Network Rail raised spending among its leading suppliers by 12%, with major power supplier EDF continuing to rank as the biggest supplier followed by signalling and train control specialist Siemens Mobility in second place.
| Network Rail’s top 20 suppliers by spend |
| Rank |
Supplier |
2021/22 |
2020/21 |
2020/19 |
% latest
total |
| 1 |
EDF Energy Customers |
£474m |
£407m |
£425m |
6.1% |
| 2 |
Siemens Mobility |
£353m |
£289m |
£121m |
4.6% |
| 3 |
BAM Nuttall |
£317m |
£247m |
£202m |
4.1% |
| 4 |
East West Rail Phase 2 Alliance |
£242m |
£173m |
£86m |
3.1% |
| 5 |
J Murphy & Sons |
£233m |
£206m |
£146m |
3.0% |
| 6 |
Amalgamated Construction |
£221m |
£199m |
£175m |
2.9% |
| 7 |
Amey Rail |
£172m |
£124m |
£263m |
2.2% |
| 8 |
Colas Rail (RS Alliance) |
£170m |
£163m |
n/a |
2.2% |
| 9 |
Alexander Mann Solutions |
£131m |
n/a |
n/a |
1.7% |
| 10 |
Balfour Beatty Rail (RS Alliance) |
£127m |
£122m |
n/a |
1.6% |
| 11 |
Balfour Beatty Rail |
£119m |
£141m |
£225m |
1.5% |
| 12 |
Colas Rail |
£115m |
£110m |
£169m |
1.5% |
| 13 |
Atkins |
£113m |
£112m |
£90m |
1.5% |
| 14 |
Story Contracting |
£110m |
£111m |
£77m |
1.4% |
| 15 |
QTS Group |
£110m |
£109m |
£89m |
1.4% |
| 16 |
Octavius Infrastructure |
£105m |
£93m |
£91m |
1.4% |
| 17 |
Alstom Transport UK |
£99m |
n/a |
n/a |
1.3% |
| 18 |
SPL Powerlines UK |
£93m |
n/a |
n/a |
1.2% |
| 19 |
British Steel |
£84m |
£86m |
n/a |
1.1% |
| 20 |
VolkerRail |
£80m |
n/a |
£97m |
1.0% |
| Total top 20 suppliers spend |
£3.47bn |
£3.1bn |
£2.7bn |
44.8% |
Among the civils contractors, BAM Nuttal ranked top after a whopping 28% jump in rail revenue to £317m.
Combined revenue from Colas Rail and its Rail Systems Alliance operations, listed separately by Network Rail, when combined captured a total spend of £285m.
Likewise, Balfour Beatty Rail’s combined revenue with Network Rail totalled £246m, ranking it third among the main civil engineering contractors.
The top 20 suppliers saw their take of total spending in the supply chain rise to nearly 45%, up from 41% in 2019/20.
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