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 £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’s £38bn investment in the railways over the next five years.

Network Rail’s infrastructure projects director Rob Offord said the award of the frameworks was “a significant milestone in the implementation of our new procurement and contracting strategy”.

He said: “This [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.”

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 £4.3m to £100

 Railway EngineeringCivil Engineeringǿմýs
RegionSupplierLot valueSupplierLot valueSupplierLot value
East MidlandsCarillion£348

Amalgamated Construction

J. Murphy & Sons

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

 

Framework agreements for projects up to £4.3m

 StructuresEarthworksProperty

Electrification and Plant

 

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