Agency TRANSPORTATION DEPT

Contractor University of Minnesota

SWIFT Contract Number 65100

Project Name Development of a digital highway framework to faci

Project Number (if applicable) 99008w115

Summarize purpose of the contract, including why it was necessary: Roadway departure crashes represent a major road safety issue on both the national and state level. Infrastructure-based countermeasures including pavement treatments (e.g., rumble strips) have had success, but not enough to significantly reduce Run-Off-Road (ROR) fatalities.

Newer, higher accuracy GPS technologies open up many possibilities, in particular the potential of inexpensive in-vehicle GPS-based lane departure warning systems. However, vehicle manufacturers are not likely to deploy these because they require a nation-wide high accuracy lane boundary map. The benefit to state or county DOTs using these software-based lane boundaries, rather than actual lane markings for lane departure warning, is that the former does not require expensive upkeep.

Given the availability of pavement monitoring vans within MnDOT (and other state DOTs), which already log all the roads in the state on a multi-year cycle, it would make sense to examine how such vans can be exploited to also collect the lane boundary map data. The incremental cost may be insignificant.

Project Duration

Start Date Mon, 07/08/2013 - 00:00

Original end date Sun, 05/31/2015 - 00:00

Actual end date Sun, 05/31/2015 - 00:00

Did project finish on time? Yes

Total billable hours utilized (if applicable) {Empty}

Contract Amounts

Original contract: $86489.00

Amendments $0.0

Contract total $86489.00

Did project finish within budget? Yes

What was the funding source? LRRB

Is this a sole source contract? No

If this was a single source contract, explain why the agency determined there was only a single source for the services (if applicable) {Empty}

Evaluator Name West, Richard

Evaluator Email Address rwest@co.ottertail.mn.us

Evaluate the contractor's timeliness Worked within timelines

Evaluate the contractor's quality High Quality

Evaluate the contractor's cost On Budget

Evaluate the contractor's overall performance Contractor provided a high quality end project.

Would you engage the contractor's services again? Yes

Describe any negative action taken during the duration of this contract (i.e., termination, pursuit of suspension, etc.): None taken

Please rate the overall experience with the contractor 5 - very satisfied