The consortium Spie Sud Est/Yvroud Europeenne des Fluides, Feyzin secured the EUR7.6 million contract for equipment maintenance in the Grand Lyon tunnels, the most important of which are Fourviere (1,850 m), Croix-Rousse (1,750 m), Brotteaux-Servient and Vivier-Merle (336 m). For more, contact Communaute Urbaine de Lyon, fax +33 478 957097, or visit http://marches.grandlyon.com. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=058386-2010. 11/10...

Gähler und Partner AG of Ennetbaden have secured the EUR2.28 million contract for PM designer for safety refurbishment in 1.14 km-long Mosi tunnel on A4, near Brunnen. Contact OFROU, Zofingen, tel +41 6274575-11, fax -90, e-mail beschaffung.zofingen@astra.admin.ch. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=062920-2010. 11/10...

IG BP2, c/o Bänziger Partner AG of Zurich, secured the EUR2.63 million contract from BAMO for 5.7 km-long N3 Kerenzer tunnel. Contact OFROU, Winterthour, tel +41 522344-711, fax -790, e-mail winterthur@astra.admin.ch. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=062921-2010. 11/10..

Construction contract for Kuechelberg tunnel awarded to PAC SpA consortium, value EUR34,695,272 excluding VAT. More from PAC in Capo di Ponte, tel +39 0364331037, fax +39 036442303, e-mail info@pacspa.it and client APB in Bozen, tel +39 04714125-14, fax –39, e-mail gare-11.5@provincia.bz.it Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=071475-2010. 11/10...

Rete Ferroviaria Italiana SpA is inviting companies to prequalify for civil engineering work on railway tunnels in Italy. Further information and documents from Iacomino Raffaele at Gruppo Ferrovie dello Stato in Milan, tel +39 02637 148-19, fax –20, e-mail dns-qs@rfi.it to whom requests to participate should be sent. Visit

Pre-feasibility study being undertaken by ILF Consulting Engineers for construction of single track railway line along the Karakorum highway between the end of the existing railway network in the south at Havelian and the border between Pakistan and China near the famous Khunjrab Pass in the north.

Prequalification underway by MTR for tender reference no 703 for West Island Line SHW to SYP tunnels value EUR30 million with a view to selective invitations to tender being issued in 4Q/2008 for contract award in 3Q/2009. Expressions of interest to Malcolm O’Neill, tel 3921 3383, e-mail moneill@mtr.com.hk Visit www.mtr.com.hk/eng/tenders/new_projects.html 45/08.

Expressions of interest, deadline 18th September, 2008 for detailed design for tunnels and associated structures for the Hong Kong section of the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong express rail link. The section from Guangzhou to Shenzhen will start operation in 2010. The Hong Kong section will use a dedicated corridor in tunnel. Plans call for the construction of a 26 km tunnel from the existing west Kowloon rail terminal to the Hong Kong-Shenzhen boundary at Huanggang. Construction is due to start in late 2009 for completion in 2014 or 2015.

The Dagachhu Hydro Power Corporation (DHPC) invites sealed bids, deadline 30th September, 2008, for design, build and completion of Lot I (civil works), consisting of engineering, procurement and construction of a diversion weir, connection channel and tunnel, desilter, shafts, powerhouse, maintenance and control buildings, water supply, sewerage and sewage treatment system, lighting and small power distribution system.

Costain, Murphy and Morgan Est are the three firms working up bids for a tender return in September for a GBP600 million scheme to build four cable tunnels in London for National Grid. National Grid is planning to start building the 4 m-diameter tunnels next year. The first part of the deal is worth about GBP473 million and will involve boring 27.5 km of tunnel in two sections - including a continuous tunnel of 20 km - from Hackney in the east to Willesden in the west, due to be completed in 2015.

Negotiated procedure, deadline 19th September, 2008 for Crossrail enabling works, advance works civils framework. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=202669-2008, OJ S 150, or contact Cross London Rail Links Ltd, London, tel. +44 2030239504. Click here. Visit www.crossrail.co.uk 34-35/08.

Further details are available about the Roveredo bypass and San Fedele tunnel. An invitation to tender for construction management is ongoing and the owner is currently assessing bids from contractors for the construction.

Open invitation to tender, deadline 1st December, 2008 for environmental follow-up during construction of the Cornavin–Eaux-Vives–Annemasse (CEVA) line between Geneva and the French border. Click ch/40. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=197116-2008, OJ S 146, or contact SBB-CFF-FFS, Lausanne, fax +41 512242992 or 51223245002. E-mail ernest.boget@sbb.ch or infoceva@etat.ge.ch. Visit www.ceva.ch 32-33/08.

Open invitation to tender, deadline 8th September, 2008 for conceptual and detailed designs for the Erro and Mezkiritz tunnels on road N-135 connecting to France. In both cases, the project consists in designing the route design of the roadway and the carriageway will accomodate two 3.50 m-wide lanes and 1.50 m shoulders.

Open invitation to tender, deadline 22nd September, 2008 for construction of the La Aldea de San Nicolas-El Risco section on the Agaete-La Aldea de San Nicolas road link in Isle of Gran Canaria. This nearly 10.4 km road section includes a 2,339 m twin tunnel, two single tube bidirectional tunnels with three lanes, 518 m and 603 m in length, and a 87 m cut-and-cover tunnel. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=195043-2008, OJ S 145, or contact Canarian government, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, fax +34 928307020 or 928455356. 32-33/08.

Restricted invitation to tender, deadline 15th September, 2008 for concession contract for the upgrade of the safety equipment and subsequent management of 93 tunnels totalling 133.4 km on 16 national roads throughout eight of the 11 Lombardian provinces. The first year will be dedicated to the design, works will last three years and the management is for 17 years. The required investment amounts to EUR149.6 million. Click it/127. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=184427-2008, OJ S 138, or contact ANAS, fax +39 064456224 or 0644462009. E-mail dir.projectfinancing@stradeanas.it 32-33/08.

Restricted invitation to tender, deadline 8th September, 2008 for the design and construction of national road SS 1 “Nuova Aurelia”, access to the Savona harbour and connection between the toll barriers on highway A10 in Savona and Albisola and the harbours of Savona and Vado. The approval of the executive project and the subsequent award of the contract is scheduled for January 2010. Construction is programmed to be concluded in October 2013. The new Aurelia bis road section, from Albisola Superiore to Savona (Torrente Letimbro), is 5.1 km in length altogether, whereof 3.9 km in tunnel. This EUR246 million project will relieve coastal traffic and provide a direct link to the Savona harbour area. Click it/88. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=196421-2008, OJ S 146, or contact ANAS, fax +39 064456224 or 0644462009. E-mail r.memoli@stradeanas.it 32-33/08.

Open invitation to tender, deadline 26th August, 2008 for construction of the 16.7 km Aldea del Cano-Mérida high speed railway section in Cáceres and Badajoz provinces. It includes the 1 km Puerto Viejo tunnel for two tracks, 105 sq m in cross-section. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=190356-2008, OJ S 142, or contact ADIF, Madrid, fax +34 917005751. 32-33/08.

Open invitation to tender, deadline 19th August, 2008 for supply and assembly of 10 kV medium voltage and low voltage plants and tunnel lighting systems in the 10,589 m Arlberg rail tunnel between Saint Anton and Langen. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=195678-2008, OJ S 145, or contact ÖBB-Infrastruktur Bau, fax +43 512930004625. E-mail karl.mayer@bau.oebb.at 32-33/08.

Restricted call for tenders, deadline 30th September, 2008 for the 1.4 km Blackwall northbound tunnel refurbishment on motorway A102. This is a second re-bid. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=191658-2008, OJ S 143, or contact Transport for London, London, fax +44 2030542006. E-mail christopher.carroll@tlf.gov.uk 31/08.

Open invitation to tender, deadline 1st December, 2008 for construction of the 2,036 m-long Pinchat tunnel on the Cornavin–Eaux-Vives–Annemasse (CEVA) line between Geneva and the French border. The contract also includes cut-and-cover construction and an access shaft to the Carouge Bachet stop. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=189668-2008, OJ S 141, or contact SBB-CFF-FFS, Lausanne, fax +41 512243462. E-mail eric.pointet@sbb.ch or muriel.volluz@sbb.ch. Visit the project’s website at www.ceva.ch 31/08.

Open call for tenders, deadline 17th September, 2008 for construction of lot 2 of the SS 12 bypass road, which forms part of the Ora ring road and the connection between trunk road SS 48 Ora-San Lugano and highway A22. The contract includes the 1.8 km San Daniele two-lane bidirectional tunnel. This is a re-bid because a previous tender, published in February, was declared void. Click it/137. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=187603-2008, OJ S 140, or contact Autonomous province of Bolzano, Bolzano, fax +39 471412539. E-mail gare-11.5@provincia.bz.it 31/08.