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Topic Panel Member Nominations

19 new NCHRP synthesis topics selected for 2019 are posted below. To express you interest in serving as a panel member for a new synthesis study, please submit directly to:  Topic Panel Web Portal. Nominees should be knowledgeable in the topic and willing to serve on a panel that will meet twice in a 10-month period and review materials developed by the consultant. Panels are scheduled to meet in September through October. Travel costs will be paid by NCHRP.  Nominations for panel members are due by Monday, June 10, 2019.

Consultant Expressions of Interest and Qualifications

New topics for 2019 are posted below. Please note the following information for consultants:

1. View a sample of our consultant contract. (There is modified version of this for state entities.)

   Please note that TRB does not negotiate the terms of these fixed-price contracts. 

2. The eleven-month contract period is based on the following milestones: 

    a. TRB Notice to Proceed. 
    b. Detailed Work Plan, Survey Questionnaire, and Report Outline- Due 1 month after Notice to Proceed. 
    c. Report First Draft- Due 7 months after TRB Notice to Proceed.
    d. Report Second Draft- Due 9 months after Notice to Proceed. 
    e. Report Final Draft- Due 11 months after Notice to Proceed.

                       TOTAL CONTRACT PERIOD: 11 Months

3. The consultant will participate in a conference call with panel members at the start of the project and an in-person meeting with the panel to review the first draft report. NCHRP will pay consultant’s travel cost. 

4. Consultants will be paid $45,000 on a fixed-price basis. 

5. To propose, please send a single pdf containing a one-to-two page letter of interest, a resume providing your qualifications, and a statement that you can comply with the terms of our contract. This is the only requirement for expression of consultant interest. The file containing consultant letters of interest, resumes, and statements of compliance should be submitted by COB on Tuesday, August 27, 2019.

Please submit letters of interest through the synthesis portal: Letters of Interest Web Portal.

For further information on the NCHRP synthesis program and processes, see the Overview section of this Web site and the Instructions for Consultants Preparing Syntheses. If you require further information please contact Jo Allen Gause at jagause@nas.edu.

Propose New Topic For FY 2020    

New topics for FY 2020 will be selected in May 2020. The following factors are considered in the selection process for synthesis topics: 

    - The topic should address a problem that is widespread enough to generate broad interest in the synthesis. 
    - The topic should be timely and critical for expediting delivery, improving the quality, or lowering the cost of transportation programs. 
    - The topic is appropriate if current practice is non-uniform or inconsistent from agency to agency, or if the validity of some practices appears to be questionable. 
    - The quality and quantity of useful available information should indicate a need to organize and compress that which has already been learned and written on the topic. 
    - The topic should not be one where ongoing research or other activities in progress might be expected to render the synthesis obsolete shortly after completion.

For further information on the NCHRP synthesis program and processes, please see the Overview  section of this Web site.