Parametric Railway Line Capacity Modeling

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial products or commercial services prepared in accordance with the format in subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotes are being requested and a separate written solicitation will not be issued.

The solicitation number is 693JJ626Q000005 and being issued as full and open competition. This notice and the incorporated provisions and clauses are those in affect through the Federal Acquisition Circular FAC 2025-06. Clauses and Provisions are available in full text at www.acquisition.gov.  All responsible sources may submit a quote. 

North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code:

541330, Engineering Services, Small business size standard $25,500,000

Eligible business size:  All

Competition: Full and Open Competition

Product and Service Code (PSC): AS12,
Transportation and R&D services: Surface Transportation, Public Transit, and Rail

FAR Provisions/Clauses: 52.212-1, 52.212-2, and 52.212-4 apply to this procurement.  For full text and wording visit www.acquisition.gov.

The Government contemplates an award of a single Firm Fixed Price (FFP) purchase order/contract resulting from this solicitation.

Contract Line Item (CLIN):

To be developed by awardee in their response to the Statement of Objectives (SOO) See Attachment 1 Statement of Objectives.

Objective:

This effort will result in a railroad parametric capacity model that will be validated based on “real world” operations data.

Description of Requirement:

Description:

The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) anticipates awarding a Firm Fixed Price type contract for the development of a new Parametric Railway Line Capacity Model (PRLCM).  FRA believes that a new parametric capacity model would have the potential to serve as an important adjunct to existing railroad operations simulation tools and could find application in high-level operations analysis that is performed as part of early project feasibility studies, regional intercity passenger rail planning, and as an aid in developing hypotheses for operating and infrastructure changes for subsequent evaluation using operations simulation. 

This effort will result in a validated, reproducible Railroad Parametric Capacity Model (RPCM), associated documentation, and code that the Government can independently develop.  (The full description is to be found on pages 1-2 of Attachment J.1 Statement of Objective (SOO).).

Place of delivery and FOB point

Federal Railroad Administration

1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE,

Washington. DC 20590

Clauses and Provisions

52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors—Commercial, applies to this acquisition.

52.212-2 Evaluation—Commercial Products and Commercial Services (Nov 2021) applies to this procurement.

52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions—Commercial Items, applies to this procurement.

In accordance with FAR 12.302, the FAR Clause at 52.212-1 is tailored to include Addendum 1 (Attachment J.7).

The complete list of clauses is provided in the attached solicitation.

The quotation acceptance period is 120 days after the date set for receipt of quotations.  The Government anticipates issuing one contract with a base of eighteen months.  This solicitation will result in the award of a firm fixed priced contract.

Additional contract terms and conditions are found in the in the attached solicitation.

There is no Defense Priority and Allocation System (DPAS) rating assigned to this procurement.

Interested parties capable of providing the specified services shall prepare their quotation in accordance with the attached solicitation and submit to Matthew Carr, at matthew.carr@dot.gov. This procurement is unrestricted.  Award will be made on a best value basis.

Vendors are encouraged to direct any questions by e-mail to matthew.carr@dot.gov.

No telephone inquiries will be accepted. Questions regarding this synopsis/solicitation shall be submitted to the email address above no later than 12:30 pm, February 23, 2026.  Any questions received after this time/date may or may not be answered due to time constraints of this combined synopsis/solicitation.

Phase I submittals are due by 12:30 pm EST on March 10, 2026.  Phase II submittals are due by 12:30 pm EST on March 20, 2026.  All submittals should be sent via email to Matthew Carr at the address above. Partial quotations will not be accepted for this requirement.