Delivery Order DTFR5312D00001-0009

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 firm-fixed-price definitive contract awarded by the Department of Transportation Federal Railroad Administration to Sensr Monitoring Technologies, LLC, a for-profit limited liability company. The objective of this $154,499.00 project is to finalize the methodology for detecting the onset of scour for railroad bridge piers. The deliverables are a series of reports detailing the methodology developed over the course of monitoring six railroad bridges from mid-2013 through June 2017. This...

This is a Definitive Contract awarded by the Federal Railroad Administration, a civilian agency, to the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) for the research and development of non-contact rail inspection technology at track speed. The contract has a ceiling value of $461,666.00 and is a Firm Fixed Price arrangement. A $237,730.00 option item will not be exercised. UCSD has subcontracted $44,378.00 of the work to the San Diego State University Foundation to assess the in-field deployment...

The Department of Transportation's Federal Railroad Administration awarded a $672,886 firm fixed price definitive contract to Carnegie Mellon University Software Engineering Institute Division for a study of formal verification techniques to mathematically guarantee safety in next generation Positive Train Control systems. The prime contractor will deliver applied research to advance the Federal Railroad Administration's goals under a Broad Agency Announcement seeking proposals from universities...

This is a firm fixed-price delivery order awarded by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), a civilian agency, to Ensco Inc. (doing business as Enscohi), a technology company that provides engineering, science, and advanced technology solutions. The contract has a ceiling value of $15,600.00 and a period of performance ending on December 23, 2015. The objective of this task order is the preparation of a position paper or white paper that assesses the opportunities and barriers for the...

<p>The Department of Transportation Federal Railroad Administration (DOT FRA) awarded a $498,476 firm fixed price definitive contract to Carnegie Mellon University Office Of Sponsored Programs Division to develop an onboard monitoring and computational embedded technology that automatically detects broken rails as they occur. The work will be performed in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania over a two-year period beginning in September 2023.</p>

This is a firm fixed-price contract awarded by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), a civilian agency, to the University of Illinois for the second phase of a research project on using laser triangulation and deep neural networks (DNNs) for railway safety inspections. The contract has a ceiling value of $986,941.00 and a completion date of September 30, 2025. The initial research phase developed methods to apply AI to laser-based data to detect track changes impacting safety. This second...

This is a $383,319.49 federal contract awarded by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) to Michigan Technological University (Michigan Tech) to study the effects of in-vehicle auditory alerts on driver behaviors at grade crossings. The contract does not have a set-aside designation. As the prime contractor, Michigan Tech will conduct research to develop and test various in-vehicle auditory alert designs and evaluate their impact on driver behavior and safety at railroad grade crossings....

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 &quot;Extended Field Trialing of LRAIL for Automated Track Change Detection.&quot; This contract is a continuation of previous R&amp;D work and aims to further develop and test automated change detection technology to support the FRA's mission of ensuring safe...

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...