(1) Vendor needs to provide research institutions, expert consultants, and researchers service to the government authority located in Rhode Island. – Research Program aims to support and encourage innovation throughout the Department by promoting research, encouraging the implementation of new and emerging technologies, and producing findings that significantly enhance the operations of the Department.– Research Program has multiple priorities focused on asset management and preservation, data and systems, environment (including climate change and decarbonization), freight, mobility, safety, and other areas such as resiliency, sustainability, lifecycle planning, and improving overall asset lifecycle costs.– Research program is primarily focus on applied and implementable research, this should not preclude the agency from pursuing more theoretical and policy related research topics
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