Develop technology that will reduce human intervention and automate identification and characterization of defects at track speed, to permit use on revenue service equipment.
Active Definitive Contract Awarded Last action
- Contract number
- 693JJ626C000005
- Awardee
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Thornton Tomasetti, Inc. UEI LGWMGNMDN987
- Awarding agency
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Federal Railroad Administration
Department of Transportation
- Obligated
- $212,710
Award facts
- Contract value 45% obligated
- $474,969.06 Current and potential, with all options
- Completion date 18% complete
- Current and potential, with all options
- Contracting staff
- NAICS code
- 541715 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)
- PSC
- AS12 Transportation R&D Services; Surface Transportation, Public Transit, And Rail; Applied Research
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
- Competition
- Full and Open Competition · 1 offer Basic Research
- Pricing
- Firm Fixed Price
- Place of performance
- New York, NY 10271, USA
- Legislative mandates
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- Employment Eligibility Verification (E-Verify) FAR subpart 22.18
Award details come from SAM.gov/FPDS.
About this award
The Federal Railroad Administration awarded a definitive contract to Thornton Tomasetti, Inc. for $474,969.06 on June 15, 2026, to develop technology that reduces human intervention and automates identification and characterization of defects at track speed for use on revenue service equipment.
Place of performance is New York, NY. The contract runs on a firm fixed-price basis through June 15, 2028. This award follows Thornton Tomasetti's prior rail integrity research work for FRA, including a completed $475,003 contract for AI-based real-time defect characterization with physics-based remaining-life prediction and an ongoing $450,002 contract for upgraded detail fracture modeling.
Quick answers
Who was awarded contract 693JJ626C000005?
693JJ626C000005 was awarded to Thornton Tomasetti, Inc. by Federal Railroad Administration (Department of Transportation) on June 15, 2026.
How much is contract 693JJ626C000005 worth?
The government has obligated $212,710 on 693JJ626C000005. Its current value, with exercised options, is $474,969.
Was contract 693JJ626C000005 competed?
The extent of competition for 693JJ626C000005 was full and open competition. The government received 1 offer.
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