scope:

The scope of this procedure is limited to RT/IA, IMC2 and IMC2000 Infrastructure Maintenance Contracts. The procedure establishes the minimum monitoring requirements for RT/IA, IMC2 and IMC2000 Contract Management Systems including those which are based at the contractors' headquarters. It also defines End Product Checks which are necessary to confirm the effectiveness of such Management Systems.

The procedure explicitly excludes extreme conditions, emergency situations or unplanned shutdowns where additional or specific monitoring may be required.

Purpose

This Procedure establishes the minimum monitoring requirements to provide confidence to Railtrack that the Infrastructure Maintenance Contractors' management systems are effective and their end products acceptable.

It would be impossible to monitor all activities across all contracts so a limited number of checks/audits are to be performed to provide confidence that the controls and end products of maintenance are satisfactory. The Procedure also provides the mechanism for specifying the number of checking activities for each contract based on the potential for loss (L) to Railtrack. 'L' is a combination of both the safety and commercial risks associated with identified contract activities.