scope:

This Procedure covers the checking of all activities carried out by the RT1A , IMC2 and IMC2000 Contractor under the Infrastructure Maintenance Contract plus recording and follow up of corrective actions.

The scope of this Procedure includes checks on Contractor's management systems (which must include how his sub-contractors are controlled), activities and end products.

Purpose

The purpose of this Procedure is to establish a system for the Management of Monitoring of Contracts and corrective actions follow up which will ensure that the RT/1A /IMC2/IMC2000 Contractor is satisfactorily maintaining Railtrack's Infrastructure. This Procedure outlines the roles and responsibilities of those parties involved in the management of the monitoring system and corrective actions.

Monitoring shall be performed on the basis of a statistically determined regime prioritised by the assessment of risk. The monitoring system shall check, as a minimum:

• Railtrack s Infrastructure assets are fit for purpose

• that Contractual and Technical compliance is being achieved

• the Contractor's adherence to responsibilities set out in their Safety Case

• that Railtrack Plc's commercial interests are being safe-guarded

The minimum requirements to provide confidence to Railtrack that the Contractors Management Systems are effective and their End Products are acceptable are detailed in Procedure RT/D/P/015 Generation of RT1A, IMC2 and IMC2000 Contract Check Plans.

In IMC2 & IMC2000 (only) it is a contractual requirement that the Contractor implements a check and audit regime to a standard equal to, or better than, that required by Line Procedure RT/D/P/015 and this Procedure.

This Procedure amplifies the requirements as shown in the IDEF Element Process Map Box 5.2.2 Measure Contractors Compliance and Box No. 5.2.3 Review Contractors Compliance.