Research Technologies For Uncontrolled Movements
Solicitation number T8080-210615
Publication date
Closing date and time 2022/08/17 14:00 EDT
Last amendment date
Description
Despite the collaborative effort between government and industry to addressing the issue, uncontrolled movements of railway equipment remains a serious safety concern. The Transportation Safety Board (TSB), in its most recent Watchlist, highlighted the historical significance of these incidents and their potential consequences for employees and communities. TSB expressed renewed concern about the number of uncontrolled movements, noting the existence of an upward trend in their number since 2015, which peaked most recently in 2019 at 78.
Uncontrolled movements can happen for a variety of reasons in many operating scenarios which makes the conducting root cause analysis and establishing mitigating measures more complex. While most uncontrolled movements involve few cars and low speed, they have resulted in serious injuries, fatalities, and environmental damage.
This study aims to evaluate ways to further reduce the number of uncontrolled movements through the assessment human factors, railway operating practices and technologies.
The objective is to identify:
1. Select top technologies (existing and proven as well as emerging) that rail industry could use to mitigate uncontrolled movement (UM), including the potential to automate and reduce human error and the feasibility of retrofitting new technologies to current operating environments
2. Human Factors (HF) considerations/principles that persist in UM occurrences and identify what mitigation measures can be implemented to reduce these occurrences
3. Operational practices, such as Crew Resource Management (CRM), used in other safety critical industries, that could be implemented in a rail operating environment where UM can be a safety risk.
Contract duration
Refer to the description above for full details.
Trade agreements
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World Trade Organization Agreement on Government Procurement (WTO GPA)
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Canada-Panama Free Trade Agreement
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Canada-Korea Free Trade Agreement (CKFTA)
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Canada-Honduras Free Trade Agreement
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Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA)
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Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA)
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Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP)
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Canada-Ukraine Free Trade Agreement (CUFTA)
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Canada-UK Trade Continuity Agreement (Canada-UK TCA)
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Canada-Chile Free Trade Agreement (CCFTA)
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Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement
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Canada-Peru Free Trade Agreement (CPFTA)
Contact information
Contracting organization
- Organization
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Transport Canada
- Address
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330 Sparks StOttawa, Ontario, K1A 0N5Canada
- Contracting authority
- Martin, Lisa
- Email
- lisa.martin@tc.gc.ca
- Address
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CA
Buying organization(s)
- Organization
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Transport Canada
- Address
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330 Sparks StOttawa, Ontario, K1A 0N5Canada
Bidding details
Full details regarding this tender opportunity are available in the documents below. Click on the document name to download the file. Contact the contracting officer if you have any questions regarding these documents.
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t8080-210615-fr.pdf | 000 |
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t8080-210615-en.pdf | 000 |
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