B -- OPERATION, MAINTENANCE, INSTRUMENTATION AND ANALYSIS SUPPORT FOR RAILROAD RESEARCH

Notice Date

November 2, 2001

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

DTFR53-02-R-00002

Response Due

January 8, 2002

Point of Contact

Gail Boger, Contract Specialist, Phone 202/493-6152, Fax 202/493-6171, Email gail.boger@fra.dot.gov -- Illona Williams, Contracting Officer, Phone (202) 493-6130, Fax (202) 493-6171, Email illona.williams@fra.dot.gov

Description

The Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), has a requirement to acquire contractor support for engineering and operations services to design, fabricate, operate, maintain, and analyze the results from specialized instrumentation, including Government furnished equipment such as the Gage Restraint Measurement System (GRMS) Car (T-6), the Highspeed Research Car (T-16), Ride Quality Measurement System (RQMS), Instrumented Wheelsets, and/or other specialized data collection systems which may be acquired during the course of the contract. The contractor will also support FRA research programs by providing engineering analysis and technical support to joint efforts conducted by FRA with other organizations, such as the Association of American Railroad at the Transportation Test Center, state organizations, Amtrak or other individual railroad companies. The contractor shall provide all materials, labor and facilities required to meet the requirements. The contract type is anticipated to be Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity, cost-plus-fixed-fee. Specific requirements will be defined by individual task orders. The contract period of performance shall be for a base period of three years and two consecutive one-year option periods. It is estimated that approximately 20,000 labor hours will be required annually for a total of 100,000 labor hours inclusive of all options. The solicitation and any related documents for this procurement will be made available to interested parties through electronic media available for downloading via the Internet at Federal Business Opportunities (FedBizOpps) at http://www.fedbizopps.gov (formerly Electronic Posting system at http://www.eps.gov). No paper copies of the solicitation will be available. Potential offerors shall be responsible for monitoring the Internet site for the release of the solicitation, amendments (if any), and responses to any questions submitted in accordance with the solicitation provisions. This is an unrestricted solicitation, and all responsible sources may submit a proposal that will be considered by the agency. Tentative procurement milestones for this requirement are: (1) Issuance of the RFP on or about December 5, 2001; (2) Proposals due on or about January 8, 2002; (3) Oral presentations week of January 14, 2002; (4) Initiation of negotiations on or about January 23, 2002 ; (5) Contract award on or about March 29, 2002. These tentative milestones are provided for contractor planning purposes and are subject to slight variations by the Government. Because of the urgency of the requirement, contractor requested extensions may not be granted.

Web Link

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Record

Loren Data Corp. 20011106/BSOL001.HTM (D-306 SN5121R1)