SOLICITATION NOTICE
R -- RailExodus Software
- Notice Date
- 11/14/2018
- Notice Type
- Synopsis
- NAICS
- 541990
— All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
- Contracting Office
- 55 Broadway Kendall Square Cambridge MA 02142-1093
- ZIP Code
- 02142-1093
- Solicitation Number
- 6913G619Q300024
- Response Due
- 11/21/2018
- Archive Date
- 11/22/2018
- Point of Contact
- Roland J. Regan, Contracting Officer, Phone 6174943185, - Roland J. Regan, Contracting Officer, Phone 6174943185
- E-Mail Address
-
roland.regan@dot.gov, roland.regan@dot.gov
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (Volpe Center) plans to procure on a sole source basis from the University of Greenwich (UG), Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich, London, UK, professional research services related to an evacuation computer model software known as railEXODUS that can be used to predict the time periods necessary for occupants to safely evacuate from passenger rail cars to a point of safety during emergency conditions. UG previously created and 6913G610developed a Prototype railEXODUS model (Prototype Software), which is the only model that incorporates occupant characteristics and behavior of individual railroad passengers, as well as individual decision-making affecting real time evacuations. This proprietary software package is tailored from the existing UG Exodus suite of software computer-modeling capabilities for emergency evacuations from buildings, aircraft and marine ships. This effort will require the UG to conduct research that includes human behavior, evacuation and crowd characteristics, as it relates to passenger rail cars. The contractor will be required to analyze Volpe Center-generated passenger rail car occupant egress data and modify the Prototype Software for passenger emergency egress behavior data, using the railEXODUS software program, This procurement will be conducted under Negotiation procedures in accordance with FAR Part 15. Small business firms classified under NAICS Code 541990, Business Size Standard $6M, that are interested in proposing on this requirement must respond in writing no later than seven (7) days from the date of this publication that they legally possess the rights to the proprietary Exodus software model. This proposed action is for professional services for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under the authority cited under FAR Part 6.302-1. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed requirement is based upon the rationale cited under FAR Part 6.302-1 when responses received to this notice would normally be considered, solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. The quote issuance will be on or about November 21, 2018. NOTE: THIS NOTICE WAS NOT POSTED TO FEDBIZOPPS ON THE DATE INDICATED IN THE NOTICE ITSELF (14-NOV-2018); HOWEVER, IT DID APPEAR IN THE FEDBIZOPPS FTP FEED ON THIS DATE. PLEASE CONTACT 877-472-3779 or fbo.support@gsa.gov REGARDING THIS ISSUE.
- Web Link
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Link To Document
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- Place of Performance
- Address: OST-R Volpe Transportation Center 55 Broadway; Building Cambridge, MA
- Zip Code: 02420
- Country: US
- Zip Code: 02420
- Record
- SN05151018-F 20181116/181114230013 (fbodaily.com)
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