This is a cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order awarded by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), a civilian agency within the U.S. Department of Transportation, to Sharma & Associates Inc., a minority-owned small disadvantaged business. The $3,364,834.00 contract is for a research and development effort titled "Risk Reduction Though Improved Train Makeup and Train Handling Long-Trains." The work supports the FRA's safety mission and builds on the agency's Research, Development,...
This is a $649,834.78 Firm Fixed Price federal contract awarded by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), a civilian agency within the Department of Transportation, to Sharma & Associates Inc., a minority-owned small business. The contract is to develop a detailed research and test plan to understand the risk exposure of liquefied natural gas (LNG) and compressed natural gas (CNG) tender operations under fire conditions. The plan will involve a survey of existing literature, followed...
This is a $1,103,149 firm fixed-price contract awarded by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), a civilian agency under the U.S. Department of Transportation, to Sharma & Associates Inc., a minority-owned small business. The contract is for evaluating the performance of tank car pressure relief devices under fire conditions. As a prime contractor, Sharma & Associates has provided various engineering services to FRA, including developing train braking systems, analyzing derailment...
This is a $260,550.39 cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order awarded by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), a civilian agency within the U.S. Department of Transportation, to Sharma & Associates Inc., a minority-owned small business. The contract is for the conceptual development of a load-shedding system to improve the efficiency of passenger locomotives. This award is part of the FRA's mission to enhance railroad safety and support the adoption of new technologies. Sharma &...
This is a $373,636.21 cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order awarded by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), a civilian agency within the Department of Transportation, to Sharma & Associates Inc., a minority-owned small business. The contract is to evaluate different top fittings concepts to improve the protection of tank cars in accidents. Sharma & Associates Inc. has a history of providing engineering services to the FRA to support rail safety research and regulations, including work...
This is a $93,107 firm fixed price delivery order contract awarded by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), a civilian agency within the U.S. Department of Transportation, to Sharma & Associates Inc., a minority-owned small disadvantaged business. The contract is for research and development on enhanced tank car standards and operational controls for flammable trains, under the FRA's Medium Scale Fire Test major program. The contract has no set-aside designation. Sharma & Associates...
This is a delivery order contract awarded by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), a civilian agency, to Sharma & Associates Inc., a minority-owned small disadvantaged business. The contract, valued at $1,152,851.65, is for the contractor to provide timely technical support to the FRA's Office of Safety in investigating railroad incidents and evaluating rulemaking decisions affecting railroad operations safety. The contract is a cost-plus-fixed-fee type and is not set aside. Sharma...
This federal contract award to Sharma & Associates Inc., a minority-owned small business, was issued by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), a civilian agency within the U.S. Department of Transportation. The $592,975.63 cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order contract supports the development and testing of train handling and makeup improvements, as well as the simulation of train derailment scenarios to aid operations research. The contract does not have a set-aside designation. Sharma...
This is a delivery order awarded by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), a civilian agency within the U.S. Department of Transportation, to Sharma & Associates Inc., a minority-owned small business. The $286,366.32 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract is for the "Crashworthiness for Legacy Locomotives Phase III" research and development effort, which supports the FRA's railroad safety mission. Sharma & Associates, as both a prime contractor and subcontractor, has extensive...
This is a delivery order contract awarded by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), a civilian agency within the U.S. Department of Transportation, to Sharma & Associates Inc., a minority-owned small disadvantaged business. The $449,803.35 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract is for the provision of "wayside detection" products and services in support of FRA's railroad safety mission. Sharma & Associates has previously conducted engineering analysis, testing, and technology...