U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration, Office of Acquisition and Grants Services (RAD-30), 400 7th Street, S.W., Rm 8222, Washington, D.C. 20590

T -- VEHICLE DYNAMICS TRAINING MODULE SOL DTFR53-93-C-00001 POC Contact Point, Contract Specialist, Robert Spratling, 202/366-0571/Contracting Officer, Robert Carpenter, 202/366-0564 The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) intends to negotiate on a sole source basis with the Association of American Railroads (AAR) to produce a video which will address the types and causes of freight car derailments. The video will require a discussion of three categories of freight car derailments which include: catastrophic, vehicle/track interaction, and human factors. In producing the video, the contractor will be integrating a body of information previously developed by the AAR under other FRA task orders, and from other information available to AAR as a result of its own independent research efforts. The previous working knowledge gained by the AAR in areas such as flange climb, dynamic rock and roll characteristics, and track buckling issues makes the AAR uniquely suited to perform the proposed effort. Consequently, the FRA intends to conduct the proposed efforts through a task order issued under the FRA's existing facilities management contract with the AAR. The level of effort to be associated with this task is anticipated to be less than one-half person year. The applicable authority for this announced intention is that under 41 U.S.C. 253(c)(1), as implemented by FAR 6.302-1, ''Only One Responsible Source.'' This is not a competitive procurement and no RFP is available. (0208)

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