Tufuor <ernest.tufuor@auburn.edu>; Laurence Rilett <lrr0023@auburn.edu>; Scott Tison <sit0006@auburn.edu>; Tyler Mitchell <mitchty@auburn.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> VESS IDIQ Opportunity: Develop Methods to Analyze Trip Recorder Data to Access Safety Performance
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:Aptos;color:black">We received a new VTTI VESS IDIQ request. This one is entitled: <b>“Develop Methods to Analyze Trip Recorder Data to Access Safety Performance"</b> – please see attached
for a detailed description.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:Aptos;color:black">VTTI would like to know whether we are interested in participating in a proposal in response to this RFP – we need to reply by 11 am (central time) on 01/21/2025.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:Aptos;color:black">If you are interested in participating, please let Ernest (<a href="mailto:ernest.tufuor@auburn.edu">ernest.tufuor@auburn.edu</a>) know your “level of interest and any
questions you may have for VTTI” by <b>01/21/2025 at 10 am (central time)</b>. Please cc Dr. Rilett (<a href="mailto:rilett@auburn.edu" title="mailto:rilett@auburn.edu" id="OWA7b1ab835-85f8-4fda-ad3b-8865a1128de0">rilett@auburn.edu</a>) on your response.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:Aptos;color:black">Note that it is usually best to indicate which tasks listed in the RFP that you would like to be involved in and your desired role (PI, co-PI, researcher,...). Providing
a short CV/bio illustrating your background in the area is also helpful. Ernest will collate the AU response and pass it on to VTTI who is putting together the proposal team.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:Aptos;color:black">Please don't hesitate to pass on this opportunity to others at AU who you might think would be interested. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:Aptos;color:black">p.s. For those unfamiliar with the VTTI VESS IDIQ, it might help to provide some background. VTTI put the team together that won the Vehicle Electronic Systems Safety
IDIQ competition. We are a partner in their IDIQ. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:Aptos;color:black">Each team (e.g., VTTI and its competitors) can submit a proposal when an NHTSA RFP comes out. VTTI asks their partners, of which AU is one, to indicate interest in participating
in the proposal. This is the reason this email was sent out.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:Aptos;color:black">The College has asked AUTRI to coordinate our response to these requests – basically, we find out who is interested in the proposal and then collate our response to VTTI.
We do not make any decisions about teams or what information gets forwarded to VTTI.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:Aptos;color:black">For a given VESS IDIQ request VTTI could choose to let us lead the proposal (which never has happened since we’ve been doing this), choose us as a partner (which happens
occasionally), or simply say thanks but no thanks (more typical).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:Aptos;color:black">The first step is identifying who is interested in participating in the proposal. Once they get the responses from all their IDIQ partners (including private firms)
VTTI decides on the proposal team without any input from us. They then reach out to the individuals to get feedback on the approach, identify workload, begin writing the proposal, etc. Once the proposal process moves forward members can be added or subtracted,
as appropriate – very similar to any proposal writing process. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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