SOLICITATION NOTICE
B -- Research Projects and Technology Advancements Under the Next Generation High-Speed Rail Program
- Notice Date
- 5/13/2003
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- Contracting Office
- Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), Office of Acquisition and Grants Services, 1120 Vermont Avenue, NW Mail Stop 50, Washington, DC, 20590
- ZIP Code
- 20590
- Solicitation Number
- BAA-2003-1
- Response Due
- 6/30/2004
- Archive Date
- 7/15/2004
- Point of Contact
- Robert Carpenter, Contracting Officer, Phone (202)493-6153, Fax (202)493-6171, - Illona Williams, Contracting Officer, Phone (202) 493-6130, Fax (202) 493-6171,
- E-Mail Address
-
robert.carpenter@fra.dot.gov, illona.williams@fra.dot.gov
- Description
- The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) is issuing Broad Agency Announcement No. BAA-2003-1 for ?Research Projects and Technology Advancements Under the Next Generation High-Speed Rail Program.? This program is a key element in the U.S. Department of Transportation?s overall effort to promote high-speed rail in the United States, particularly in selected congested inter-urban corridors. The program supports the advancement of high-speed rail, particularly on existing infrastructure, by improving, adapting, and demonstrating potentially more cost-effective technologies, which have wide application in U.S. corridors. The FRA intends to support projects that will bring about advancements in high-speed rail technology, promote continued development and implementation of high-speed rail, and advance the state-of-the-art of U.S. high-speed rail technology. Technologies most likely to help facilitate the deployment of high-speed rail service are those which will (1) enhance the revenue-generating capability of high speed operations by attracting greater ridership by reducing trip-times, upgrading customer service quality, increasing reliability, or improving on time performance; (2) bring about capital cost reductions and economy in producing equipment and facilities; (3) reducing operating costs of high-speed rail service by providing more efficient operations; (4) improving the reliability of equipment and infrastructure components by reducing failures and/or reducing false failure detections; and/or (5) enhance the social benefits and/or environmental aspects of high-speed rail. This is an unrestricted solicitation for which private industries, state and local governments, and universities may submit proposals in response to the BAA solicitation.
- Record
- SN00322998-W 20030515/030513213352 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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