The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Railroad Administration awarded a $89,340.69 cost-reimbursement purchase order to Oregon State University (OSU) for a cost, safety, and feasibility review of accessibility recommendations for passenger rail equipment. This contract, which does not have a set-aside designation, was awarded on June 17, 2015 with a completion date of December 17, 2016. As a prominent public land-grant research university, OSU frequently partners with federal...
This is a federal contract award from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) to Oklahoma State University (OSU) for the "Development of Standard Data Format for 2-Dimensional and 3-Dimensional (2D/3D) Pavement Image Data that is Used to Determine Pavement Surface Condition and Profiles." The $449,776.76 fixed-price contract has an ultimate completion date of December 30, 2016 and did not utilize a set-aside designation. OSU, a public land-grant research university, is the prime...
This is a $176,047.46 federal contract awarded by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), a civilian agency, to the University of South Florida (USF) to develop "innovative approaches to imbed sensors and detection and communications technologies within the track structure to allow for a type of self-enunciation when conditions warrant remedial maintenance or pose a threat to safe rail operations." The contract is a definitive contract with a cost-no-fee pricing type and has no...
This federal contract award, valued at $394,310.00, was issued by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), a civilian agency within the U.S. Department of Transportation. The purpose of this time and materials delivery order is to support continued research and development at the Transportation Technology Center (TTC) to advance rail integrity and inspection capabilities. The prime contractor is Ensco Inc., doing business as Enscohi, a technology company that provides engineering, science, and...
This federal contract award was granted by the Federal Railroad Administration, a civilian agency within the U.S. Department of Transportation, to the University of Illinois. The $610,000 firm fixed-price contract was awarded on September 21, 2020 with a completion date of September 20, 2024. The contract's objective is to provide a quantitative assessment of critical variables that influence longitudinal rail stress, guide future practices for adjusting rail stress, and improve the...
This federal contract award is for a definitive contract with the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), a civilian agency within the U.S. Department of Transportation. The contract, valued at $929,690.00, is with Battelle Memorial Institute, a non-profit research and development organization, to conduct research and development to support the "Rail Crossing Violation Warning - Cloud-Based Messaging" project. The contract is a cost-plus-fixed-fee arrangement with a period of...
This federal contract award, valued at $579,994.00, was issued by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) to Ensco Inc., doing business as Enscohi, a leading technology company providing engineering and advanced technology solutions. The primary objective of the contract is to continue the ongoing research effort on rail integrity and achieve higher reliability of non-destructive evaluation (NDE) inspection procedures for complete rail flaw detection and characterization. The contract is a...
This federal contract award, valued at $220,000.00, was issued by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), a civilian agency within the U.S. Department of Transportation, to the University of Illinois to support the development of bender element field sensors for long-term monitoring of ballasted track condition. The contract, which has a completion date of February 13, 2026, is a definitive contract with a firm fixed price pricing type. The award does not utilize any set-aside designations....
This is a firm-fixed-price definitive contract awarded by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), a civilian agency, to Southern Methodist University (SMU) for a research project focused on the rail industry. The $403,579 contract, which has a completion date of May 30, 2025, involves four main tasks: (1) a survey to collect information and identify gaps in general and technical understanding of the rail industry, (2) surveys of students participating in various levels of rail-related...
The U.S. Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) awarded a $299,992.86 cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order to Ensco Inc., doing business as Enscohi, to provide support for the introduction of new track inspection technologies and the advancement of existing technologies. The contract focuses on system integration, data interpretation, and analysis efforts. This award is associated with a larger indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract that Ensco holds with the FRA, valued at $571...