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U -- U-HIGHWAY RAIL GRADE CROSSING INSPECTOR TRAINING SOL DTFR53-00-Q-00208 DUE 031700 POC Dana Hicks, Purchasing Agent, Phone (202)493-6131, Fax (202)493-6171, Email dana.hicks@fra.dot.gov -- Dana Hicks, Purchasing Agent, Phone (202)493-6131, Fax (202)493-6171, Email dana.hicks@fra.dot.gov WEB: Visit this URL for the latest information about this, http://www.eps.gov/cgi-bin/WebObjects/EPS?ACode=P&ProjID=DTFR53-00-Q-0 0208&LocID=1042. E-MAIL: Dana Hicks, dana.hicks@fra.dot.gov. This procurement is unrestricted. The Federal Railroad Administration is need of a contractor with experience within the railroad industry, to design, develop and deliver course work that would provide approximately 10 state highway-rail grade crossing inspectors with the knowledge and techniques necessary to conduct inspections on highway-rail grade crossing signal systems to ensure those systems perform their intended functions. An option to award future training sessions for additional inspectors may be exercised at the Government's discretion, however, this does not obligate or commit the Government to exercise those options. Course contents must emphasize standard practices of installing, maintaining, and troubleshooting mechanical, electrical, and electronic equipment, as well as newer motion sensor (MS) and grade crossing predictor (GCP) based systems. To ensure a comprehensive learning experience, the contractor must have a laboratory that permits the instructor(s) to install faults into the grade crossing signal system simulators for practical exercises. The training class would be conducted during the third of fourth quarter of FY 2000, which ends on September 30, 2000. Scheduling would be mutually decided between the contractor and FRA's Signal & Train Control Training Specialist, who will be the Contracting Officer's Technical Representative (COTR) for this contract. Factors to be considered would include Federal budgetary constraints, other FRA training course schedules, and availability of the contractor's instructors and/or classroom space. The length of the course must be limited to no more than four and one-half days. Class participants will travel to the selected training location on the Sunday preceding class, and should be released no later than 12 p.m. on the following Friday. The course syllabus must be developed using generally accepted training standards, including an overall description, general learning objectives, and learning objectives specific to each of the lessons. The contractor must be able to describe how the learning objectives are to be achieved and measured. Primary lessons shall include but are not limited to: Test Equipment: Usage and Care Relay Logic and Conventional DC Control Systems Overlay, Special Track and AC/DC Track Circuits Crossing Gate Mechanisms Flashing Light Assemblies Reading Circuit Plans Troubleshooting signal failures and grounds with test equipment Understanding and testing MS and GCP systems Besides price and other costs to the Government, award shall be based on a number of factors included in the solicitation. Persons interested in receiving the solicitation, which shall be issued as a request for quotations, must submit a request in writing via facsimile to the attention of Dana Hicks, Contracting Officer. Posted 02/15/00 (D-SN425689). (0046)

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