Coupler Knuckle Fatigue and VLT
Forecast New Requirement Updated
- Agency
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Department of Transportation
- Solicitation expected
- Estimated value
- $500,000 to $999,000
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Forecast facts
- Anticipated award
- Not on record
- NAICS code
- 541715 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)
- Place of performance
- AL
- Forecast number
- 51824
- Points of contact
Forecast details come from the GSA Acquisition Gateway. Agencies' dates and values are estimates.
About this forecast
The Department of Transportation is procuring research and development services to study the fatigue life of coupler knuckles used in Very Light Trains (VLTs), with an estimated solicitation release on March 1, 2027. VLT operations have generated higher than expected in-train forces that could reduce coupler knuckle fatigue life; this study will quantify the impact of VLT use on coupler knuckle durability.
The estimated award value ranges from $500,000 to $999,000 for work performed in Alabama. Jennifer Wilsnack at the Federal Railroad Administration (jennifer.wilsnack@dot.gov) is the point of contact.
Forecast text
VLT studies have indicated higher than expected in-train forces which could decrease the fatigue life of coupler knuckles, this study will shed light on the change in fatigue life of coupler knuckles due to use in VLTs.
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