ENSCO wins $24-million FRA contract

In-Channel Work Press Release ENSCO, Inc., has been awarded the Operations, Maintenance, Instrumentation and Analysis Support contract from the Federal Railroad Administration, Office of Research and Development. The task-order contract, composed of a one-year base period and four one-year options, has a five-year ceiling value of more than $24 million. ENSCO shall perform engineering and operations services to support the development and application of advanced research and technologies for enhanced rail safety. The contract continues ENSCO's longstanding relationship with the FRA. The company has been a major provider of instrumentation, field-testing, engineering analysis as well as research and development services since the 1970's.

"We are committed to
delivering high-quality services to the FRA. We are especially proud to be able
to continue partnering with the FRA to develop new safety assurance techno­lo­gies as
well as providing support for safety critical tests and investigations," said
Boris Nejikovsky, ENSCO’s vice president, applied technology and engineering division.