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A -- FULL-SCALE RAILROAD PASSENGER CAR CRASH TESTING SOL DTFR53-93-C-00001/T.O.125 POC Robert Carpenter, Contracting Officer / (202) 493-6153 The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) intends to negotiate on a sole source basis with the Association of American Railroads (AAR), the award of Task Order No. 125 under existing contract No. DTFR53-93-C-00001 for the purpose of conducting a series of full-scale railroad passenger car crash tests. This testing will include dynamic and static tests using donated passenger car equipment. The overall objectives of these tests are to demonstrate the effectiveness of the crashworthiness of cab car and coach car structural designs and the effectiveness of occupant protection strategies. The prospective work will be conducted at the unique facilities of the Transportation Technology Center (TTC) in Pueblo, Colorado. The 52-square mile TTC property, managed and operated by Transportation Technology Center, Inc. (TTCI), a wholly owned subsidiary of the AAR, is the only known facility with the unique capability and circumstances suitable for such highly specialized and hazardous railroad test operations safety away from revenue service rail lines. The applicable authority for this procurement is 41 U.S.C. 253 (c)(1) as implemented by FAR 6.302-1, "Only One Responsible Source." This announcement is for public information purposes only relating to potential subcontracting opportunities. Interested parties may contact the TTCI contracts manager, Edward Walsh, at (719) 584-0534 for further information regarding potential subcontracting opportunities, if any. This is NOT a competitive Request for Proposals, and a competitive solicitation is NOT available. Posted 02/12/99 (W-SN298012). (0043)

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