Contractors appointed to frameworks to improve London North West and East Midlands routes

Lafarge freight rail link in Kent

Contractors Carillion, Skanska and VolkerRail are among nine firms that have scooped a place on frameworks worth a total of 拢1.6bn from Network Rail.

The firms will do earthworks, civil engineering, building work and electrification work on the London North West and East Midlands routes of the rail network.

The frameworks form part of Network Rail鈥檚 拢38bn investment in the railways over the next five years.

Network Rail鈥檚 infrastructure projects director Rob Offord said the award of the frameworks was 鈥渁 significant milestone in the implementation of our new procurement and contracting strategy鈥.

He said: 鈥淭his [the contracting strategy] will bring improved safety, whole-life cost efficiency and delivery performance through collaborative relationships with a consolidated and strategically aligned supply chain.鈥

The awarded suppliers are: Amalgamated Construction Limited, Amey, Buckingham Group Contracting Limited, Carillion Construction Limited, J Murphy & Sons Limited, Miller Construction (UK) Limited, Skanska Construction UK Limited, Story Contracting Limited and VolkerRail Limited.

Framework agreements for projects of 拢4.3m to 拢100尘

 Railway EngineeringCivil Engineering黑洞社区s
RegionSupplierLot valueSupplierLot valueSupplierLot value
East MidlandsCarillion拢348尘

Amalgamated Construction

J. Murphy & Sons

拢246尘Miller Construction 拢127尘
London North West -SouthVolkerRail拢100尘Skanska Construction UK拢85尘Buckingham Group Contracting拢60尘
London North West -NorthVolkerRail拢110尘Buckingham Group Contracting拢40尘Miller Construction拢40尘

 

Framework agreements for projects up to 拢4.3m

 StructuresEarthworksProperty

Electrification and Plant

 

RegionSupplierLotvalueSupplierLotvalueSupplierLotvalueSupplierLotvalue
London North West -SouthAmalgamated Construction Ltd拢57尘J. Murphy & Sons Limited拢53尘J. Murphy & Sons Limited拢57尘Amey拢36尘
London North West - North, SouthJ. Murphy & Sons Limited拢68尘J. Murphy & Sons Limited拢29尘Amalgamated Construction Ltd拢42尘VolkerRail Limited拢61尘
LNW North, NorthStory Contracting Limited拢21尘Story Contracting Limited拢46尘Story Contracting Limited拢17尘