Is there the opportunity to contact the technical sponsor of a topic directly to understand more about an individual topic’s requirements?

During a pre-solicitation period, you may submit technical questions to the U.S. DOT topic authors concerning the proposed research topics via the online forum listed in the pre-solicitation notice. This forum provides small businesses an opportunity to submit clarifying questions on the topics published in the pre-solicitation. All questions and answers are posted publicly.

During an open solicitation, direct contact with topic authors is not permitted.