Definitive Contract 693JJ626C000005

This is a $449,953 definitive, firm-fixed-price contract awarded by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), a civilian agency, to Thornton Tomasetti, Inc. for "Using Real World Data to Automate Detection of Internal Rail Flaws". The contract, which has no set-aside designation, was awarded on September 25, 2019 and is scheduled for completion by July 31, 2022. Thornton Tomasetti, a global engineering design and analysis firm, has previously secured numerous federal contracts with...

This federal contract award to Thornton Tomasetti, Inc., a global engineering firm, is for the development of AI-based technology to enable real-time characterization of defects integrated with physics-based remaining life prediction methodology. The $475,003.00 firm-fixed-price contract was awarded by the Federal Railroad Administration, a civilian agency, on September 27, 2022, with a completion date of September 26, 2024. The contract does not have a set-aside designation. Through this award,...

This is a $445,550.00 Firm Fixed Price definitive contract awarded by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), a civilian agency within the U.S. Department of Transportation, to Thornton Tomasetti, Inc. The objective of this contract is to develop a method for increasing the reliability of ultrasonic inspections of rail heads through the use of Phased Array (PA) ultrasonic systems and novel flaw characterization algorithms. To achieve this, the contractor will formulate virtual inspections...

This is a $697,016 firm-fixed-price contract awarded by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), a civilian agency, to Weidlinger Associates, Inc., a subsidiary of Thornton Tomasetti, Inc. The contract is for fundamental research to quantify the growth rate of defects in new high-performance rail types under the Major Program Code "DEFECT GROWTH CHARACTERIZATION IN MODERN RAIL STEEL." The contract has an ultimate completion date of September 15, 2019 and was awarded on December 31,...

This is a $450,000.00 definitive contract awarded by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), a civilian agency within the U.S. Department of Transportation, to Thornton Tomasetti, Inc., a global engineering design and analysis firm. The contract is for risk analysis and mitigation research related to hazardous material unit trains, and was completed in May 2022. The contract was not set aside. Thornton Tomasetti has received several other federal contracts from the Department of...

The Federal Railroad Administration awarded a definitive contract to Redstone Technologies LLC for $399,870.19 on June 15, 2026, for development of an algorithm to synchronize, align, and integrate diverse track health data to support derailment risk analysis and prioritize maintenance and safety improvements. The contract is priced on a firm fixed-price basis with performance through June 14, 2028. Place of performance is North Brunswick Township, NJ. Redstone Technologies LLC is a small...

<p>The Department of Transportation Federal Railroad Administration (DOT FRA) awarded a $498,476 firm fixed price definitive contract to Carnegie Mellon University Office Of Sponsored Programs Division to develop an onboard monitoring and computational embedded technology that automatically detects broken rails as they occur. The work will be performed in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania over a two-year period beginning in September 2023.</p>

<p>The Department of Transportation Federal Railroad Administration awarded a $354,531.92 definitive cost plus fixed fee contract to Ensco Inc. to develop an artificial intelligence-based predictive model of rail failures due to internal defect growth to enhance proactive maintenance strategies. The contract will run from September 1, 2022 through March 5, 2024 and will be performed in North Springfield, Virginia.</p>

The Federal Railroad Administration awarded a $306,200 firm fixed-price definitive contract to Southern Methodist University for fusion of track measurement data into synchronized streams to enable unified spatial and temporal monitoring and targeted anomaly detection to improve track monitoring and maintenance, with award on June 15, 2026. Place of performance is Dallas, TX. The ultimate completion date is June 14, 2028. The contract integrates multiple track measurement modalities and...

<p>The Department of Transportation Federal Railroad Administration awarded a $562,990 definitive cost plus fixed fee contract to Monterey Technologies Inc. to apply user interface and user experience technical solutions demonstrated in defense related domains to user centered design for railroad automation. The contract will run from July 28, 2022 through January 31, 2024 and will be performed in Park City, Utah.</p>