Definitive Contract DTFR5312C00022

This is a definitive contract awarded by the Federal Railroad Administration, a civilian agency, to the University of Illinois for the development of performance-based concrete crosstie specifications and the design, manufacture, and testing of prototype concrete crossties. The contract has a ceiling value of $305,000.00 and a completion date of November 24, 2023. It is a firm fixed price contract with no set-aside designation. The University of Illinois is the prime contractor, and it has...

This definitive contract was awarded by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), a civilian agency, to the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) for the continued development of a novel passive-only rail inspection system. The $424,418 firm-fixed-price contract supports the creation of a second-generation prototype that uses air-coupled receivers to detect rail defects at speeds not achievable by current technologies. The work will be performed in La Jolla, CA and includes testing on...

This is a $88,881.88 definitive contract awarded by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), a civilian agency, to the University of Florida College of Medicine. The contract is for the University of Florida to work with concrete railroad tie producers and railroads to develop, validate, and demonstrate a model performance-based specification for ensuring the freeze-thaw durability of concrete railroad ties. The project team will travel to the Nortrak Voestalpine plant in Cheyenne, WY to...

This federal contract award, with ID DTFR5316C00009, was issued by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), a civilian agency, to Kansas State University (KSU) to conduct research on concrete railroad ties. The $149,991 definitive contract is for a "Field Investigation of Concrete Tie Abrasion Wear Prevalence and Contributing Environmental Factors" under the FRA's research program. The contract, which does not have a set-aside designation, aims to study the durability and lifespan of...

This federal contract award, with an identification number of DTFR5311D00008|0048, was granted by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) to Transportation Technology Center, Inc. (TTCI), doing business as MXV Rail. The objective of this $249,456.08 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract is to augment testing and modeling to develop enhanced design, testing, and performance guidelines for composite railroad ties, with the goal of improving the safety and reliability of these components. This work is...

NDT Corporation, a small business based in Sterling, Massachusetts, was awarded a $149,970 Firm Fixed Price contract by the U.S. Department of Transportation's Office of the Secretary on August 17, 2023, under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I. This Total Small Business set-aside contract supports research and development for inspection of crossties technology, with an ultimate completion date of February 16, 2024. The award originated from a pre-solicitation notice...

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,...

The Department of Transportation Federal Railroad Administration awarded a cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order to Transportation Technology Center, Inc., doing business as MXV Rail, for $1,441,311.00 to support Phase I of the Onboard Broken Rail Research and Development Project. MXV Rail will leverage its test track facilities and rail research expertise in Pueblo, Colorado to conduct concept analysis, prototype development, testing, and research activities. The project aims to advance onboard...

The University of California, San Diego (UCSD) was awarded a $129,734.00 definitive contract by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) to conduct a feasibility study on using low-cost sonar sensors and advanced signal processing techniques to measure the deformed shape of railroad crossties under load at high speeds. This sole-source contract builds on preliminary research conducted by UCSD in 2018 and aims to develop a proof-of-concept measurement device and software, test the system on...

This is a firm fixed-price definitive contract awarded by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), a civilian agency, to RJ Peterman & Associates Inc., a self-certified small disadvantaged business. The contract, valued at $170,387.00, is for the contractor to conduct applied research to determine the transfer length of large diameter pre-stressing tendons used in concrete crossties. The contract has an ultimate completion date of June 30, 2023 and was awarded on September 18, 2020. The...