Procurement Summary
Country: USA
Summary: Update and Enhance Jobmod 40 Tool, Federal Highway Administration Fhwa
Deadline: 07 Jul 2026
Posting Date: 16 Jun 2026
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Notice Type: Tender
TOT Ref.No.: 143372467
Document Ref. No.: 693JJ326JOBMOD4
Competition: ICB
Financier: Self Financed
Purchaser Ownership: Public
Tender Value: Refer Document
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This is a request for information for a Federal Highway Adminstration (FHWA) requirement to "Update and Enhance JOBMOD 4.0 Tool" from Microsoft Excel to a Python-based platform.
SUBMITTAL INFORMATION
ISSUE DATE: June 15, 2026
DUE DATE FOR RESPONSES: July 7th, 2026
SUBMIT RESPONSES TO: [email protected] and [email protected]
SUBMIT QUESTIONS TO: [email protected] and [email protected]
1. INTRODUCTION
Request for Information. This is NOT a solicitation for proposals, proposal abstracts, or quotations. The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), Office of Transportation Policy Studies (HPL), is conducting a market survey to identify potential sources for an anticipated contract to update and modernize the JOBMOD tool.
2. BACKGROUND
FHWA has a long history of developing methodologies, such as the JOBMOD input-output economic model, to assess the employment impacts of highway construction spending.
Model Foundation: JOBMOD estimates employment vacancies supported by federal-aid highway construction based on the U.S. Commerce Department-s Benchmark Input-Output Accounts, modified for highway-specific labor and material usage.
Evolution of JOBMOD:
JOBMOD 1 (2003): Introduced three employment components: Direct (on-site construction and materials), Indirect (supplier industries like steel and finance), and Induced (consumer spending by employees).
JOBMOD 2 (2005/2007): Refined the methodology using BLS employment cost indices to account for wage inflation and defined a "job" as a Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) of 40 hours per week.
JOBMOD (ARRA) (2009): Developed to assess projects under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act; it remains the most rigorously evaluated model in the series.
JOBMOD 3.1 (Current): Integrated "Buy American" import penetration analysis and first-year employment realization estimates.
Policy Applications: The model is used to estimate highway expenditures as econo...
Notice ID: 693jj326jobmod4
Department/Ind. Agency: transportation, department of
Sub-tier: federal highway administration
Office: 693jj3 acquisition and grants mgt
NAICS Code: 541720 - Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities
Inactive Dates: jul 22, 2026
Inactive Policy: 15 days after response date
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