Purchase Order W9124R14P1136

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 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...

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,...

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...

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...

This cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order for $885,263.18 was awarded by the Department of Transportation's Federal Railroad Administration to Transportation Technology Center, Inc., doing business as MXV Rail, to determine the effectiveness of crash energy management components in mitigating collision effects and preventing override. As the prime contractor, MXV Rail will leverage its personnel and test track facilities in Pueblo, Colorado to conduct the research. No set-aside designation was...

The Department of Transportation's Federal Railroad Administration awarded a $336,255 firm fixed-price contract to Lehigh University to advance rail flaw detection capabilities. This contract supports the agency's research initiatives focused on improving rail safety, including technologies to detect internal rail flaws that can lead to train derailments. Lehigh University, a private research university, is performing the work at its facilities in Fountain Hill, Pennsylvania. As a subcontractor,...

This federal contract award, valued at $19,425.00, was issued by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), a civilian agency, to MGA Research Corporation for the performance of "OPEN BAY SLED TESTS USING STANDARD HYBRID III ANTHROPOMORPHIC TEST DEVICES (ATDS) AND DONATED PASSENGER SEATS". The contract is a Definitive Contract with a Firm Fixed Price pricing type, and has an ultimate completion date of July 30, 2021. The contract does not have a set-aside designation. Based on the...

This is a $461,666 Firm Fixed Price contract awarded by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), a civilian agency, to the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) for the research and development of non-contact rail inspection technology to detect defects at track speed. The contract does not have a set-aside designation. The project aims to assess the in-field deployment of UCSD's high-speed rail inspection prototype, evaluate its performance in terms of probability of detection versus...

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...