The New York State Department of Transportation hereby issues this "Request for Information" to determine interest with respect to the Department's Commercial Vehicle Infrastructure Integration (CVII) Program. NOTE: This is NOT a Request For Proposals. The Commercial Vehicle Infrastructure Program is a Research & Development project the Department is piloting in concert with the New York State Thruway Authority, the I-95 Corridor Coalition, USDOT, and other partners. This RFI is being conducted by NYSDOT's Office of Contract Management, on behalf of NYSDOT's Office of Safety & Security Services. The Department is seeking Expressions of Interest from Entities interested in the Department's CVII Program. Specifically, we would like to hear from Entities interested with assisting the Department to develop, test and demonstrate the necessary and appropriate commercial vehicle on-board equipment (OBE) and software for integration with the ongoing United States Department of Transportation's (USDOT) Vehicle Infrastructure Integration (VII) Initiative. It is intended that the Department's CVII Program will develop, test and demonstrate commercial vehicle based data communication with the VII roadside equipment (RSE) currently under development by USDOT. The Department and its partners desire to leverage the existing light vehicle based VII technology development to enhance commercial vehicle safety, security and mobility by partnering with one or more Entity to develop, test and demonstrate a prototype system that utilizes the VII architecture and system requirements as well as the SAE J1708 vehicle data bus and the standard message sets SAE J1587, SAE J1939 and SAE 2735.
