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1National State of Good Repair Assessment, June 

2010 and Transit Asset Management Practices—A 

National and International Review, July 2010. 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Transit Administration 

Transit Asset Management (TAM) Pilot 

Program 

AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration, 

United States Department of 

Transportation. 

ACTION: Request for Proposals (RFP). 

SUMMARY: The Federal Transit 

Administration (FTA) is soliciting 

proposals from public transportation 

providers, state Departments of 

Transportation (DOT), and Metropolitan 

Planning Organizations (MPO)— 

individually or in partnership—to 

demonstrate effective Transit Asset 

Management (TAM) systems and ‘‘best 

practices’’, which can be replicated to 

improve transportation asset 

management at the nation’s rail and bus 

public transportation agencies. Public 

sector applicants may partner with asset 

management system suppliers; however 

the official proposer must be a public 

agency. The TAM pilot program is 

intended to address several public 

transportation asset management 

challenges identified in previous 

research by FTA.1 FTA contemplates 

making multiple cooperative agreement 

awards for TAM pilot projects to varied 

teams. 

The total available funding for the 

TAM pilot program is $3 million. FTA 

will award cooperative agreements, up 

to $1 million each, to successful 

proposers for pilot projects that will 

demonstrate certain aspects of TAM 

systems. Successful TAM pilot projects 

will promote the use of advanced tools 

and practices throughout the public 

transportation industry. FTA is looking 

for innovative approaches to asset 

management using proven technology 

that will enhance the ability of public 

transportation providers, MPOs, and 

state DOTs to maintain their assets in a 

state of good repair and/or make more 

informed resource allocation decisions. 

Proposed solutions must be scalable and 

transferable such that they can be 

adapted by public transportation 

agencies and organizations of various 

sizes and modes. Additionally, FTA 

seeks to provide technical assistance to 

public transportation agencies through 

written reports and technical knowledge 

to be provided under the cooperative 

agreements. 

DATES: Proposals must be submitted 

electronically by January 18, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Proposals shall be 

submitted electronically to 

http://www.grants.gov. The Web site 

allows organizations to find and apply 

for funding opportunities electronically 

from all Federal grant-making agencies 

and is the single access point for over 

1,000 cooperative agreement programs 

offered by the 26 Federal grant-making 

agencies. 

Mail and fax submissions will not be 

accepted (excluding supplemental 

information which cannot be sent 

electronically). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Contact Aaron C. James, Director, Office 

of Engineering, (202) 493–0107, 

aaron.james@dot.gov for proposalspecific information and issues. 

I. Funding Authority 

The FY 2010 DOT–HUD 

appropriations bill provides significant 

resources to FTA to encourage improved 

management of the condition and 

recapitalization of the Nation’s transit 

infrastructure. Specifically, the bill 

states: 

‘‘Asset Management—The conference 

agreement includes $5,000,000 to develop 

asset management plans, technical 

assistance, data collection and a pilot 

program as proposed by the Senate. The 

House did not include similar language. The 

conferees expect the pilot program to include 

transit agencies that vary in size and direct 

FTA to report findings to the House and 

Senate Committees on appropriations within 

18 months of enactment.’’ 

FTA is using a portion of this research 

funding, authorized by 49 U.S.C. 5312, 

to support research in asset management 

practices and condition assessment 

methodologies, as well as new data 

collection and analysis activities. $3 

million has been reserved for the pilot 

projects being solicited in this RFP. 

II. Background and Objectives 

FTA is one of eleven agencies in the 

Department of Transportation (DOT) 

and has the primary responsibility of 

carrying out the Federal mandate of 

promoting and improving the nation’s 

public transportation system. As part of 

its role, FTA provides over $10 billion 

annually in financial assistance to 

transit agencies and states for building 

and maintaining public transportation 

systems. There is growing concern that 

a significant portion of the nation’s 

public transportation assets are in need 

of capital reinvestment due to the 

historically inadequate level of financial 

resources available for maintenance and 

asset replacement activities and/or an 

inability by agencies to set appropriate 

recapitalization priorities due to a lack 

of effective and easily adopted asset 

condition assessment tools and systems. 

The National State of Good Repair 

Assessment, published by FTA in June 

2010, indicated that roughly one-third 

of the nation’s public transit assets 

(weighted by replacement value) are in 

marginal or poor condition and that 

almost $80 billion is needed to bring 

them into a ‘‘state of good repair.’’ It has 

been widely acknowledged that asset 

management practices in the public 

transportation sector have not received 

the same level of technical advancement 

or attention as have those used for the 

nation’s highways and public utilities. 

FTA commissioned a review of ‘‘Transit 

Asset Management Practices—National 

and International’’ and posted this 

report to its Web site in July 2010. The 

review found that while several transit 

agencies are utilizing TAM systems of 

one form or another, there are many 

transit agencies without a system in 

place for managing the condition of 

their capital assets in a holistic manner. 

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and well-defined objectives as part of a 

systematic process to strategically 

maintain, and improve, capital assets, 

resulting in the optimal allocation and 

utilization of available funding. 

To help increase the number of transit 

agencies with complete and up-to-date 

capital asset inventories and improve 

the level of asset management in the 

public transportation industry as a 

whole, FTA is looking to partner with 

transit agencies, state DOTs, MPOs, and 

asset management system suppliers to 

demonstrate innovative approaches for 

managing transportation assets from the 

initial capital asset acquisition planning 

phase to the asset recapitalization 

phase. 

Referring to the diagram below, this 

TAM pilot program is aimed at 

demonstrating solutions to asset 

management challenges in each of the 

four phases of the asset management 

cycle, as well as improvements to the 

overall asset management flow and 

approach. 

FTA intends to disseminate 

innovative and/or improved asset 

management methods developed as part 

of this pilot program to the industry-atlarge so that public transportation 

agencies, state DOTs and MPOs can 

prioritize their transit asset repair, 

recapitalization and replacement needs, 

and develop reasonable cost/schedule 

estimates for achieving a ‘‘state of good 

repair’’. Asset management tools that 

will promote better management of 

safety-related public transportation 

capital assets will be of particular 

interest. 

FTA will participate in TAM pilot 

program activities at the project level by 

attending review meetings, commenting 

on technical reports, and maintaining 

frequent contact with the project 

manager. FTA subject matter experts 

(staff or contractors) will also be 

included in the project evaluations. 

Proposers will be required to assist 

FTA in reporting the TAM pilot 

program’s progress to Congress, as 

necessary. 

III. Schedule 

The successful proposers will be 

announced in late February 2011 with 

an anticipated Notice to Proceed (NTP) 

in early March, 2011. 

IV. Eligibility 

All proposals must meet the following 

minimum requirements to be eligible for 

further consideration of a cooperative 

agreement award: 

1. All proposing entities and/or teams 

must provide written certification that 

they have existing TAM systems and 

practices currently in use and are 

willing to provide a system 

demonstration. 

2. New systems and solutions, if 

proposed, must be a recent evolution of 

an existing system in use. 

3. Proposing entities and/or teams 

must already possess the technical 

capacity and capability to complete the 

TAM project. 

4. Asset management system 

suppliers must have currently available 

commercial products to qualify as an 

asset management system supplier; 

however products proposed do not 

necessarily have to be commercially 

available at the time of the proposal 

submission but must be a recent 

evolution of a currently available 

commercial product if new. 

5. Any proposed software system 

must explicitly state what data formats 

and communication protocols are 

supported ‘‘off the shelf’’ and whether or 

not they are proprietary in nature. [Note: 

A strong preference for software 

products that promote data 

interoperability between diverse types 

of information technology systems 

through use of open data formats and 

standard data communication protocols 

is desired by FTA.] 

6. Transit asset management systems 

and solutions proposed must have a 

high probability of being successfully 

implemented in lieu of newer, high-risk 

or experimental proposals involving 

unproven systems. 

7. Must be completed within 18 

months or less. 

8. Must result in asset management 

tools and practices that can be 

implemented at reasonable cost other 

agencies of varying sizes and modal 

composition. More expensive tools or 

practices can be identified but should be 

in addition to cost effective solutions, if 

proposed. 

9. Must provide for data compatibility 

and data transfer with other transit 

management systems (e.g. maintenance 

management, financial management, 

etc.). 

V. Proposal Requirements 

A. Submission Process 

Proposals shall be submitted 

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Mailed and faxed submissions will not 

be accepted (except for supplemental 

information that cannot be sent 

electronically). 

Please deliver supplemental materials 

to Doris Lyons, Office of Program 

Management, 

Doris.Lyonsmailto:@dot.gov, Federal 

Transit Administration, 1200 New 

Jersey Avenue, SE., Room E46–204, 

Washington, DC 20590. 

B. Projects Criteria 

Proposals will be evaluated on the 

basis of their implementation of the 

following major functionalities. 

Proposals should specifically address 

one or more of the following functions 

and clearly state the function(s) for 

which a solution is being proposed. 

1. Demonstrate innovative approaches 

to public transportation systems 

planning at the state DOT or MPO level 

that incorporates the long-term costs of 

maintaining the systems in a state of 

good repair (SGR) including: 

a. Ensuring agency policy goals and 

objectives are aligned with an approach 

focused on achieving and maintaining a 

state of good repair. 

b. Setting comprehensive policy 

intended to minimize life-cycle costs 

and maximize asset serviceability. 

c. Implementing an asset management 

system as part of a strategic plan for 

managing assets from cradle to grave, 

including initial funding and financing 

scenarios. 

2. Provide a transit capital asset 

inventory database with sufficient 

capacity and functionality to track all 

categories of public transportation 

capital assets combined: 

a. Specifying data items and protocol, 

for each asset, 

b. Specifying data collection methods, 

and 

c. Tracking complex assets, such as 

vehicles, facilities, and structures, at the 

system component and major 

subcomponents level. 

3. Demonstrate proven asset 

inspection methods including frequency 

and general criteria for identifying 

deficiencies, taking into account other 

industry practices (e.g. use of state 

highway bridge inspection procedures 

on elevated structures) that can be 

effectively applied throughout the 

public transportation industry, for: 

a. Assessing the physical condition of 

all asset categories, especially those 

providing a safety critical function, 

b. Providing a comprehensive set of 

performance measures for rating asset 

condition at the system component level 

(e.g. vehicles, facilities, stations, etc.) 

and major subcomponents level (e.g. 

escalators, elevators, etc.). 

c. Performing and tracking required 

maintenance for all asset inventory 

categories. 

4. Provide methodologies to better 

prioritize reinvestment needs including: 

a. Life-cycle planning of long-lived 

assets such as maintenance facilities, 

systems infrastructure and underground 

structures. 

b. Innovative ways to evaluate the 

effects of capital reinvestment decisions 

on system performance in terms of 

capacity, safety, reliability, 

maintainability, and operating costs. 

c. Risk-based approaches that factor in 

the risks associated with deteriorating 

asset conditions as opposed to just 

relying on an asset’s age to set 

recapitalization priorities. 

d. The ability to perform scenario 

analysis involving both constrained and 

unconstrained needs, as well as the 

ability to project the optimal 

distribution of work given likely 

funding levels along with estimated 

impacts associated with deferred 

maintenance. 

5. Simplify and improve the integrity 

of asset condition data collection 

through the use of technology and 

process re-engineering. 

For purposes of this TAM pilot 

program, FTA is primarily interested in 

pursuing the TAM projects described 

above however, other TAM projects may 

be proposed as long as they are 

consistent with FTA’s stated objectives 

in Section II and they meet the 

eligibility requirements in Section IV. 

Upon completion of FTA’s proposal 

review, evaluation, scoring and ranking 

process, FTA reserves the right to 

negotiate cooperative agreement awards 

for entire proposal offerings or specific 

portions of proposals. 

C. Proposal Content 

Proposals shall be limited to 60 pages 

in total length and shall contain the 

following: 

1. Cover sheet (1 page)—Includes the 

entity submitting the proposal, the 

principal investigator’s name, title, and 

contact information (e.g. address, 

phone, fax, and e-mail). Name and 

contact information for the entity’s key 

point(s) of contact for all cooperative 

activities (if different from the principle 

investigator). 

2. Abstract (2 pages)—Abstract shall 

include project background, purpose, 

demonstration methodology, intended 

outcomes, and method of measuring 

how successful the project has been in 

achieving the intended outcomes. 

3. Statement of Eligibility—The 

eligibility requirements (as listed in 

Section IV above) should be addressed 

in narrative form and include a ‘‘waiver 

letter’’ stating FTA will have 

unrestricted rights to use data outputs 

generated. 

4. Project narrative (not to exceed 30 

pages)—Project narrative shall include 

the following information: 

a. Project Understanding and TAM 

approach—Understanding of FTA’s 

goals and objectives the problem to be 

addressed, beyond the description 

provided by FTA in this RFP; and the 

proposed approach for executing the 

research project. Particular attention 

should be given to describing how the 

proposing entity will ensure that the 

proposed TAM project will result in 

beneficial systems and solutions that 

can be readily implemented at other 

agencies of varying sizes and modes. 

b. Past Experience—Experience in 

asset management implementation and 

knowledge of public transportation 

management issues related to asset 

management. 

c. Technical Capacity—Technical 

experience and ability of the proposing 

organization to address asset 

management issues identified in this 

RFP and the availability of key project 

resources. 

5. Preliminary Project Implementation 

Plan that includes well defined 

objectives, resources, tasks to 

accomplish the objectives and a 

schedule of activities with timelines, 

and deliverables. 

6. A Small Business (SB) 

Subcontracting Plan detailing how small 

businesses will be utilized as members 

of the proposing team. Joint ventures 

with Disadvantaged Business Enterprise 

(DBE) firms (i.e., Small Business owned 

and controlled by Minorities, Women or 

Disabled Veterans) with requisite 

experience are encouraged. 

In addition to the required proposal 

elements, proposers have the option to 

submit supplemental material such as: 

Brochures, publications, products, 

letters of support etc. Such 

supplemental materials, when 

submitted in appendices, will not be 

considered a part of the 60-page 

proposal limit. 

D. Deliverables 

Successful proposers are not required 

to deliver proprietary systems 

information to FTA. The following are 

required: 

1. Monthly progress reports with a 

narrative describing progress on key 

milestone activities, monthly and 

cumulative budget expenditures, SB and 

DBE utilization, problems encountered 

and work planned for the next month. 

2. A detailed Project Implementation 

Plan within 15 working days of 

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3. Fifteen (15) bound copies 

(including 5 color copies) and an 

electronic copy in PDF format of an 

Interim Report presenting objectives, 

approach, interim findings and 

recommendations along with supporting 

data by May 30, 2011. 

4. A presentation of the Interim 

Report, at FTA headquarters or via 

webinar/conference call by June 6, 2011. 

5. Fifteen (15) bound copies 

(including 5 color copies) and an 

electronic copy in PDF format of a 

Preliminary Report presenting 

objectives, approach, preliminary 

findings, and recommendations, 

supporting data, and comments from 

FTA on the Interim Report, no later than 

4 months after completion of Interim 

Report. 

6. A presentation of the Preliminary 

Report, at FTA headquarters or via 

webinar/conference call within two 

weeks of submission of Preliminary 

Report. 

7. Fifteen (15) bound copies 

(including 5 color copies) and an 

electronic copy in PDF format of a Final 

Report, addressing preliminary report 

findings and FTA comments, no later 

than 16 months after NTP. 

8. A presentation of the Final Report 

at FTA headquarters or via webinar/ 

conference call within two weeks of 

submission of the Final Report. 

9. Forty (40) hours of technical 

assistance by suitable staff to participate 

in information exchange forums such as 

webinars, meetings, teleconferences, or 

workshops to explain TAM solution. 

10. TAM software methodology, 

solutions and non proprietary TAM 

systems information with appropriate 

level of documentation and 

recommended practice(s) in a medium 

compatible with FTA software 

system(s). 

Proposers should plan on providing at 

least one of the three presentations 

required above, in person to FTA at its 

headquarters in Washington, DC. FTA 

will make every effort to accommodate 

webinars or conference calls for the 

other two presentations. 

Other deliverables, if applicable, will 

be negotiated prior to award of the 

cooperative agreement(s). Electronic 

copies of all deliverables must be 

provided in PDF format and in 

Microsoft Office. 

VI. Evaluation Criteria 

Proposals will be evaluated based on 

the following criteria and scoring 

system: 

1. Project understanding and 

approach. (25%) 

2. Technical capacity. (20%) 

3. Product superiority based on the 

degree to which all eligibility 

requirements are met or exceeded, 

including software products that 

promote data interoperability. (30%). 

4. Preliminary Project Implementation 

Plan. (15%) 

5. Small Business Subcontracting Plan 

detailing how small businesses will be 

utilized as members of the proposing 

team. (10%) 

After technical proposals have been 

evaluated, scored and ranked according 

to overall value, FTA will enter into 

negotiations with the entities that 

submitted the highest ranked proposals 

to set the cooperative agreement project 

scope and cost. 

VII. Award Administration 

Following receipt of the FTA 

Administrator’s notification letter, the 

successful entity(ies) will be required to 

submit its proposal through the FTA 

Transportation Electronic Award 

Management (TEAM) system. FTA will 

manage the cooperative agreement(s) 

through the TEAM system. Before FTA 

may award Federal financial assistance 

through a Federal cooperative 

agreement, the entity must submit all 

certifications and assurances pertaining 

to itself and its project as required by 

Federal laws and regulations. The Fiscal 

Year 2011 Annual List of Certifications 

and Assurances for FTA Cooperative 

Agreements and Guidelines will be 

published in the Federal Register and 

posted on the FTA Web site at 

http://www.fta.dot.gov. 

VIII. Agency Contact 

Contact Aaron C. James, Director, 

Office of Engineering, (202) 493–0107, 

aaron.james@dot.gov for proposalspecific information and issues. 

Issued in Washington, DC this 15th day of 

November 2010. 

Peter Rogoff, 

Administrator. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

November 12, 2010. 

The Department of the Treasury will 

submit the following public information 

collection requirement to OMB for 

review and clearance under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

Public Law 104–13 on or after the date 

of publication of this notice. A copy of 

the submission may be obtained by 

calling the Treasury Bureau Clearance 

Officer listed. Comments regarding this 

information collection should be 

addressed to the OMB reviewer listed 

and to the Treasury PRA Clearance 

Officer, Department of the Treasury, 

1750 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Suite 

11010, Washington, DC 20220. 

Dates: Written comments should be 

received on or before December 20, 2010 

to be assured of consideration. 

Bureau of the Public Debt (BPD) 

OMB Number: 1535–0112. 

Type of Review: Extension without 

change of a currently approved 

collection. 

Title: Sale and Issue of Marketable 

Book-Entry Treasury Bills, Notes and 

Bonds. 

Abstract: Information needed in order 

to process tender and to ensure 

compliance with Treasury Auction 

Rules. 

Respondents: Individuals and 

Households. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 1 

hour. 

OMB Number: 1535–0128. 

Type of Review: Extension without 

change of a currently approved 

collection. 

Title: Direct Deposit Sign-Up Form. 

Form: PD F 5396. 

Abstract: Used to process payment 

data to the financial institution. 

Respondents: Individuals and 

Households. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 3,060 

hours. 

OMB Number: 1535–0069. 

Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Title: Treasury Direct Forms. 

Forms: 5261, 5181, PD F 5189, PD F 

5178, PD F 5179–1, PD F 5180, PD F 

5381, PD F 5179, PD F 5182, PD F 5236, 

PD F 5235, PD F 5188, PD F 5191. 

Abstract: Used to purchase and 

maintain Treasury Bills, Notes and 

Bonds. 

Respondents: Individuals and 

Households. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 25,018 

hours. 

Bureau Clearance Officer: Bruce 

Sharp, Bureau of the Public Debt, 200 

Third Street, Parkersburg, West Virginia 

26106; (304) 480–8112. 

OMB Reviewer: Shagufta Ahmed, 

Office of Management and Budget, New 

Executive Office Building, Room 10235, 

Washington, DC 20503; (202) 395–7873. 

Celina Elphage, 

Treasury PRA Clearance Officer. 

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