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Unread 15-10-2018, 14:22   #15
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Mark Gleeson:
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There are plans to order 41 more ICR coaches and up to 300 DART/hybrid coaches, but that depends on the NTA providing funding just to issue a tender let alone sign a contract.
What you imply is almost that the NTA would ask for a tender before deciding on whether to have a programme of rolling stock purchases. I thought that the way things should work would be to (a) get approval for a strategic investment programme while having some reasonable idea of the likely cost; (b) select a few preferred bidders (not difficult there are just a few big railway rolling stock builders) and (c) then go to tender. Has any of this been done? Does the NTA even know what it wants? Do you need to spend vast sums on consultants before going to tender? I'm afraid the answer to the last question may be "yes" if senior management in the transport sector is clueless.

Not helped by a total lack of any political direction.
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