SOLICITATION NOTICE
A -- Aerodynamic Assessment & Mitigation Design Guideance Manual
- Notice Date
- 11/21/2016
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 541712
— Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)
- Contracting Office
- Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), Office of Acquisition and Grants Services, Mail Stop 50, West Bldg, 3rd Floor, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE, Washington, District of Columbia, 20590
- ZIP Code
- 20590
- Solicitation Number
- FR17RPD30000000001
- Archive Date
- 12/20/2016
- Point of Contact
- Isaac Rosier, Phone: 2024936149
- E-Mail Address
-
isaac.rosier@dot.gov
(isaac.rosier@dot.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Aerodynamic Assessment and Mitigation Design Guidance Manual - Follow On (Sole Source Intent Notice) The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), Washington, DC, intends to award a Sole Source, Firm-Fixed Price (FFP) Contract to ARUP Texas, Inc.to prepare and deliver an " Aerodynamic Assessment and Mitigation Design Guidance Manual for High-Speed Trains" based on the results of the Arup team's initial High-Speed Rail Aerodynamic Assessment and Mitigation Report developed and delivered to FRA under contract DTFR53-13-C-00050. Arup has extensive experience working on high-speed rail projects. In its current activities with the various High-Speed Rail Authorities, Arup has encountered the issue of aerodynamic effects and understands the necessity of having a common design manual to address these issues along with providing mitigation measures. In addition, Arup has a detailed understanding of the high-speed rail process in Europe and elsewhere through its work on various international projects. Furthermore, the subcontractor team provides unique supporting skills, facilities and experience to complement those of the Arup project team. Starting a new research project with a new supplier would duplicate existing efforts conducted to date and would be cost prohibitive. The proposed contract action, for which the Government intends to solicit to only one source under authority of FAR 6.302, is to prepare an " Aerodynamic Assessment and Mitigation Design Guidance Manual for High-Speed Trains". The initial contract effort identified and defined numerous national and international criteria, guidelines, studies, practices, and mitigation measures for components of the aerodynamic effects of high-speed trains relative to passed trains, track work personnel, waiting platform passengers, adjacent structures and equipment. Much of the information, however, was found to be limited in scope and/or not readily transferrable to the development of a Design Guidance Manual that would be flexible enough 'to accommodate varying train types and operational conditions and to be used by the North American railway industry. This synopsis is not a request for competitive proposals; however interested parties may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement. Respondents must provide a capability statement for " Aerodynamic Assessment and Mitigation Design Guidance Manual - Follow On ". Oral communications are not acceptable in response to this synopsis. Interested parties with the capability of meeting the proposed requirements are requested to provide an E-mail to the FRA point of contact, Mr. Isaac Rosier, Jr. (Isaac.rosier@dot.gov) no later than 1:00 p.m. EST Friday, 12/01/2016. Such capabilities/qualifications will be evaluated solely for the purpose of determining whether or not to conduct this procurement on a competitive basis. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed effort on a full and open competition basis, based upon responses to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the Government.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: Con.tractor's Facility, United States
- Record
- SN04333488-W 20161123/161121234421-474294c9f0dbbcc803d6e576b711edb2 (fbodaily.com)
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