Ultrasonic Rail Testing Sticks

Concepts

• ultrasonic rail testing sticks
• pedestrian rail detection systems
• ultrasonic testing sticks
• tracksys non destructive testing
• network rail
• the tracksys ut lite pedestrian ultrasonic rail tester
• rail infrastructure
• rail safety
• non-destructive testing
• tracksys ndt ltd and network rails technical authority

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Description

Network Rail (Wales & Western) intends to award a contract via direct award under the Procurement Act (2023) to TrackSYS Non Destructive Testing (NDT) Limited to replace and upgrade the existing fleet of Ultrasonic Testing Sticks. Network Rail uses Ultrasonic Rail Testing Sticks, also known as Pedestrian Rail Detection Systems, to detect internal flaws in rail infrastructure. These devices are critical to the broader non-destructive testing (NDT) strategy aimed at maintaining rail safety and reliability. Due to the specific standards required for non-destructive testing, and the current fleet of products entering an End-of-Life phase, Product Acceptance was achieved on the TrackSYS UT Lite Pedestrian Ultrasonic Rail Tester in collaboration with TrackSYS NDT Ltd and Network Rail's Technical Authority. Not proceeding with this procurement could put the Network Rail Wales Route at significant risk of not being able to equip inspection teams with functioning, compliant equipment.

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CPV Codes

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Legal Justification

To meet regulatory standards, Network Rail requires Product Acceptance through our Technical Authority to utilise products of this nature. This is a lengthy, collaborative process, the result of which being that TrackSYS had the most effective product. Schedule 5, Paragraph 5: “The following conditions are met in relation to the public contract— (a) due to a particular supplier having intellectual property rights or other exclusive rights, only that supplier can supply the goods, services, or works required; and (b) there are no reasonable alternatives to those goods, services, or works.” Schedule 5, Paragraph 6 : “The following conditions are met in relation to the public contract— (a) due to an absence of competition for technical reasons, only a particular supplier can supply the goods, services or works required, and (b) there are no reasonable alternatives to those goods, services or works.”

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