Delivery Order DTFR5312D00004-007

The Department of Transportation's Federal Railroad Administration awarded a $3.364 million cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order contract to Transportation Technology Center, Inc., doing business as MXV Rail, to acquire two tank cars and conduct two full-scale side impact tests in accordance with the agency's test plan. As the prime contractor, MXV Rail will leverage its expertise and test facilities in Pueblo, Colorado to deliver the requested rail equipment and perform the impact tests, building...

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...

<p>The Department of Transportation Federal Railroad Administration awarded a $354,531.92 definitive cost plus fixed fee contract to Ensco Inc. to develop an artificial intelligence-based predictive model of rail failures due to internal defect growth to enhance proactive maintenance strategies. The contract will run from September 1, 2022 through March 5, 2024 and will be performed in North Springfield, Virginia.</p>

This is a federal contract award from the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), a civilian agency, to Sharma &amp; Associates Inc., a minority-owned small disadvantaged business located in Hinsdale, Illinois. The $249,759.92 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract is for locomotive operating practices research to reduce the risk of derailments and collisions through improved train makeup and handling. The research will utilize TEDS and other simulation programs to examine recent accidents caused by poor...

The U.S. Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) awarded a $634,645.19 Cost Plus Fixed Fee delivery order contract to Transportation Technology Center, Inc. (TTCI), doing business as MXV Rail, to complete a feasibility analysis, laboratory testing, and evaluation of utilizing locomotive-based non-contact transducers and tuned shunts to detect rail breaks. This contract is part of the FRA's broader CARE, CUSTODY, AND CONTROL OF THE TRANSPORTATION TECHNOLOGY CENTER major program and supports efforts...

This is a $450,002.00 firm fixed-price contract awarded by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), a civilian agency within the U.S. Department of Transportation, to Thornton Tomasetti, Inc. to develop an upgraded detail fracture model based on recent conclusions of rail integrity research. The contract was awarded through a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) and does not have a set-aside designation. Thornton Tomasetti, a global engineering design and analysis firm, has extensive experience...

<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 definitive federal contract awarded by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), a civilian agency within the U.S. Department of Transportation, to Virginia Polytechnic Institute &amp; State University (Virginia Tech) on September 16, 2019. The $560,759.74 contract is for the &quot;Experimental Evaluation of Effect of Surface Finish and Wheel/Rail Profile and Their Influence on Risk of Derailment.&quot; The contract is not set aside for small businesses. Virginia Tech has served as...

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 &quot;DEFECT GROWTH CHARACTERIZATION IN MODERN RAIL STEEL.&quot; The contract has an ultimate completion date of September 15, 2019 and was awarded on December 31,...

The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has awarded a $293,133 firm fixed-price definitive contract to the University of Sheffield, located in the United Kingdom, to continue the development of modeling techniques and prediction accuracy for vehicle-track interaction under the Modeling Wheel-Rail Friction Modifier - Phase 2 project. The contract builds upon previous research efforts conducted by the University of Sheffield aimed at improving the safety and effectiveness of railroad...