Delivery Order GS10F0338T-DTRT5712F50004

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...

The Department of Transportation Federal Railroad Administration awarded a definitive cost-no-fee contract to Battelle Memorial Institute, a non-profit research and development organization, for the Enhanced Prototyping and Field Test of the Rail Crossing Violation Warning System. This connected-automated vehicle safety system is intended to prevent grade crossing accidents. The contract has a potential value of $907,505.79 and a completion date of July 1, 2021. No set-aside designation was...

The Department of Transportation Federal Railroad Administration awarded a $550,000 cost-no-fee definitive contract to Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, doing business as Virginia Tech, to conduct a multi-site simulation examining the impact of integrated rail crossing violation warning and in-vehicle auditory/visual alert systems on driver behavior. Virginia Tech will utilize Michigan Technological University as a subcontractor. The award is in response to a Broad Agency...

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...

The Department of Transportation Pipeline and Hazardous Material Safety Administration awarded a $309,552 firm fixed price purchase order to Railinc Corporation for the purpose of funding data integration between WebTek and AskRail projects. Railinc, a subsidiary of Associates of American Railroads, will integrate the Consist Data between the two systems to further the agency's efforts to improve safety in transporting hazardous materials by pipeline and rail. No subcontractors or set aside...

This is a follow-on phase of the Track Data Auditing System (TDAS) project awarded by the Department of Transportation Federal Railroad Administration to Transportation Technology Center, Inc. (MXV Rail), a subsidiary of Associates of American Railroad. The contract, valued at $621,411.87, focuses on testing and validating the prototype data collection segment of TDAS and establishing requirements for the automated data comparison segment. MXV Rail, as the prime contractor, will provide...

The Department of Transportation Federal Railroad Administration awarded a $585,736.87 definitive contract to Tier 1 Performance Solutions LLC. The firm fixed price contract runs from September 26, 2022 through September 25, 2024 and is for research and development services to support Federal Railroad Administration rail research entitled "Designing Crew Resource Management (CRM) Training to Improve Communication and Reduce Human Error Potential in the Locomotive Cab." Specifically,...

This is a cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order contract awarded by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), a civilian agency under the Department of Transportation, to Transportation Technology Center, Inc. (TTCI), doing business as MXV Rail. The $851,960.13 contract is to research and identify system requirements for quasi-moving block rail operation, as well as update the existing safety analysis. The work supports the FRA's CARE, CUSTODY, AND CONTROL OF THE TRANSPORTATION TECHNOLOGY CENTER...

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 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...