Railcar Maintenance Practices
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Railcar Maintenance Practices: ACTION: Notice for Request for Proposals (RFP) on Railcar Maintenance PracticesSUMMARY: FTA is seeking research proposals to study the effectiveness of railcar maintenance practices followed by public transportation agencies operating rail passenger service. FTAs research activities are authorized by 49 USC 5312, Research, Development, Demonstration, and Deployment Projects. The goal of this research program is to promote the research and development of new technologies that will improve the safety and efficiency of rail transit system operations in the United States. The objective of this project is to identify rail transit agencies with effective, best practice maintenance processes based on agency on-time performance, safety record, and mean-time-between-failures data. The research shall evaluate railcar maintenance plans and processes and document the practices, methods and procedures that lead to highly effective railcar maintenance.DATES: An applicant must electronically submit a proposal to http://www.grants.gov by minight (EDT), Monday, April 18, 2011, for consideration. All potential applicants are advised to begin the http://www.grants.gov registration process immediately, if they have not previously submitted Federal assistance applications through http://www.grants.gov, in order to be able to meet the deadline. FTA expects to award funds to one successful applicant through a cooperative agreement by June 17, 2011.
| Federal Grant Title: | Railcar Maintenance Practices |
| Federal Agency Name: | DOT Federal Transit Administration |
| Grant Categories: | Transportation |
| Type of Opportunity: | Discretionary |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | FTA-2011-014-TRI |
| Type of Funding: | Cooperative Agreement |
| CFDA Numbers: | 20.514 |
| CFDA Descriptions: | Public Transportation Research |
| Current Application Deadline: | May 09, 2011 Close Date |
| Original Application Deadline: | May 02, 2011 |
| Posted Date: | Mar 18, 2011 |
| Creation Date: | Apr 26, 2011 |
| Archive Date: | Jun 08, 2011 |
| Total Program Funding: | $400,000 |
| Maximum Federal Grant Award: | $400,000 |
| Minimum Federal Grant Award: | $0 |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 1 |
| Cost Sharing or Matching: | No |
- Applicants Eligible for this Grant
- Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility"
- Additional Information on Eligibility
- All applicants must be registered on the Federal Governments Central Contract Registration (CCR) and the online Representation and Certifications Application (ORCA) systems prior to project award (www.bpn.gov/ccr).
- Link to Full Grant Announcement
- Information not provided
- Grant Announcement Contact
- Patrick Centolanzi; Program Manager Federal Transit Administration Office of Technology (TRI-20) 1200 New Jersey Ave., SE Washington, DC 20590
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