Exploratory Advanced Research (EAR) Program FY 2026 Data Science Solicitation
Federal Highway Administration · 693JJ3 ACQUISITION AND GRANTS MGT
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation 693JJ3-26-BAA-0006 in this department, oldest first.
- Jul 23, 2026 · this noticePre-solicitation
Next steps for this stage
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- Answer the notice: this is when the requirement can still be shaped.
- Contact the contracting officer named on the notice.
- Check who won similar work; they are the likely bidders.
What the notice says
DESCRIPTION OF PROGRAM: The EAR Program addresses the need to conduct research on longer term and higher risk breakthrough topics with the potential for transformational improvements to plan, build, renew, and operate safe, congestion free, and environmentally sound transportation systems. The Program scans broadly for advances in science and engineering to identify research topics where FHWA investment has the potential to make a significant impact. The EAR Program has identified an Agency need for data science for highway transportation research with the following objectives: 1. Engage and e… (show all)
xpand the community of researchers interested in applying emerging and advanced data methods for highway transportation research. 2. Demonstrate potential of emerging and exploratory data analytic techniques for highway transportation.
Who won similar work
3 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same office (693JJ3 ACQUISITION AND GRANTS MGT), same product/service code (PSC) AS12 and NAICS 541715.
Single-winner award sizes (3): middle half $5.7M to $5.7M, median $5.7M; range $5.7M to $5.7M.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN Ann Arbor MI 48109 USA | 1 | $5.7M | Oct 7, 2026 |
| University Of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles CA 90024 USA | 1 | $5.7M | Oct 7, 2026 |
| DERQ USA INC | 1 | $5.7M | Oct 7, 2026 |
Value counts new single-winner awards. "Shared" awards are multiple-award contracts that list every winner with the same total ceiling (same contract, or the same office, day and amount); that ceiling is not one company's win, so it is not added in. Contract modifications are not new awards and are not added in either. Revenue next to a ticker is the company's revenue over the latest 12 months in its SEC filings.
- Oct 7, 2026DERQ USA INC$5.7MIntersection Safety Systems (ISS) PrototypingNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Oct 7, 2026University Of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles CA 90024 USA$5.7MIntersection Safety Systems (ISS) PrototypingNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Oct 7, 2026REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN Ann Arbor MI 48109 USA$5.7MIntersection Safety Systems (ISS) PrototypingNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
Competitive landscape
For the 3 most frequent past winners above. Lobbying is matched by the company's exact name or exact ticker; agencies are as named on the filings.
- 0 of these past winners lobbied Federal Highway Administration (FHA) since 2024 (0 filings)
- 0 of their lobbyists list a past Federal Highway Administration (FHA) job
- No corporate PAC money from them to the overseeing committees since 2024
- 0 foreign-agent (FARA) registrations
Policy around it
Bills the past winners named while lobbying this agency's issues, rules from the department, and executive orders that name the agency, last 12 months.
- 0 bills named on the past winners' lobbying filings
- 10 rules from the department in the last 12 months
- 0 executive orders naming the agency in the last 12 months
Market
For past winners matched exactly to a listed company. Insider trades are open-market buys and sells (Form 4) in the last 90 days, shown as facts; our own study found insiders do not reliably buy ahead of awards. A sale marked 10b5-1 was made under a trading plan set up in advance.
- 0 of the past winners are listed companies
- 0 insider buys and 0 insider sells at them in the last 90 days
Sources: SAM.gov notices and award notices; Senate LDA lobbying filings; FEC filings; FARA; Federal Register; congress.gov; SEC Form 4. Every row above links to its record.
Companies are matched to tickers by exact name, including the subsidiaries a company lists in its SEC filings. A company we could not match shows no market rows; that is a miss, not a finding.