# PHMSA's Risk Assessment for HAZMAT Packages in an Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Environment

Canonical: https://abierto.us/opportunities/693jk325r0002

- Solicitation number: 693JK325R0002
- Notice type: Combined synopsis and solicitation
- Status: Awarded to Mississippi State University
- Department: Department of Transportation
- Agency: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
- Contracting office: 693JK3 Acquisition Services Div. (693JK3)
- NAICS: 336413 Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing
- Product or service code: R425 Engineering and Technical Services
- Place of performance: Washington, District of Columbia
- County: District of Columbia (FIPS 11001). https://abierto.us/counties/district-of-columbia-dc-11001
- City: Washington. https://abierto.us/cities/washington-dc-1150000
- First posted: April 3, 2025
- Last posted: May 20, 2025
- SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/d6590c77ae3846b4b4a49acdd2e04a2c/view

## Description

The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), Office of Hazardous Materials Safety (OHMS), seeks a contractor with the expertise, capabilities, and experience to evaluate the safety performance of existing dangerous goods packaging requirements in an unmanned aerial systems (UAS) environment.

The work will account for operational conditions specific to the carriage of dangerous goods via UAS and the corresponding hazards, the safety performance of existing packaging standards, and identify appropriate risk mitigations. It will also identify potential hazards associated with malfunctions of UAS package containment systems at various cruise altitudes, up to 400’ above ground level (AGL), which could inadvertently drop items during transit.

While UAS operations may differ from manned operations in the design and implementation of the safety standards for transporting packages, the intention of adequate safety controls being applied to mitigate risk remains.

## Award on USAspending

- Recipient: Mississippi State University (UEI NTXJM52SHKS7)
- Contract: 693JK325C000003, definitive contract
- Obligated: $1,174,513.00
- Competition: Full and Open Competition, 5 offers received
- Link: solicitation number 693JK325R0002 equals the FPDS solicitation identifier; same awarding office 693JK3 (high confidence)
- Record: https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_693JK325C000003_6957_-NONE-_-NONE-/


## Publications

- April 3, 2025: Combined synopsis and solicitation, due July 2, 2025 at 5:00 PM EDT. Notice 4461103b19b04e8db1a0422f7e3da8ed. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/4461103b19b04e8db1a0422f7e3da8ed/view
- May 20, 2025: Combined synopsis and solicitation, due July 2, 2025 at 5:00 PM EDT. Notice d6590c77ae3846b4b4a49acdd2e04a2c. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/d6590c77ae3846b4b4a49acdd2e04a2c/view

## Points of contact

- Stephen Jones, stephen.jones@dot.gov, 2023664059
- Tremayne Terry, tremayne.terry@dot.gov, 2023666942

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