Funktionsupphandling av väg- och banhållning : problem och möjligheter

• The present project has been carried out within the framework of the subject"Competitive procurement in the transport sector". Owing to the increase inthe costs of infrastructure maintenance on roads and railways in recentyears, there is greater interest in developing new forms of contract. Theintention of the ongoing process concerning competitive and performanceoriented procurement is to create the conditions for more effectiveinfrastructure maintenance activity. The problem in performance orientedprocurement is to define relevant performance requirements which are clearlylinked to the effects for the final users. This requires the performancevariables to be measured and evaluated with respect to both the division ofresponsibility between contractor and client and also the perspective of thetravelling public. In the project, a study is made of the possibility ofusing planning models such as the World Bank HDM-4 or other operationallyavailable models/tools in the road sector (e.g. the Swedish RoadAdministration's PMS) in pricing measurable "final results" in conjunctionwith performance oriented procurement. One conclusion which is generallyvalid for both HDM-4 and PMS is that the traffic effect models must becomplemented before they can be fully used for the purpose of pricingmeasurable "final results" in contracts based on performance orientedtendering. On the rail side, there is no counterpart to HDM-4 or PMS. Theperformance variables identified during performance oriented procurements forrail infrastructure maintenance are train delays, track bed condition (via Qand K indices), defect reports and inspection comments. These performancevariables can be measured, monitored and evaluated in economic terms in therelationship between client/contractor and, to some extent, also in relationto the final customer, i.e. the travelling public. There is however no modelavailable which gives an overall description of the effects of theseperformance variables and the economic consequences which these, in turn,have for Banverket and/or society at large. Even though a lot is known withregard to performance oriented procurement of infrastructure maintenance,several issues remain to be solved in both the road and rail sectors. It istherefore essential that continuity for further research should be created inthis field.

Nyckelord

Swedish

Sweden

Contract

Road network

Railway network

Management

Performance

Operations

Contractor

Pavement management system

Model

Railway: Organization and administration

Railway: Organization and administration

Road: Economics

Road: Economics

Publikations- och innehållstyp

vet (ämneskategori)

rap (ämneskategori)