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@TheBrick(Tommy)
Sorry forgive my ignorance but what material is it made of?
If it is Alu (which from the welds it looks like) Alu must be bent very soon after any heating process like welding. Many types of ALu require baking in an oven post manufacture or are air hardened depending on wheather it is 7000 series or 6000 series alu (I can't remember which way round). Ever the air hardened stuff after a few days becomes problematic do any kind of bending without damaging the structual integrity of the metal.
Now this is all assuming whan they say tracked the mean align, which withoug cutting and rewelding I can only see being done by cold setting by some form. They may have a big oven to bring the frame up to temp to realign I don't know and I don't know how aluminim react to being reheated and how it effects the hardening.
I am no metalologist so do not quote me on the details of this any anyone is welcome to correct me, but if it was me I would find out how they intended to track the frame. Unless there was a very good method out there I would be temped to send it back and get a new one and ask for some compensation.