Purchase Order DTFR5317P00017

This is a definitive contract awarded by the Federal Railroad Administration, a civilian agency, to the University of Illinois for the development of performance-based concrete crosstie specifications and the design, manufacture, and testing of prototype concrete crossties. The contract has a ceiling value of $305,000.00 and a completion date of November 24, 2023. It is a firm fixed price contract with no set-aside designation. The University of Illinois is the prime contractor, and it has...

This federal contract award, with ID DTFR5316C00009, was issued by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), a civilian agency, to Kansas State University (KSU) to conduct research on concrete railroad ties. The $149,991 definitive contract is for a "Field Investigation of Concrete Tie Abrasion Wear Prevalence and Contributing Environmental Factors" under the FRA's research program. The contract, which does not have a set-aside designation, aims to study the durability and lifespan of...

The Federal Railroad Administration awarded a $175,787.00 firm fixed price definitive contract to RJ Peterman & Associates Inc., a self-certified small disadvantaged business, for research aimed at determining potential changes needed when using Type 1L cement to manufacture prestressed concrete railroad ties while maintaining adequate safety regarding bond, splitting resistance, and durability. The contract has an ultimate completion date of December 31, 2025 and does not utilize a...

This federal contract award, with an identification number of DTFR5311D00008|0048, was granted by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) to Transportation Technology Center, Inc. (TTCI), doing business as MXV Rail. The objective of this $249,456.08 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract is to augment testing and modeling to develop enhanced design, testing, and performance guidelines for composite railroad ties, with the goal of improving the safety and reliability of these components. This work is...

This is a $88,881.88 definitive contract awarded by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), a civilian agency, to the University of Florida College of Medicine. The contract is for the University of Florida to work with concrete railroad tie producers and railroads to develop, validate, and demonstrate a model performance-based specification for ensuring the freeze-thaw durability of concrete railroad ties. The project team will travel to the Nortrak Voestalpine plant in Cheyenne, WY to...

This is a Definitive Contract awarded by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), a civilian agency, to the University of South Carolina (USC) for the development of high-strength, reduced-modulus, high-performance concrete for use in prestressed concrete tie applications. The contract has a Firm Fixed Price pricing type and a ceiling value of $418,932.40. The period of performance extends to June 17, 2027. No set-aside designation was used for this award. USC, a public research university,...

This is a firm fixed-price definitive contract awarded by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), a civilian agency, to RJ Peterman & Associates Inc., a self-certified small disadvantaged business. The contract, valued at $170,387.00, is for the contractor to conduct applied research to determine the transfer length of large diameter pre-stressing tendons used in concrete crossties. The contract has an ultimate completion date of June 30, 2023 and was awarded on September 18, 2020. The...

This federal contract award from the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) to Kansas State University (KSU), doing business as Pre-Awards Services, is for the development of a process to determine the health of prestressed concrete railroad ties. The contract, worth $248,812.00, is a definitive contract with a cost-no-fee pricing type and is not set aside. KSU is a public land-grant research university with extensive expertise in areas such as agriculture, veterinary medicine, engineering, and...

This federal contract was awarded by the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) to Tourney Consulting Group LLC, a small business, for $53,720.00. The contract is for testing services to evaluate concrete mixture design performance for two Federal Lands Highway (FLH) bridge deck placements. The scope of work involves evaluating a total of 8 concrete mixtures, 4 from each FLH bridge deck placement. The contract has a one-year period of performance and is a...

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