Purchase Order NTSBP100008

This firm-fixed-price purchase order was awarded by the Department of Agriculture Forest Service Research Service Northern Research Station to Element Materials Technology Houston Inc., a for-profit organization, to test stainless steel alloys present on airtankers for stress corrosion cracking (SCC). The contract, valued at $178,460.00, was awarded on March 4, 2021, with a completion date of March 4, 2022. The work is to be performed in Houston, Texas. No set-aside designation was used for this...

This is a Cost Plus Fixed Fee contract awarded by the Department of Transportation Federal Railroad Administration to Transportation Technology Center, Inc., doing business as MXV Rail, a subsidiary of Associates of American Railroad. The contract, with a potential value of $539,709.00, is to evaluate the reliability of railroad tank car nondestructive evaluation (NDE) methods using the probability of detection (POD) approach. The work supports the agency's CARE, CUSTODY, AND CONTROL OF THE...

This is a Firm Fixed Price contract awarded by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), a civilian agency, to Redstone Technologies LLC, a self-certified small disadvantaged business. The purpose of the contract is for the development and testing of fire-resistant coating materials for tank cars used to transport flammable liquids, in support of the FRA's rail safety research initiatives. The original contract was modified to fund Option Year 1 for $552,613.92, change the Contracting Officer's...

This is a $1,514,313.24 Firm Fixed Price contract awarded by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), a civilian agency, to Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) to obtain experimental data from a full-scale test of a Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) ISO tank under fire conditions. The objectives are to provide realistic fire exposure to the test assembly and make key measurements, including interior and external temperatures, tank pressure, blast pressure, and heat flux. This data may be used to...

The Department of Transportation awarded a $236,715 delivery order contract to Jensen Hughes, Inc., a fire protection engineering and consulting firm, to conduct research on reduced-scale testing of passenger railcar floor fire barriers using modeling and fire testing performance. This contract is not a set-aside. Jensen Hughes has extensive experience supporting federal agencies such as the Department of Defense, Department of State, and General Services Administration through prime and...

The Department of Transportation National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (DOT NHTSA) awarded Transportation Research Center Inc. (TRC Inc.) a $372,575 firm fixed price definitive contract to pursue a bridge contract and prevent disruption in the Office of Vehicle Safety Compliance (OVSC) Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSS) 105, 126, and 135 testing programs. Under line items one and two, TRC Inc. will complete standard 105 electronic stability control testing for $13,350 and...

This is a definitive contract awarded by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), a civilian agency, to the President and Fellows of Harvard College, acting through its Office of Research Administration and doing business as Harvard Medical School. The contract, valued at $600,000.00, is a continuation of previous work by the contractor to develop a portable instrument for rapid identification of the packaging group for crude oil samples that can be used on-site by shippers or inspectors....

This firm fixed-price delivery order contract was awarded by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), a civilian agency within the U.S. Department of Transportation, to Applus Idiada Karco Engineering, LLC, a foreign-owned for-profit organization that provides specialized vehicle testing and engineering services. The contract requires Applus Idiada Karco to perform Standard 301 tests - Rear Impact (Laboratory Test Procedure TP-301R-02) on sixteen pre-standard vehicles to...

<p>This is a $98,161.95 firm fixed-price purchase order awarded by the Immediate Office of the Secretary of Transportation (U.S. Department of Transportation) to Stadler US Inc., a foreign-owned for-profit manufacturer, to procure diesel multiple unit fuel tanks for research. The contract has an ultimate completion date of March 23, 2017 and does not have a set-aside designation. No additional context or details about larger vehicles or subcontractors are provided in the information given.</p>

This is a $129,109 firm-fixed-price definitive contract awarded by the Federal Railroad Administration, a civilian agency, to Applied Research Associates, Inc. (ARA), a for-profit Subchapter S corporation based in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The contract is for a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) project to evaluate the impact and puncture safety of transporting liquid hydrogen (LH2) by rail in tank cars, ISO T75 tank containers, or fuel tenders. The goal is to assess the rail crash safety of LH2...