All correspondence must be made through the Vendor Portal. Specifications include, but are not limited to: The Absorb-M Non-Directive Gating Crash Cushion Systems shall be fully tested to and meet the recommended structural adequacy, occupant risk, and vehicle trajectory criteria set forth in the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO)/Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Manual for Assessing Safety Hardware (MASH), 2016 - Test Level 3 (TL-3) when properly installed according to the manufacturer’s recommendations. The systems shall meet the criteria in the U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, “Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices” Washington, D.C., U.S. Government Printing Office, (2009).