Definitive Contract 693JJ618C000023
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- This federal contract award from the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), a civilian agency, to Systemes Pavemetrics Inc., a foreign-owned for-profit manufacturer, involves the deployment of Pavemetrics' LRAIL 3D laser triangulation technology for automated rail inspection. The $258,486 firm-fixed-price contract will include field data collection, algorithm development and testing, and performance reporting compared to manual ground truth. There is no set-aside designation for this contract,...
- This federal contract was awarded by the Department of Transportation Federal Railroad Administration to Mermec Inc., a foreign-owned, for-profit manufacturer of goods. The contract is for the design, manufacture, and supply of track inspection systems to support the agency's ATIP (Advanced Track Inspection Program). The $1,224,000.00 firm fixed-price delivery order has a completion date of March 31, 2018. The contract does not have a set-aside designation. The work will be performed in Italy.
- This is a federal contract award from the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), a civilian agency, to the University of Illinois. The mission of the project is to evaluate the use of laser triangulation and deep neural networks technology to improve the safety and efficiency of railway operations. The contract has a ceiling value of $299,989.53 and was awarded on April 25, 2019, with an ultimate completion date of October 16, 2024. The University of Illinois has subcontracted part of the work...
- This is a firm fixed-price contract awarded by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), a civilian agency, to the University of Illinois for the second phase of a research project on using laser triangulation and deep neural networks (DNNs) for railway safety inspections. The contract has a ceiling value of $986,941.00 and a completion date of September 30, 2025. The initial research phase developed methods to apply AI to laser-based data to detect track changes impacting safety. This second...
- This is a $195,488.58 definitive contract awarded by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) to Earth Science Systems LLC, a for-profit limited liability company located in Wheat Ridge, Colorado. The contract is for a short-term project to implement design improvements to ground penetrating radar (GPR) technology in order to improve signal fidelity and conduct additional field testing to further refine the neural network capabilities for rail infrastructure inspection. This follows prior...
- The National Research Council of Canada (NRC), a foreign-owned non-profit organization, was awarded a $580,000.00 firm fixed-price contract by the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) to continue research in the areas of vehicle-track interaction, rolling contact fatigue and wear, and rail integrity. This contract supports the FRA's mission to ensure the safety and efficiency of rail transportation in the United States. The contract has an ultimate completion...
- This federal contract award is for research and development of change detection technology suitable for deployment on hy-rail vehicles and autonomous inspection platforms. The $305,688.46 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract was awarded by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), a civilian agency, to Ensco Inc., doing business as Enscohi, which is a leading technology company providing engineering, science, and advanced technology solutions to various industries. The contract is a delivery order...
- This federal contract, awarded by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), a civilian agency, provides funding for research and development of a non-track circuit detection system to assess train presence, speed, and direction in multi-track corridors. The system is intended to communicate with sensors at highway-rail grade crossings and adjacent traffic intersection controllers. The definitive, firm-fixed-price contract has a ceiling value of $169,404.91 and an ultimate completion date of...
- The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), a civilian agency under the U.S. Department of Transportation, awarded a $199,100 firm fixed price definitive contract to Vtech B.V., a for-profit company based in the Netherlands. The contract is for extending contact modeling to address geometric deviations of wheels, such as flats and polygonization, as well as rails, including flattened head, squats, and corrugation. This specialized service supports the agency's safety and infrastructure...
- This federal contract was awarded by the Department of Transportation Federal Railroad Administration to Balfour Beatty Infrastructure, Inc. (DBA Fru-Con Construction), a foreign-owned, for-profit organization. The scope of the contract includes purchasing a data processing license, maintaining the license, implementing means and logic to identify locations for near real-time processing during inspections, upgrading systems to accommodate near real-time processing, providing operator training,...
The Department of Transportation Federal Railroad Administration awarded a $249,642 firm fixed price contract to Systemes Pavemetrics Inc., a foreign-owned for-profit manufacturer of transportation infrastructure inspection systems, for "Extended Field Trialing of LRAIL for Automated Track Change Detection." This contract is a continuation of previous R&D work and aims to further develop and test automated change detection technology to support the FRA's mission of ensuring safe and efficient railroad operations. The contract has no set-aside designation and the work will be performed in Ottawa, Canada. Systemes Pavemetrics Inc. has prior experience as both a prime contractor and subcontractor on projects related to railway safety inspections utilizing laser triangulation and deep neural networks.
Name | Description | Solicitation Number | FederalAgency | Type | PostedDate |
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Extended Field Trialing of LRAIL for Automated Track Change Detection | 693JJ618R000009 | Department of Transportation Federal Railroad Administration | Award Notice 2/2 | 10/19/18, 4:13 PM | |
Extended Field Trialing of LRAIL for Automated Track Change Detection | 693JJ618R000009 | Department of Transportation Federal Railroad Administration | Special Notice 1/2 | 7/5/18, 5:28 PM |
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| P00002 | Close Out | $0 | 2/18/21 | |
| P00001 | Other Administrative Action | $0 | 9/9/19 | |
| Not listed | Not listed | $249.6k | 9/13/18 |