# Cooperative Driving Automation (CDA) Small-Scale Industry Prototype

Canonical: https://abierto.us/opportunities/693jj326baa0005

- Solicitation number: 693JJ3-26-BAA-0005
- Notice type: Solicitation (first published as presolicitation)
- Status: Open. Offers due September 28, 2026 at 3:00 PM EDT
- Department: Department of Transportation
- Agency: Federal Highway Administration
- Contracting office: 693JJ3 Acquisition and Grants MGT (693JJ3)
- NAICS: 541715 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)
- Product or service code: AS13 Transportation R&D Svcs; Surface Transportation, Public Transit, & Rail; Experimental Development
- Place of performance: Washington, District of Columbia
- First posted: July 16, 2026
- Last posted: August 24, 2026
- SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/1fc88d61a4174205b8ca064a63fea79e/view

## Description

**UPDATE:** On August 24, 2026 a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) amendment was issued, see amended BAA in the attachments section titled "693JJ3-26-BAA-0005_A00001_CDA Prototype". Additionally, the complete Q&A was posted as a PDF titled "Q A - Complete". Note that the due date for proposals was extended.

**BACKGROUND:** USDOT envisions a future transportation ecosystem where 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.

**PURPOSE:** The purpose of this requirement is to demonstrate industry-led CDA prototypes in controlled and real-world conditions in order to generate data-driven insights that will support the development of a national strategy to deploy CDA across rural, suburban, and urban roadway systems.

This effort prioritizes industry-ready CDA technology for use cases with clear safety and/or mobility benefit potential, specifically focusing on: (1) Work Zone Management, (2) Traffic Incident Management, (3) Cooperative Perception, and/or (4) Emergency/Transit Vehicle Awareness. Contractors will first validate the prototype's interoperability, functional safety, and cybersecurity in a relevant, controlled testbed environment.

Following successful controlled testing, the effort will progress into a small scale real-world demonstration on public roads with mixed traffic to validate operational readiness and generate data-driven insights.

## Publications

- July 16, 2026: Presolicitation. Notice 2b68b41854174f4582e51c85c61e5fcb. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/2b68b41854174f4582e51c85c61e5fcb/view
- July 16, 2026: Presolicitation. Notice 3b19f03a99b24ba8bae33d0d2287c6c5. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/3b19f03a99b24ba8bae33d0d2287c6c5/view
- July 30, 2026: Solicitation, due September 13, 2026 at 3:00 PM EDT. Notice fa7c3868d1de4478942fab3856ce243e. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/fa7c3868d1de4478942fab3856ce243e/view
- August 24, 2026: Solicitation, due September 28, 2026 at 3:00 PM EDT. Notice 1fc88d61a4174205b8ca064a63fea79e. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/1fc88d61a4174205b8ca064a63fea79e/view

## Points of contact

- Jessica Prutz, jessica.prutz@dot.gov
- James Mikell, james.mikell@dot.gov

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