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RailForgeRFScore

Procurement

Procurement packet for a corridor score and brief.

RailForge is designed to be easy to evaluate before a buyer commits to larger engineering, legal, environmental, or construction scope.

Capability statement

Fixed-scope pre-engineering rail corridor decision support.

Buyers served: Class I railroads, short lines, port authorities, DOTs, industrial developers, and rail-served site sponsors. Core product: score one bottleneck, then package viable corridors into a 10-day decision brief.

W-9

Available during intake

Mutual NDA

Available before non-public records transfer

Sample SOW

Public template route

Capability statement

Public summary plus packet on request

Data handling note

Public boundary and confidential-record limits

Buying paths

Built for SOW, PO, MSA, and public procurement routes.

RailForge can provide a capability packet, W-9, COI, NDA, and scope letter during intake. No customer logos or references are displayed without written permission.

Private railroad / industrial sponsor

MSA + SOW, short services agreement, or purchase order.

Port authority

Professional services, planning support, grant-readiness support, or approved authority route.

DOT / public sponsor

Vendor registration, task order, approved procurement path, or grant-support scope.

Federal-adjacent work

UEI/SAM status when available, reps/certs where required, Buy America awareness, no certification role.

Authority boundary

Pre-engineering decision support, not certification.

RailForge does not certify track condition, bridge capacity, signal safety, environmental clearance, legal authority, procurement compliance, Buy America compliance, or construction readiness.

Track safety

RailForge screens records

Track owner / qualified track personnel

Bridge capacity

RailForge flags missing evidence

Track owner / railroad bridge engineer

Signals

RailForge maps interface risk

Responsible railroad / signal specialist

NEPA / permitting

RailForge identifies likely gates

Sponsor / lead agency / environmental professional

STB / legal authority

RailForge names the question

Rail counsel / responsible agency

Procurement / BABA

RailForge packages assumptions

Buyer procurement and compliance office