This is a delivery order issued under contract DTFR5311D00008 to Transportation Technology Center, Inc. (TTCI), doing business as MXV Rail, a subsidiary of the nonprofit Associates of American Railroads (AAR). The objective is to measure and characterize the structural performance of a push-back coupler and coupling vehicles under a range of dynamic coupling speeds to demonstrate the robustness of the coupler design. This $726,246.00 firm fixed-price contract was awarded by the Federal...
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 federal contract award, with ID DTFR5311D00008|0008, was issued by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) to Transportation Technology Center, Inc. (TTCI), doing business as MXV Rail, a subsidiary of the non-profit Associates of American Railroads (AAR). The purpose of the $3,232,880.64 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract is to support the FRA's full-scale testing program, which will include three to four dynamic crash tests of DOT 113 and DOT 105 tank cars. This work falls under the FRA's...
This is a delivery order contract awarded by the Department of the Army Materiel Command Surface Deployment and Distribution Command to Central Gulf Railcar Services L.L.C., doing business as FSI Railcar Service Center, for EXPRESS CAR: DODX FREIGHT CAR SERVICES. The contract is a firm fixed price delivery order with a potential value of $20,713.98 and a completion date of February 29, 2024. The contractor, a for-profit limited liability company, will provide freight railcar repair, maintenance,...
This firm fixed price delivery order was awarded by the Department of Transportation to Quality Turbocharger Components LLC, a self-certified small disadvantaged business located in Hinesville, Georgia. The purpose of the $12,159.00 task order is to provide technical support and repairs to replace the brake shoe holder and linkage bars for locomotive USAX 6503 located at Fort Lewis, Washington. Quality Turbocharger Components LLC has extensive experience providing locomotive maintenance and...
This is a delivery order (693JJ623F00053N) placed under a larger Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) contract (693JJ621D000001) with Ensco Inc. (doing business as Enscohi) to support the "RDL Test Systems Restoration" project at the FRA's Transportation Technology Center. The objective is to restore operational capability to critical test systems. This is a time-and-materials contract with a ceiling value of $880,580.12 and a period of performance ending on March 20, 2025. The...
This is a $5,122,370.00 firm-fixed-price purchase order awarded by the U.S. Department of Transportation's Volpe National Transportation Systems Center to Ebenezer Railcar Services, Inc. to manufacture and deliver 22 special 50-foot double-door damage-free railway boxcars with wood floors and belt rails to the U.S. Naval Weapons Station Earle in New Jersey. The contract has two delivery milestones, with 5 boxcars to be delivered by September 2024 and 17 boxcars by September 2025. This...
This is a $92,000.00 firm fixed price definitive contract awarded by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), a civilian government agency, to MGA Research Corporation for a test program to assess the injury potential to occupants seated in facing seat pairs, with and without a crashworthy workstation table between the seat pairs. The contract does not have a set-aside designation. Instrumented anthropomorphic test devices (ATDs) will be used to infer injury potential. The contract has a...
This federal contract award to Tiax LLC, a technology development company, was issued by the Immediate Office of the Secretary of Transportation for the retrofit design development of a push-back coupler and deformable anti-climber for attachment to an F40 locomotive. The $376,796.55 firm-fixed-price contract was awarded under the Professional Services Schedule (PSS) and does not have a set-aside designation. The contract requires Tiax to provide drawings for the two modified component designs...
This is a federal contract awarded by the Department of Transportation Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) to Ensco Inc., a technology company providing engineering, science, and advanced technology solutions. The contract is for TANK CAR RESEARCH, TANK CAR OPERATING SPECTRUM ASSESSMENT, with a potential value of $827,083.88 and a completion date of September 30, 2023. The contract is a Delivery Order under the Research Development Test and Evaluation (RDT&E) master IDIQ contract...