Purchase Order N3904022P0011

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'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...

The Department of Transportation Federal Railroad Administration (DOT FRA) awarded a Definitive Contract valued at four hundred thirty-four thousand two hundred sixty-seven dollars ($434,267) to Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) as the prime contractor. Under this firm fixed price contract, SwRI will perform FIRE TEST OF A UN T-75 PORTABLE TANKS ON A FLAT CAR PHASE II, with work taking place in San Antonio, Texas from May 2, 2022 through October 25, 2023. Friedman Research Corp was selected as...

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...

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 definitive contract awarded by the Federal Railroad Administration, a civilian agency, to Analogic Engineering, Inc., a woman-owned small business manufacturer. The contract, valued at $134,510.00, is for a portable or rail-mounted device with an ultrasonic probe that scans the top running surface of railroad tracks. The device transmits, receives, and processes three ultrasonic beams to measure the constant longitudinal stress in the rail. The contract has no set-aside designation and...

This is a $461,666 firm fixed-price research and development contract awarded by the Federal Railroad Administration to the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) to develop a non-contact rail inspection technology that can detect defects at track speed. The contract involves testing UCSD's prototype technology on a BNSF test car, as well as developing and tuning the associated signal processing techniques. UCSD has subcontracted a portion of the work, valued at $44,378, to the San Diego...

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,...

<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 federal contract was awarded by the Department of Transportation Federal Railroad Administration to Mermec Inc., a foreign-owned, for-profit manufacturer of goods. The contract is for the design, manufacture, and supply of track inspection systems to support the agency's ATIP (Advanced Track Inspection Program). The $1,224,000.00 firm fixed-price delivery order has a completion date of March 31, 2018. The contract does not have a set-aside designation. The work will be performed in Italy.