Rail Welding Services for the Glasgow Subway

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Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT) Subway are have appointed an eight year framework for rail welding with a break after year four with the option to extend up to a further four years. Rail welding activities covered under this scope of supply are as below: - Joining of rail by aluminothermic welding; - Restoration of rail by electric arc welding; and, - Restoration of Switches and Crossings (S&C) by electric arc welding This scope of work is non-exhaustive and SPT reserves the right to engage for other welding service for the SPT estate over the life of the framework. Single Stage accelerated open procedure Accelerated Open Procedure 15 days for “state of urgency duly substantiated Section 43 utilities - (5) Where a state of urgency duly substantiated by a utility renders it impracticable to apply the minimum time limit 8 year framework as permitted under the Utilities directive (Regulation 49).