The work will be shared between 34 suppliers across a range of regional and design disciples worth £400m for Control Period 6 (2019-2024) and up to £640m including options to extend to Control Period 7 (2024-2029).
The Design Services Framework consists of four multi-discipline frameworks and 78 single-discipline frameworks.
| Multi-Discipline National Framework |
| AECOM, Jacobs UK, Mott MacDonald, WSP |
The new DSF aims to provide access to a wider range of multi-skilled suppliers including small and medium enterprises which account for 25% of the single discipline suppliers named.
| Single Discipline Regional Frameworks |
| Supplier |
Discipline |
DSF Region |
| AECOM Infrastructure & Environment UK |
Track |
North West & Scotland |
| Track |
South West |
| Alun Griffiths (Contractors) |
Telecoms |
North West & Scotland |
| Telecoms |
South West |
| Telecoms |
North East |
| AM Signalling Design |
Signalling |
South West |
| Signalling |
South East |
| Amey OWR |
Electrification & Plant – Plant |
South West |
| Signalling |
South West |
| Track |
North East |
| Andromeda Engineering |
Electrification & Plant – Contact Systems |
South East |
| Electrification & Plant – Contact Systems |
South West |
| Arcadis Consulting (UK) |
Electrification & Plant – Distribution |
North West & Scotland |
| Electrification & Plant – Distribution |
North East |
| Civils & Structural |
North West & Scotland |
| Buildings & Architecture |
North East |
| Baker Hicks |
Track |
South West |
| Electrification & Plant – Contact Systems |
North East |
| Geotechnical |
North West & Scotland |
| Balfour Beatty Rail |
Electrification & Plant – Contact Systems |
North East |
| Track |
South East |
| Track |
North East |
| Capita Property & Infrastructure |
Civils & Structural |
North West & Scotland |
| Civils & Structural |
South East |
| Consents & Environment |
South East |
| DB Engineering & Consulting |
Telecoms |
South East |
| Egis Rail UK |
Signalling |
North West & Scotland |
| Signalling |
North East |
| Idom Merebrook |
Buildings & Architecture |
South West |
| Electrification & Plant – Contact Systems |
South West |
| Jacobs U.K. |
Geotechnical |
North East |
| Geotechnical |
South West |
| Civils & Structural |
North East |
| Kier Integrated Services |
Electrification & Plant – Plant |
South East |
| Signalling |
South East |
| Kristelan (UK) t/a SVM Glasgow. |
Electrification & Plant – Plant |
North East |
| Electrification & Plant – Plant |
South West |
| Electrification & Plant – Plant |
South East |
| Mott MacDonald |
Track |
North West & Scotland |
| Electrification & Plant – Contact Systems |
North West & Scotland |
| Navitas Engineering |
Electrification & Plant – Distribution |
South West |
| Pascall & Watson |
Buildings & Architecture |
South East |
| Pell Frischmann Consultants |
Civils & Structural |
South East |
| Buildings & Architecture |
North West & Scotland |
| Civils & Structural |
North East |
| Ramboll UK |
Geotechnical |
North East |
| Geotechnical |
South West |
| Geotechnical |
South East |
| Buildings & Architecture |
North East |
| Robert Bird & Partners |
Civils & Structural |
South West |
| RPS Consulting Services |
Buildings & Architecture |
South East |
| Buildings & Architecture |
North West & Scotland |
| Buildings & Architecture |
South West |
| RSK Environment |
Consents & Environment |
South West |
| Siemens Mobility |
Electrification & Plant – Distribution |
South East |
| Electrification & Plant – Distribution |
South West |
| Softech Rail |
Telecoms |
South East |
| Telent Technology Services |
Telecoms |
North West & Scotland |
| Telecoms |
South West |
| Telecoms |
North East |
| Temple Group |
Consents & Environment |
South East |
| Consents & Environment |
North East |
| Tony Gee & Partners |
Geotechnical |
North West & Scotland |
|
Geotechnical |
South East |
| Tony Gee & Partners and Egis Rail UK |
Track |
South East |
| UK Power Networks Services |
Electrification & Plant – Distribution |
North West & Scotland |
| Electrification & Plant – Distribution |
North East |
| Electrification & Plant – Distribution |
South East |
| VolkerRail Specialist Businesses |
Electrification & Plant – Plant |
North East |
| Signalling |
North West & Scotland |
| Signalling |
North East |
| Waterman Infrastructure & Environment |
Consents & Environment |
North West & Scotland |
| Consents & Environment |
North East |
| Consents & Environment |
South West |
| Wood Environment & Infrastructure Solutions |
Consents & Environment |
North West & Scotland |
| WSP UK |
Electrification & Plant – Contact Systems |
North West & Scotland |
| Electrification & Plant – Contact Systems |
South East |
| Civils & Structural |
South West |
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