The Long Island Rail Road Company ("LIRR") hereby solicits from firms the design, manufacture, testing and delivery of three (3) Train Simulator Systems for each of LIRR’s M7/M9, Dual Mode (DM) Locomotive and C3 fleets together with certain Apparatus (spare parts, special tools, hardware, software equipment, etc. as designated in the Contract Documents). These simulators will support increased training requirements for (i) train crews required in advance of operating equipment within East Side Access (ESA) territory to Grand Central Terminal (GCT), (ii) Positive Train Control (PTC), and (iii) new equipment familiarization i.e. M9. These simulators will also support potential remedial training, emergency situations, equipment failures, physical characteristics, and numerous operating scenarios.