FY'26 Licenses to Operate NUCARS Software 6913G626Q300013
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AI-generated · Jan 23, 2026Renewal of two licenses to operate NUCARS software is required to support rail dynamics analyses for FRA-related tasks. NUCARS is the only validated simulation package capable of predicting the nonlinear dynamic response of North American railways to specified track conditions, and it is proprietary software owned by the Association of American Railroads.
A sole-source award is planned to Transportation Technology Center, Inc., DBA MxV Rail Software Products, to renew these licenses so that access to decades of past simulation results from Volpe Center engineers is maintained.
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
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