Presolicitation
FY'26 Licenses to Operate NUCARS Software
6913G626Q300013
Office of the Secretary, 6913G6 Volpe Natl. Trans. Sys CNTR. Other Computer Related Services.
Response deadline
January 28, 2026 at 4:00 PM EST
Closed 233 days ago. Posted January 22, 2026. Scheduled to archive February 12, 2026.
Description
As published on SAM.gov.
The U.S. Department of Transportation, John A. Volpe National Trans portation 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. 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
Publications
Every notice SAM.gov issued under this solicitation number, oldest first. Each is a separate record on SAM.
January 22, 2026
Presolicitation
Due January 28, 2026 at 4:00 PM EST. SAM.gov, notice 1c1100bd2f0d417c8e44af8273d9b75c
Points of contact
- Darcy HubbardDarcy.Hubbard@dot.gov8579283714
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