Purchase Order W912PB15P8029

<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 award was issued by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), a civilian agency within the U.S. Department of Transportation, to Transportation Technology Center, Inc. (TTCI), doing business as MXV Rail. The $791,821.13 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract is a delivery order under the FRA's &quot;CARE, CUSTODY, AND CONTROL OF THE TRANSPORTATION TECHNOLOGY CENTER&quot; program and involves a FIBER-OPTIC BROKEN RAIL DETECTION PROJECT. MXV Rail, a subsidiary of the non-profit...

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...

The Department of the Navy Installations Command awarded a $85,657 firm fixed price delivery order to Railroad Construction Company, Inc. for replacement of defective rails identified through ultrasonic inspection in Colts Creek, New Jersey. As part of its facilities sustainment program, the Navy utilizes various non-destructive testing methods including ultrasonic inspection of rail assets to proactively identify and remediate safety issues. Railroad Construction Company will remove and replace...

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 contract was awarded by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), a civilian agency within the U.S. Department of Transportation, to Transportation Technology Center, Inc. (TTCI), doing business as MXV Rail, a subsidiary of the non-profit Associates of American Railroad. The $530,162.37 Cost Plus Fixed Fee contract, which is not set aside, tasks MXV Rail with identifying potential hazards, quantifying risks, and determining mitigation strategies associated with the use of an adaptive...

This federal contract award, valued at $170,000.00, 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 objective of this Firm Fixed Price delivery order is to determine how removing rail spikes/anchors from a section of railroad track could potentially lead to the derailment of a passing train. This award falls under the FRA's CARE,...

This is a Definitive Contract awarded by the Federal Railroad Administration, a civilian agency, to the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) for the research and development of non-contact rail inspection technology at track speed. The contract has a ceiling value of $461,666.00 and is a Firm Fixed Price arrangement. A $237,730.00 option item will not be exercised. UCSD has subcontracted $44,378.00 of the work to the San Diego State University Foundation to assess the in-field deployment...

This is a $134,000.00 Firm Fixed Price contract awarded by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), a civilian U.S. government agency, to Triad Railroad Consulting LLC. The objective of the contract is to develop a guidance manual for FRA track inspectors and other personnel to address track inspection issues that impact the safety and efficiency of emerging high-speed rail operations in the U.S., particularly focusing on high-cant deficiency train operations. The contract does not have a...

This federal contract award was issued by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), a civilian agency within the U.S. Department of Transportation, to Transportation Technology Center, Inc. (TTCI), doing business as MXV Rail. The $549,420.17 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract is part of the FRA's &quot;CARE, CUSTODY, AND CONTROL OF THE TRANSPORTATION TECHNOLOGY CENTER&quot; program and is focused on increasing the integrity, safety, and reliability of railway transportation. The contract's objectives...