The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) awarded a $1.915 million firm fixed price definitive contract to the West Virginia University Research Corporation to conduct research titled "THERMO-MECHANICAL RESPONSES OF FRP COMPOSITE JACKETING FOR TANK CARS UNDER IMPACT AND FIRE." The contract was awarded under PHMSA's Broad Agency Announcement seeking innovative concepts and proposals to advance hazardous materials transportation safety through March 2020. There is no set-aside. The research is intended to fall under NAICS code 541715 for research and development in the physical, engineering, and life sciences with work being conducted at the prime contractor's location in Morgantown, West Virginia through March 2024.
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