Network Rail agrees renewal and enhancement contracts in a £1.6bn framework deal

Thursday 4 Sep 2014

Network Rail agrees renewal and enhancement contracts in a £1.6bn framework deal

Region & Route:: National

Network Rail has awarded 20 framework agreements with a combined value of £1.6bn to a total of nine suppliers. The frameworks cover an extensive programme of enhancements and renewals to the London North Western and East Midlands routes over the next five years.

The work delivered under the frameworks represents a significant portion of the £38bn Network Rail will invest over the next five years on running, maintaining and improving Britain’s railway, which currently sees four million passenger journeys and thousands of tonnes of freight transported every single day.

Network Rail’s infrastructure projects director, Rob Offord, said: “The awarding of these frameworks represents a significant milestone in the implementation of our new procurement and contracting strategy. This 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.

Panel contracts (each project can have an individual value from £4.3m - £100m)

	Railway Engineering		Civil Engineering		Buildings
Region	Supplier	Lot value	Supplier	Lot value	Supplier	Lot value
East Midlands	Carillion Construction Limited	£348m	Amalgamated Construction Ltd J. Murphy & Sons Limited	£246m	Miller Construction (UK) Limited	£127m
LNW South	VolkerRail Limited	£100m	Skanska Construction UK Limited	£85m	Buckingham Group Contracting Limited	£60m
LNW North	VolkerRail Limited	£110m	Buckingham Group Contracting Limited	£40m	Miller Construction (UK) Limited	£40m

Programme contracts (each project can have an individual value of up to £4.3m)

	Structures		Earthworks		Property		Electrification and Plant
Region	Supplier	Lot value	Supplier	Lot value	Supplier	Lot value	Supplier	Lot value
LNW South	Amalgamated Construction Ltd	£57m	J. Murphy & Sons Limited	£53m	J. Murphy & Sons Limited	£57m	Amey	£36m
LNW North, South	J. Murphy & Sons Limited	£68m	J. Murphy & Sons Limited	£29m	Amalgamated Construction Ltd	£42m	VolkerRail Limited	£61m
LNW North, North	Story Contracting Limited	£21m	Story Contracting Limited	£46m	Story Contracting Limited	£17m	VolkerRail Limited	£61m

Notes to editors

The tables show by region and category, all renewals and engineering contracts, the awarded supplier and their potential ‘lot value” for the duration of CP5.
Lot value represents the minimum commitment awarded to each supplier could get over the next five years, and covers multiple separate projects.
Programme contracts cover renewal projects of individual values up to £4.3m. These include property renewals, electrification and plant renewals, earthworks renewals and structure renewals.
Panel contracts cover renewal and enhancement projects each with a value between £4.3m and £100m. These include railway engineering, civil engineering and building projects.

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