Editing ProRail (section)

== Performance oriented maintenance ==
Railways in the Netherlands are not maintained by ProRail itself. Instead, it is subcontracted to recognised maintenance [[general contractor|contractors]].<ref name = "research2010">{{cite book |chapter-url = https://www.researchgate.net/publication/251981082 |last1 = Leijten |first1 = Martijn |last2 = Koppenjan |first2 = Joop |title = Next generation infrastructure systems for eco-cities |date = November 2010 |chapter = Asset management for the Dutch railway infrastructure |pages = 1–6 |doi = 10.1109/INFRA.2010.5679222|isbn = 978-1-4244-8477-5 |s2cid = 24798254 }}</ref> This model has been contrasted with that of the privately owned British rail infrastructure owner [[Railtrack]] (replaced by [[Network Rail]] in October 2002), although ProRail has stated that it has intentionally made efforts to learn from the shortcomings of Railtrack, which had collapsed prior to ProRail's creation.<ref name = "outsourcing 2006">{{cite web |url = https://www.globalrailwayreview.com/article/1643/the-prorail-outsourcing-way/ |title = The ProRail outsourcing way |publisher = globalrailwayreview.com |date = 14 February 2006 }}</ref> The Dutch railway network is subdivided into 21 areas.<ref>{{Cite web| title=Grenzen contractgebieden | language=nl | trans-title=Contract area boundaries | url=https://maps.prorail.nl/portal/sharing/rest/content/items/1fbce2d13ee2468582ea76a2606fdae3/data | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230406171419/https://maps.prorail.nl/portal/sharing/rest/content/items/1fbce2d13ee2468582ea76a2606fdae3/data | archive-date=2023-04-06}}</ref> For each area, all of the regular maintenance is contracted as one package, which is won by the contractor that submits the best offer. The contractor receives a fixed sum per month, and is fined in case of failure to meet the required performance. Contractors are incentivised to minimise cost, while ensuring good performance of the assets. This is called prestatiegericht onderhoud (performance oriented maintenance).<ref>{{Cite web |url = https://www.prorail.nl/leveranciers/aanbesteden-en-inkoop/spooronderhoud-pgo |publisher = ProRail |title = Spooronderhoud / PGO}}</ref>

As of 2019, the recognised maintenance contractors are:
* ASSET Rail (a [[joint venture]] by [[Arcadis]] and Dura Vermeer)
* [[Royal BAM Group|BAM Infra Rail]]
* Strukton Rail
* VolkerRail