This federal contract, awarded by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), a civilian agency, to Trainfo Corp, is for the development of an automated first responder dispatching system to avoid blocked rail crossings. The contract, valued at $199,550, is a definitive, firm-fixed-price contract with a completion date of March 11, 2024. The system will use third-party data and machine-learning algorithms to predict the time and duration of blocked rail crossings, and integrate this information...
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 is a $427,590.87 definitive contract awarded by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), a civilian agency, to Trainfo Corp on September 26, 2019. The contract is for estimating the travel time savings that a crossing blockage information system for emergency service vehicle operators can provide, and defining the user requirements for the system. The contract is not associated with a larger vehicle and does not have a set-aside designation. The contract has an ultimate completion date of...
The Department of Transportation Federal Railroad Administration awarded a $249,642 firm fixed price contract to Systemes Pavemetrics Inc., a foreign-owned for-profit manufacturer of transportation infrastructure inspection systems, for "Extended Field Trialing of LRAIL for Automated Track Change Detection." This contract is a continuation of previous R&D work and aims to further develop and test automated change detection technology to support the FRA's mission of ensuring safe...
This federal contract award is for research and development of change detection technology suitable for deployment on hy-rail vehicles and autonomous inspection platforms. The $305,688.46 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract was awarded by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), a civilian agency, to Ensco Inc., doing business as Enscohi, which is a leading technology company providing engineering, science, and advanced technology solutions to various industries. The contract is a delivery order...
This is a Firm Fixed Price definitive contract awarded by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), a civilian agency, to Redstone Technologies LLC, a self-certified small disadvantaged business, for $279,464.71. The contract is for research initiatives in support of rail safety, specifically focused on understanding railroad trespassing social and community factors based on trespassing behavioral data. The contract has an ultimate completion date of August 11, 2026 and was awarded on August...
This is a federal contract award from the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), a civilian agency, to Wabtec Transportation Systems, LLC (doing business as GE Transportation Systems) for a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) contract valued at $500,000.00. The contract is for utilizing perception technology from the automotive sector to enhance foul volume hazard detection and classification by integrating both on-board and off-board sensors. The contract is a Definitive Contract with a Firm...
This federal contract award is for a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II research and development contract with the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), an agency within the U.S. Department of Transportation. The $300,165 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract was awarded to Dfuzion, Inc., a minority-owned, self-certified small disadvantaged business, to develop a "Ride Performance Assessment System" to support the FRA's rail safety inspection program. The contract was set aside...
This contract was awarded by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), a civilian agency, to Balfour Beatty Infrastructure, Inc. (doing business as Fru-Con Construction) to provide improvements and support for the Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) system deployed on the DOTX220 rail vehicle. The contract, valued at $409,960.00, is a Definitive Contract with a Firm Fixed Price pricing type. The contract is a continuation of previous research and development efforts to assess GPR performance,...
This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), a division of the U.S. Department of Transportation, to R-Dex Systems, Inc., a small business technology and engineering company based in Woodstock, Georgia. The contract is for the project titled "TRACKMAP: LONG RANGE DETECTION AND WARNING SYSTEM" and has a ceiling value of $149,993. The contract is a firm-fixed-price definitive contract with a completion date...