Every transit system in North America, and the work coming out of it.
Consist tracks every transit, commuter & passenger rail fleet in the US, Canada and Mexico, from metro cars to freight locomotives, and the bids, overhauls and orders that come out of them, then tells you which ones matter to you.
Fleet facts and live bids, in one place
General bid services see the RFP when it lands. Consist starts from the fleet: who runs what, how hard it works, what it costs and when it comes due.
Rail bid feed
Overhauls, component repair, parts, onboard systems and shop equipment from 139 rail agencies and their portals, each scored 0 to 100 for rail vehicle relevance.
Fleet explorer
978 fleets with builder, model, age, active cars, subsystem suppliers and power supply, from NTD records and researched sources.
Duty cycle and cost
Estimated miles per car, maintenance cost per car-mile against peers, and cost trends since 2015 for every operator.
Overhaul pipeline
Which fleets come due for midlife and engine overhauls each year, years before the RFP is written.
Award analytics
Who wins rail maintenance work, at what price and against how many bidders, by category and agency.
AI analyst
Ask in plain English. It queries the fleet and bid data and answers with figures and tables, and writes a fit brief for any bid.
See the work coming, years ahead
Cars reaching midlife overhaul, engine overhaul or end of useful life each year, across every rail fleet we track in North America. Pro members see each fleet behind these numbers.
Try Pro freeActive cars by projected year. Source: Consist overhaul model on NTD and researched fleet data.
From signal to shortlist in a minute a day
Tell us what you do
Pick categories, subsystems, agencies or keywords. Save them as searches.
We watch every source
Agency portals, Bonfire, OpenGov, PlanetBids, BidNet, Bid Express and Canadian open data, every day.
You get the ones that matter
Instant or daily email with the fleet behind each bid, and an AI brief when you want one.
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How Consist compares
Honest, side-by-side comparisons with the tools rail suppliers already use.
Consist vs BidPrime
BidPrime finds bids across every public sector category. Consist covers only rail fleets and rolling stock work, with the fleet data behind each bid.
Consist vs GovSpend
GovSpend shows what state and local governments buy, down to purchase orders. Consist goes deep on rail: every fleet, its condition and the bids that follow.
Consist vs BidNet Direct
BidNet Direct is where many agencies post bids. Consist watches BidNet and 127 other rail agency sources and keeps only the rail work.
Consist vs SCI Verkehr
SCI Verkehr's database covers the world's rail markets for strategists. Consist covers North American rail fleets car by car, with live bids.
Questions
What is the best rail procurement intelligence tool?
It depends on scope. General bid services such as BidPrime and BidNet Direct cover every public sector category. GovSpend adds purchase order history for state and local government. Consist is built only for rail fleets and rail work in North America and is the only one of these that ties each bid to fleet age, utilization and overhaul timing.
Where can I find rail car overhaul bids?
Rail agencies post them on their own portals and on platforms such as Bonfire, OpenGov, PlanetBids, BidNet Direct and Bid Express. Consist watches 128 rail agencies across those platforms and Canadian open data and sends the relevant ones to you.
Is there a database of US transit rail fleets?
The FTA National Transit Database publishes vehicle inventories each year. Consist builds on it with researched fleets, subsystem suppliers, estimated duty cycles, costs per car-mile and overhaul forecasts for 789 active fleets.
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