66 -- 66 -- INSTRUMENTED WHEEL SETS FOR MEASURING WHEEL/RAIL FORCES ON HIGH-SPEED RAILROAD RESEARCH CAR (T-16)

Notice Date

August 31, 2000

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

ZIP Code

20590

Solicitation Number

DTFR53-00-Q-00031

Response Due

September 15, 2000

Point of Contact

Robert Carpenter, Contracting Officer, Phone (202)493-6153, Fax (202)493-6171, Email robert.carpenter@fra.dot.gov -- Linda Dearing, Contracting Officer, Phone (202)493-6154, Fax (202)493-6171, Email

E-Mail Address

Robert Carpenter (robert.carpenter@fra.dot.gov)

Description

The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) announces a procurement solicitation No. DTFR53-00-Q-00031 for commercial items in accordance with FAR subpart 12. The solicitation is being posted on the GSA Electronic Posting System (EPS) web site concurrent with this synopsis. The requirement is for the supply and turn key installation of two (2) instrumented wheel sets on an FRA-owned high-speed track geometry railroad car (T-16) at Amtrak's Ivy City railroad yard in Washington, DC. The pair of instrumented wheel sets will include all hardware and software components necessary for acquiring continuous, real time wheel/rail forces and contact position data at speeds up to 160 mph. The system must be able to collect longitudinal, lateral, and vertical wheel/rail forces as well as wheel rail contact position for each wheel of the truck. Firm-fixed-price quotations are desired in response to this solicitation. FRA anticipates the award of a purchase order without discussions on the basis of initial price quotations, but reserves the right to conduct negotiations if deemed necessary. The anticipated award date will be on or before September 30, 2000.

Web Link

Visit this URL for the latest information about this (http://www2.eps.gov/cgi-bin/WebObjects/EPS?ACode=P&ProjID=DTFR53-00-Q-00031&LocID=1042)

Record

Loren Data Corp. 20000905/66SOL004.HTM (D-244 SN492495)