DODX Freight Car Repair and Maintenance Services

Added: Jan 24, 2017 3:33 pm USTRANSCOM is pursuing the acquisition of freight car repair and maintenance services for the Defense Freight Railway Interchange Fleet (DFRIF). The DFRIF consists of DoD owned and operated freight cars registered for operation in interchange service in North America. At this time the DFRIF is composed of 1,990 freight cars including 1819 flat, 124 tank, 30 box, 9 refrigerator, 6 caboose, and 2 Schnabel cars. The contractor will provide all personnel, equipment, tools, labor, material, and supervision required to repair and maintain DFRIF equipment in accordance with the current Field and Office Manuals of the Interchange Rules, as published by the Association of American Railroads; the Private Rail Car Standard Job Codes, as stated in the current version of the Rail User's Manual (Appendix D of the Field Manual); the Code of Federal Regulations as it applies to railroad cars; and Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command's Preventive and Periodic Inspection and Maintenance Instructions.