- Country: USA
- Summary: Request for Information (RFI)/Industry Feedback on Draft Performance Work Statement for Parametric Railway Line Capacity Model
- UST Ref No: 123400687
- Deadline: 24 Aug 2025
- Financier: Self Financed
- Purchaser Ownership: Government
- Tender Value: Refer Document
- Notice Type: Tender
- Document Ref. No.: 693JJ625R000002
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Purpose:
The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) is seeking industry review and comment on a draft Parametric Railway Line Capacity Model (PRLC) Performance Work Statement (PWS) prior to the issuance of any formal solicitation. The government may incorporate into the final version of the PWS any information or comments resulting from this request that is determined to be useful.
Responses to this Request for Information (RFI) are not considered offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. Industry is requested to review the attached Draft PWS and provide comments/feedback that will assist the FRA in refining its requirement. Respondents should not submit any proprietary information when responding to this RFI. Respondents are encouraged to review the draft PWS, and submit any comments or questions that may be useful for this requirement. All comments/questions will be evaluated and the draft PWS will be amended accordingly to reflect any changes FRA deems necessary to make.
Background: Since the 1975 publication of Federal Rail Administration-s (FRA) Parametric Analysis of Railway Line Capacity Final Report , parametric railroad capacity models have seen sporadic use throughout the North American railroad industry as a tool to support both short-term and long-term network, traffic, and capital planning. While some individual railroads have developed and maintained propriety parametric models for their own internal use, the publicly available 1975 FRA model, which provided the initial conceptual framework for this approach to capacity analysis, has become largely obsolete due to major changes that have occurred over the past 50 years including railroad operating practices, traffic types, physical plant characteristics, and capacity utilization.
During that same period, detailed railroad operations simulation emerged as the dominant tool for railroad capacity analysis. FRA has been a major proponent for... - Documents:
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The TRANSPORTATION, DEPARTMENT OF | FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION, a Government sector organization in USA, has announced a new tender for Request for Information (RFI)/Industry Feedback on Draft Performance Work Statement for Parametric Railway Line Capacity Model. This tender is published on USARFP under UST Ref No: 123400687 and is categorized as a Tender. Interested and eligible suppliers are invited to participate by reviewing the tender documents and submitting their bids before the deadline on 2025-08-24.
The estimated tender value is Refer Document, and full details, including technical specifications and submission requirements, are provided in the official tender documents. Ensure all submissions meet the criteria outlined to be considered for evaluation.
