# SAM #693JJ927R000001

NHTSA biomechanics injury research and vehicle safety services

**Buyer:** NHTSA Office of Acquisition
**Posted:** October 15, 2026
**Respond By:** November 30, 2026
**Identifier:** 693JJ927R000001
**NAICS:** 541715, 541380

NHTSA is seeking research services to improve understanding of crash-related injuries and support vehicle safety.
- **Government buyer:** U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT), National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Office of Vehicle Safety Research (NSR-200).
- **Scope of work:** Experimental and Mathematical Biomechanics Injury Research, including physical testing of injury tolerance, injury mechanisms, and thresholds.
- **Anthropomorphic test devices (ATDs):** Design, development, and evaluation focused on biofidelity, durability, and measurement accuracy.
- **Modeling and analysis:** Human-body and ATD computational models, including finite element models for crash simulations and virtual testing; analysis of field, crash, and experimental data.
- **Research outcomes:** Support injury criteria, risk functions, causation analysis, crash trend identification, and vehicle safety performance metrics. AI and machine learning may be used to analyze large datasets.
- **OEMs, vendors, products, and quantities:** No OEMs or commercial vendors are named, and no product purchases, part numbers, or quantities are specified.

### Description

<p>The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is committed to saving lives, preventing injuries, and<br />
reducing traffic-related health care and economic costs. As part of that mission, the Office of Vehicle Safety<br />
Research (OVSR) supports a robust scientific research program to provide the technical foundation for NHTSA&rsquo;s<br />
vehicle and traffic safety initiatives.</p>

<p><br />
This procurement seeks to establish an Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract to support NHTSA&rsquo;s<br />
Experimental and Mathematical Biomechanics Injury Research (EMBIR) program. The IDIQ will enable the issuance<br />
of Task Orders (TOs) that require a broad range of specialized research, analysis, and technical support services<br />
related to human injury mechanisms and prevention in motor vehicle crashes.</p>

<p><br />
The contractor shall provide services across the following four research domains:<br />
Experimental Biomechanics: Conduct physical testing to evaluate human injury tolerance under crashrelevant<br />
loading conditions and identify the mechanisms and thresholds for injury.<br />
1.Anthropomorphic Test Device (ATD) Support: Provide technical expertise to develop and assess ATDs,<br />
ensuring biofidelity, durability, and measurement accuracy.<br />
2.Computational Modeling: Develop and utilize advanced computational models (e.g., finite element models of<br />
the human body and ATDs) to simulate crash scenarios, validate injury mechanisms, and support virtual<br />
testing environments.<br />
3.Crash and Injury Data Analysis: Analyze real-world crash data, ATD testing, and experimental research to<br />
support injury criteria development, identify emerging crash trends, and enhance vehicle safety metrics.<br />
Data science tools such as AI/machine learning may be applied to enhance insights from large-scale datasets.</p>

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