Technical Regulations
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Drafting and approval of Technical Regulations
The different European railway administrations have regulatory documents which are used to ensure the standardisation of railway products and are used as the technical basis in supply, works and service contracts.
Adif has a process for drafting and approving these regulatory documents based on technical working groups, made up of experts on the different subjects being developed from Adif and Adif AV, which meet under the umbrella of the Regulatory Committee.
Adif has a process for drafting and approving these regulatory documents based on technical working groups, made up of experts on the different subjects being developed from Adif and Adif AV, which meet under the umbrella of the Regulatory Committee.
The Regulatory Committee is the executive body, made up of members of both entities, responsible for the approval of these technical regulatory documents, which generally meets every six months.
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Publication of the new edition of the Adif 2024 Price Base
Adif makes the file with the price base for the current year available to interested parties in order to guarantee the principles of transparency, universal accessibility and equal treatment.
The Adif Price Base (APB) integrates the prices of the work units, which serve as a reference for the preparation of projects, works and maintenance of the General Interest Railway Network managed by Adif and Adif AV in the different railway specialities.
In accordance with current Law 9/2017 on public sector contracts, the Administration must ensure that the budgets for the contracts it enters into are in line with market prices. Moreover, Order FOM/3317/2010, of 17 December, approving the Instruction on specific measures to improve efficiency in the execution of public works for railway, road and airport infrastructures of the Ministry of Development, establishes the need to update reference pricing on an annual basis. For all these reasons, Adif published a new updated version of the GAP on February 19, a task that it will carry out annually.
This version of the APB will be mandatory for all projects that are drafted on or after February 19 and for those that deliver an initial mock-up to the Supervision Area on or after May 19, 2024. Projects delivered before this date may incorporate the new prices at the request of the Contract Manager, although they are not mandatorily applicable.
Access to the Price Base
This version of the APB will be mandatory for all projects that are drafted on or after February 19 and for those that deliver an initial mock-up to the Supervision Area on or after May 19, 2024. Projects delivered before this date may incorporate the new prices at the request of the Contract Manager, although they are not mandatorily applicable.
Access to the Price Base
Under Enquiry
This phase includes proposals for new documents, new or modified versions of existing regulatory documents.
The purpose of the public consultation phase, which lasts 30 calendar days, is to collect, study and evaluate all the suggestions and contributions to the regulatory documents before being sent for approval from the Regulatory Committee at Adif and Adif Alta Velocidad.
DOCUMENTS UNDER ENQUIRY:
During the stipulated period, in order to submit comments about the draft(s), you need to complete the PDF form and attach the scanned file via the mailbox shown below:
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Adif assumes no commitment to third parties with these notifications. Adif exclusively guarantees the principle of transparency through the publication of drafts in the consultation phase at www.adif.es
Technical Regulations Database
In order to guarantee the principles of transparency, universal accessibility and equal treatment required by current legislation, Adif makes the database available to the stakeholders, with all the current and historical technical documentation.
This database contains technical specifications referring to conditions on products to be installed on the track, and standards that contain guidelines for action for the design, construction, operation and maintenance of all railway subsystems.
This database contains technical specifications referring to conditions on products to be installed on the track, and standards that contain guidelines for action for the design, construction, operation and maintenance of all railway subsystems.
Adif Price Base (BPA)
In accordance with current Law 9/2017 on public sector contracts, the Administration must ensure that the budgets for the contracts it enters into are in line with market prices. Moreover, Order FOM/3317/2010, of 17 December, approving the Instruction on specific measures to improve efficiency in the execution of public works for railway, road and airport infrastructures of the Ministry of Development, establishes the need to update reference pricing on an annual basis. In order to comply with the above, Adif makes available the following information regarding the Adif and Adif AV Price Base:
The Adif Price Base (BPA), integrates the prices of the work units, which serve as a reference for the preparation of projects, works and maintenance of the General Interest Railway Network managed by Adif and Adif AV in the different railway specialities.
Through the Price Base Viewer the prices of all the units that make up the BPA can be viewed.
The standardized criteria for using the Adif Price Base, as well as the conditions for the updating and entry into force of said Price Base, are defined in the NAG 9-0-0.0 standard "General criteria for using the Adif price base".
The APB is applicable to all Adif railway subsystems, each of them associated with its corresponding module. The approved criteria, modifications and particularities of each module are described in its corresponding technical standard.
Adif's Specific Technical Specifications
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Adif's Specific Technical Specifications (STS) accompany the work units, giving general information on each one in terms of its description, execution and measurement conditions, and payment. This document must be individualized for each project.
Checks for ETCS and GSM-R compatibility
"These documents respond to the requirements of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1695 of 10 August, 2023, according to which infrastructure managers, with the support of ETCS and GSM-R suppliers for their network, must submit to the European Railway Agency, by 28 March, 2024, at the latest for lines equipped and in operation on that date, the definition of the necessary checks on their network of the technical compatibility between ETCS and radiocommunication (GSM-R) on-board voice or data equipment and the track-side parts of the CMS subsystems."
