SOLICITATION NOTICE
A -- BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT FOR DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS AND TECHNOLOGY ADVANCEMENTS FOR RAILROAD RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
- Notice Date
- 4/11/2007
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 488210
— Support Activities for Rail Transportation
- 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, UNITED STATES
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- BAA-2007-1
- Response Due
- 9/30/2008
- Archive Date
- 10/15/2008
- Description
- This Broad Agency Announcement solicits proposals from private industry, non-profit organizations, states and local governments for projects addressing the adoption and application of new technology in railroad services which are a key focus in the Federal Railroad Administration's (FRA) research and development program. A negotiated contract, grant, or cooperative agreement may result from an accepted proposal depending upon the nature of the proposed project and/or the nature of the offeror/applicant. This is an unrestricted solicitation for demonstrations of various technologies or techniques related to the following areas: (1) grade crossing hazard mitigation system; (2) positive train control (PTC); (3) wireless communication system; (4) train tracking system; (5) risk assessment and hazard analysis; (6) PTC/communications enabling projects. The area of advanced train control and dispatching systems, such as PTC, is of particular interest. PTC uses microprocessors, advanced navigation and tracking systems, and wireless technology to interconnect the various segments of railroad operations to virtually eliminate train to train collisions and over-speed derailments, as well as to provide roadway worker protection. Technologies most likely to facilitate the improvement of railroad services are those which will (1) improve safety by reducing human and technology failures; (2) bring about capital cost reductions and economy in producing equipment and facilities; (3) reduce operating costs of rail service by providing more efficient operations; (4) improve the reliability of equipment and infrastructure components by reducing failures and/or reducing false failure detections; (5) 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; and/or (6) enhance the social benefits and/or environmental aspects of high-speed rail. Parties interested in this solicitation may submit proposals in accordance with the BAA-2007-1 package which can be downloaded or printed from the following Internet website: http://www.fra.dot.gov. Follow the selections of RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT (upper left of home page menu), FUNDS FOR RESEARCH, and BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT 2007-1. Further technical program details and specfic instructions for submitting proposals are contained in BAA-2007-1 on the website. BAA 2007-1 is NOT available in paper copy.
- Record
- SN01270978-W 20070413/070411220900 (fbodaily.com)
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