SOLICITATION NOTICE
B -- Demonstration Projects and Technology Advancements Under the Next Generation High-Speed Rail Program
- Notice Date
- 3/23/2005
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 485999
— All Other Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation
- 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
- BAA2005-1
- Response Due
- 12/30/2005
- Archive Date
- 1/14/2006
- Description
- The Federal Railroad Administration's (FRA) Next Generation High-Speed Rail Program is a key element in the U.S. Department of Transportation's overall effort to promote high-speed rail passenger transportation in the United States, particularly in selected congested inter-urban corridors. The program support the advancement of high-speed rail, particularly on existing infrastructure, by improving, adapting, and demonstrating potentially more cost-effective technologies which could have wide application in U.S. corridors. Technologies most likely to help facilitate the deployment of high-speed rail service are those which will (1) bring about cost reductions in constructing and maintaining equipment, track, and facilities; (2) reduce operating costs by providing more efficient operations; (3) improve the reliability of equipment and infrastructure components by resucing failures and/or reducing false failure detections; (4) improve safety by reducing human and technology failures; (5) enhance revenue-generating capability by attracting greater ridership through reducing trip times, upgrading customer service quality, increasing reliability, or improving on-time performance and/or (6) enhance the social benefits and/or environmental aspects of high-speed rail. This is an unrestricted solicitation for which private industries, state and local governments, and universities may submit proposals in response to the BAA solicitation. The complete BAA 2005-1 package may be downloaded or printed from the following Internet address: http://www.fra.gov, and then through the choices of "Passenger Rail" (from upper left home page menu), "Financial Assistance" (on the drop down menu), "Funding for High Speed Rail" (center of Financial Assistance page), "Rail Demonstration Funding Opportunities", "Broad Agency Announcement." BAA 2005-1 is not available in paper copy.
- Record
- SN00774616-W 20050325/050323213053 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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