SPECIAL NOTICE
C -- Architect & Engineering (A&E) Support Services, IDIQ Multiple Award
- Notice Date
- 5/13/2008
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 541330
— Engineering Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), Office of Acquisition and Grants Services, Mail Stop 50, West Bldg, 3rd Floor, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE, Washington, District of Columbia, 20590
- ZIP Code
- 20590
- Solicitation Number
- FRAPR08-2
- Point of Contact
- Richard Cogswell,, Phone: 2024936388, Sharon L. Roland,, Phone: 2024931340
- E-Mail Address
-
Richard.Cogswell@dot.gov, sharon.roland@dot.gov
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS, QUOTATIONS OR BIDS. This is a Request for Information only. The Federal Railroad Administration, Headquarters requests information and recommendations from respondents concerning the potential project described below. Responses to this sources sought announcement will be used by the Government to make appropriate acquisition decisions. NO SOLICITATION IS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE. Responses are to be sent via email to Richard.cogswell@dot.gov with the Subject Line: 08-2 Architect & Engineering (A&E) Support Services, IDIQ Multiple Award no later than 3:00 p.m. eastern standard time on May 23, 2008. Responses should include the following information: Comments will be shared with the Government and the project leaders, but otherwise will be held in strict confidence. Please provide a three (3) page capabilities statement addressing the following, and must include the offerors name, address, phone number, e-mail address, business size, Cage Code number. The firm must demonstrate specialized and technical competence in: (1)Environmental/Historic Documentation; This may include preparation or reviews of Categorical Exclusions (CE), Environmental Assessments (EA), Findings of No Significant Impacts (FONSI) and Environmental Impact Statements (EIS). The work may include site visits and coordination with State Historic Preservation Officers (SHPO) as appropriate. (2) Railroad Operations: This may include analysis of existing and proposed operations of freight, commuter, conventional intercity and high speed intercity trains operating separately or in any combination on the same infrastructure as the same or at different time(s), in order to prepare or review a Railroad Transportation Plan typically projecting railroad services 20 or more years in the future. The Railroad Transportation Guidance Manual can be found on the Federal Railroad Administration website at: http://www.fra.dot.gov/ select Passenger Rail; Publications, Studies, and Reports; Corridor Transportation Planning Guide. This analysis would typically be expected to include Train Performance Calculator (TPC) runs, computerized train operations modeling/simulation of train movements for different track configurations, preparation of railroad fleet plans (locomotive, and passenger car, and/or any other relevant vehicle(s) ), interactions with other modes of transportation (multimodal), sequence and staging of routine maintenance activities, etc. These tasks may also include analyses of the on-time performance of specific routes or regions, the identification of the nature and likely effects of potential options for improving such performance, and the comparison of the actual versus the projected costs and benefits of such options when implemented.(3)Railroad Engineering; This may include preparation or review of detailed railroad related engineering designs for signal systems and train control systems, track structures, bridges, tunnels, electric traction systems, maintenance facilities, passenger stations, compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) regulations, and any other component or feature of railway infrastructure, etc. (4)Railroad Rolling Stock; This may include review or preparation of design specifications for Diesel. or electric, or any other type of locomotives and self-propelled passenger cars as well as conventional trailer type passenger cars and maintenance equipment. This would also be expected to include analysis of rolling stock failures that may or may not have lead to safety related incidents. This would also include compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) regulations on passenger cars. This may also include tasks related to the design, conduct, and evaluation of equipment development and demonstration programs. (5)Railroad Financial Analysis and Organizational Planning; This may include cost/benefit, financial, and operational analysis of proposed railroad projects and of potential network restructurings; railroad operating cost analysis and allocation methodologies; long range budget planning;, staffing levels, estimates of the effects of proposed work rule changes and potential labor actions; analyses and projections of the likely operating, financial, legal, and economic effects or implications of alternative corporate organizational/institutional structures for the provision of railroad services; corporate insolvency planning and analysis; passenger and freight demand, traffic, and revenue projections (including all types of revenue potentially accruing to railroad companies); etc
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- Place of Performance
- Address: 1200 New Jersey Avenue, S.E., Washigton, D.C. 20590, 3rd Floor, Attn: Mr. Richard Cogswell, Washington, District of Columbia, 20590, United States
- Zip Code: 20590
- Zip Code: 20590
- Record
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