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Procurement of Railway Infrastructure Projects: A European Benchmarking Study
Luleå Tekniska Universitet.
KTH.
KTH.
Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute, Society, environment and transport, Transport economics.
2017 (English)In: Civil Engineering Journal, ISSN 2476-3055, Vol. 3, no 4, p. 199-213Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

This benchmarking study compares how railway investments are procured in five European countries: Sweden, Norway, Germany, the Netherlands, and the UK. In total, 19 procurement managers and project managers were interviewed. This study compares the national rail clients' procurement strategies regarding: delivery system, reward system, contractor selection, and collaboration model. Historically, these clients have used in-house production. The first step towards a gradually increased usage of the market was to outsource the construction activities while keeping the design and development competence in-house. All five countries have mainly used Design-Bid-Build contracts in their initial outsourcing. However, the last few years there is a discernible trend in Sweden, Norway, the Netherlands and the UK towards allocating more design and development responsibilities to contractors (i.e. Design-Build contracts) and increasing the strategic focus on cooperation. The UK and the Netherlands are forerunners in this trend that can be viewed as a third step in the transition towards a market oriented railway sector. Norway and Sweden is in the middle of this transition, whereas Germany has not initiated this change. The transition towards a gradually increased usage of the market has two main dimensions; degree of cooperation and degree of contractor freedom, which differs among the countries. The UK and Sweden focus on increasing both these dimensions, while The Netherlands and Norway mostly focus on increasing the degree of contractor freedom. Germany still limits both dimensions by performing design and development in-house and letting contractors compete for construction work in Design-Bid-Build contracts. Due to historical and cultural reasons, Deutsche Bahn in Germany is very hesitant to engage in collaboration with external suppliers; focusing on competition is considered more appropriate and less controversial.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
C EJ PUBLISHING GROUP , 2017. Vol. 3, no 4, p. 199-213
Keywords [en]
Railway network, Investment, Procurement, Interview, Sweden, Norway, The Netherlands, Germany, United Kingdom
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Business Administration
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J00 Railway: General works, surveys, comprehensive works, J13 Railway: Economics
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URN: urn:nbn:se:vti:diva-12446ISI: 000410918300001OAI: oai:DiVA.org:vti-12446DiVA, id: diva2:1157955
Available from: 2017-11-17 Created: 2017-11-17 Last updated: 2017-12-06Bibliographically approved

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