Crossrail has announced the short listed consortia and companies for the competitive tender process for its programme partner, project delivery partner and design framework agreements.

The four companies invited to tender for the programme partner, worth £75-100m, are Legacy 3 a joint venture between Parsons Brinckerhoff and Balfour Beatty Management; Bechtel; Transcend, a joint venture between AECOM, CH2M HILL United Kingdom Unlimited Company and Nichols Group and lastly Mouchel.

The five companies invited to tender for the project delivery partner, worth £300-400m, are: Legacy 3, a joint venture between Parsons Brinckerhoff and Balfour Beatty Management; Bechtel; Laing ORourke Holdings; Flare, a joint venture between Fluor, Ove Arup & Partners and E C Harris as well as a joint venture between Capita Symonds and NNN.

Companies invited to tender for the design framework agreements, worth £300m are: Aedas Group, Atkins, BDP, Capita Symonds, a joint venture between Faber Maunsell and Gifford, Halcrow Group, Hyder Consulting (UK), Jacobs Engineering UK, Mott MacDonald, Mouchel Limited, Ove Arup & Partners International, Parsons Brinckerhoff, Scott Brownrigg, Scott Wilson Railways and WSP UK.

Announcements about the appointments of the successful bidders are expected towards the end of the year.

Doug Oakervee, executive chairman of Cross London Rail Links, said: “This is another significant milestone for the Crossrail project as it progresses towards the construction of the railway. I am heartened that the tender lists for all of these important contracts are comprised of such distinguished companies.”