Procurement Delivery

Crossrail Supply Chain map_ March 2013_66976.jpgCrossrail was procured using best procurement practice employed on the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. This methodology was further developed at Crossrail into the ‘six pillars model’ and was adopted by Infrastructure UK (IUK), forming the basis of a procurement module in the Project Initiation Route-map. Much of the Crossrail procurement learning legacy is incorporated in the procurement module which provides helpful guidance when initiating procurement on major programmes in the UK.

 

Procurement Delivery Documents:

Summary Publication date Document Type
Procuring infrastructure for London’s Elizabeth line

Procuring infrastructure for London’s Elizabeth line

Topic area: Procurement Delivery

This paper is a condensed version of the Learning Legacy case study Crossrail Procurement Delivery This paper sets out the origins and approach to procurement on Crossrail, the development of the ‘six pillars’ of procurement and how these were deployed to deliver over £11 billion of capital spend over a 5 year pe...

14/08/2017 Journal Publication
Photo of Crossrail Tunnel Boring Machine shield and cutter head at Herrenknecht factory

Crossrail Procurement Delivery

Topic area: Procurement Delivery

This paper sets out the origins and approach to Procurement at Crossrail, the development of the ‘Six Pillars’ of procurement, and how these were deployed to successfully deliver over £11bn of capital spend over a 5 year period.

27/09/2016 Case Study
Crossrail cost to complete: Cost and commercial management

Crossrail cost to complete: Cost and commercial management

Topic area: Commercial Management

In August 2018, Crossrail Ltd (CRL) announced that the programme to open the Elizabeth line would not be delivered on the original estimated timeline and that the opening of the Central Operating Section (COS) by December 2018 was not achievable. It was also made public that the original estimated budget would be in...

05/04/2023 Journal Publication