# Licenses to Operate NUCARS software

Canonical: https://abierto.us/opportunities/6913g625q300016

- Solicitation number: 6913G625Q300016
- Notice type: Presolicitation
- Status: Awarded to Transportation Technology Center, Inc.
- Department: Department of Transportation
- Agency: Office of the Secretary
- Contracting office: 6913G6 Volpe Natl. Trans. Sys CNTR (6913G6)
- NAICS: 541519 Other Computer Related Services
- Product or service code: 7A21 Business Application off-the-shelf software delivered by perpetual license, which also encompasses enterprise level software enabling mission capability and business operational support.
- Place of performance: Cambridge, Massachusetts
- County: Middlesex County (FIPS 25017). https://abierto.us/counties/middlesex-county-ma-25017
- City: Cambridge. https://abierto.us/cities/cambridge-ma-2511000
- First posted: February 4, 2025
- Last posted: February 4, 2025
- SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/62e16f88e49442cca5fd6cc8b5cad15e/view

## Description

The U.S. Department of Transportation, John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (Volpe Center) Cambridge, MA, is supporting Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), and has a requirement for the renewal of two licenses to operate NUCARS software through January 31, 2026. NUCARS is the only simulation package that has been sufficiently validated to predict the nonlinear dynamic response of North American Railroads to specified track conditions.

It is also a proprietary software of Association of American Railroads (AAR) which is a requirement for rail dynamics studies. NUCARS software is required to access the results from decades of past simulation work performed by Volpe Center engineers. Therefore, The Volpe Center intends to award a sole source purchase order to Transportation Technology Center, Inc. DBA MxV Rail Software Products. The NAICS code for this procurement is 541519; the small business size standard is $30.0M.

## Award on USAspending

- Recipient: Transportation Technology Center, Inc. (UEI TFGYSDM5WRM5)
- Contract: 6913G625P800023, purchase order
- Obligated: $27,500.00
- Competition: Not Competed Under SAP, 1 offers received
- Link: solicitation number 6913G625Q300016 equals the FPDS solicitation identifier; same awarding office 6913G6 (high confidence)
- Record: https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_6913G625P800023_6901_-NONE-_-NONE-/


## Publications

- February 4, 2025: Presolicitation, due February 7, 2025 at 11:00 AM EST. Notice 62e16f88e49442cca5fd6cc8b5cad15e. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/62e16f88e49442cca5fd6cc8b5cad15e/view

## Points of contact

- Darcy Hubbard, Darcy.hubbard@dot.gov, 6174943816

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