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.

Open call for tenders, deadline 14th March, 2008 for design of the control centre and equipment of the tunnels built as part of Phase IA of the south metropolitan bypass road, assistance during the tendering process and work supervision. Phase IA includes five twin bored tunnels: Argalario (1,816 m / 1,794 m), Mesperuza (538 m / 590 m), Santa Agueda (1,980 m / 1,964 m), Arraiz (2,261 m / 2,263 m and a 247 m tunnel on a slip road), and Larraskitu (831 m / 894 m). Read E-News Weekly 11/2006 & 9/2005. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=24612-2008, OJ S 19, or contact Interbiak, Bilbao, fax +34 944057001. E-mail info@interbiak.com 08/08.

Open call for tenders, deadline 1st April, 2008 for design of the 7 km Alcores tunnel section on the west-east high speed line that will link Seville, Malaga, Granada and Almeria. This section includes a 3 km twin-tube tunnel in Seville province. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=38792-2008, OJ S 29, or contact Ferrocarriles de la Junta de Andalucía, Seville, fax +34 955007573. E-mail carmen.camacho@ferrocarilesdeandalucia.es 08/08.

International competitive bidding (tender number NIB 36), deadline 12th May, 2008 for Package I of the 110 MW Pare hydroelectric project in Papumpare district. The scheme mainly consists of a concrete gravity dam, a spillway, a 8 m-diameter 270 m-long horse shoe-shaped diversion tunnel, a 2,810.75 m-long 7.5 m-diameter modified horse shoe-shaped headrace tunnel including adits, a 18 m-diameter 58 m-high surge shaft,

Open call for bids, deadline 29th February, 2008 for preliminary design and environmental impact assessment (EIA) as well as architectural concepts for a number of different proposals for road bridges and tunnels for the second Roskilde fjord crossing in Frederikssund. Length of bridges and tunnels is approx. 0.8-2 km. The EIA phase is assumed to be finished by the end of 2009. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=17867-2008, OJ S 14, or contact Vejdirektoratet, Copenhagen, fax +45 33156335. E-mail vd@vd.dk 08/08.

International call for tenders, deadline 1st April, 2008 for construction of the 8.8 km La Linea tunnel. The bidding process has been declared deserted for the third time on 6th February. Due to its little economic attractiveness, none of the five consortia initially interested in the project, who purchased the bidding rules, has presented an offer to build the tunnel, first estimated at COP611.5 billion. The national highway institute Invias has decided to open a fourth tendering phase but this time,

Open call for tenders, deadline 4th March, 2008 for construction supervision of the 2 x 6.4 km Bibra tunnel on the Erfurt-Leipzig/Halle high speed line. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=32010-2008, OJ S 24, or contact DB ProjektBau, Leipzig, fax +49 3412342399. E-mail Roswitha.Becker@bahn.de 07/08.

International tender, deadline extended to 10th March, 2008 for the sanitary improvement project of Lima’s marginal areas, lots 1, 2 and 3 consisting in a turnkey lump sum design/build contract for a water intake in the Rimac river; the potable water treatment plant in Huachipa and a pipeline named northern leg or Cono Norte main line. The northern leg is a pressure pipeline of approximately 26 km long, including two 5 km tunnels, featuring a cross-section of 2.40 m x 2.40 m. There is no intermediate access so that there will be two drives in each tunnel from the entry and exit, each drive having a length of 2,500 metres. The Republic of Peru received a loan from the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC). A time frame of 930 days is expected to prepare the designs and construct these important projects. Contact Servicio de agua potable y alcantarillado de Lima (Sedapal), Autopista Ramiro Prialé n° 210, Distrito de El Agustino, Lima. Tel. 51 13173036, fax +51 13623097 or visit www.sedapal.com.pe/contenido/lpi-004-2007bs.pdf 07/08.

Restricted call for tenders, deadline 20th March, 2008 for completion of the 3,311 m Albogasio single bored tunnel on bypass road SS 340 Regina on the Italian side of Lake Lugano to the border with Switzerland, including construction of a ventilation facility, a parallel safety tunnel with cross passages to the main tunnel, and installation of E&M equipment. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=24211-2008, OJ S 19, or contact ANAS, Rome, fax +39 064456224 or 064462009. E-mail i.polchi@stradeanas.it 07/08.

Open call for tenders, deadline 4th April, 2008 for preliminary design for a new 1.1 km 10.1 sq m drinking water tunnel below Vikåsen in Trondheim municipality, connecting Vikelvdalen and Fortuna. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=32059-2008, OJ S 24, or contact Trondheim kommune, Trondheim, fax +47 72542651 or 72597070. E-mail halvard.kierulf@trondheim.kommune.no or oivind.ligard@ptl.no 07/08.

Periodic notice, deadline unspecified, being a call for bids aiming at reducing time limits for the receipt of tenders, for 2.7 kilometres of double tracking between Loiola and Herrera stations, including a 1.6 km tunnel, redevelopment of Herrera station, a new station in Intxaurrondo and refurbishment of the existing tunnel to be used by freight trains only. Read E-News Weekly 37/2007. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=36593-2008, OJ S 27, or contact ETS-RFV, Bilbao, fax +34 946572601. E-mail ets@ets-rfv.es 07/08.

Periodic notice, deadline unspecified, being a call for bids aiming at reducing time limits for the receipt of tenders, for design of the overhead installations (switches, tunnel lighting, energy supply) for the Pajares railway bypass between La Robla and Pola de Lena. This includes the 2 x 24.6 Pajares tunnel and 12 tunnels on the north and south accesses to this base tunnel. Read E-News Weekly 10/2007 & 5/2006. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=30386-2008, OJ S 23, or contact ADIF, Madrid, tel. +34 915067281. E-mail gvillegas@adif.es 07/08.

Periodic notice, deadline unspecified, being a call for bids aiming at reducing time limits for the receipt of tenders, for construction of 2,700 metres of the Etxebarri-Txurdinaga section of Line 3 of the Bilbao subway and two stations in cavern (Txurdinaga and Otxakoaga). Read E-News Weekly 37/2007. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=35192-2008, OJ S 26, or contact ETS-RFV, Bilbao, fax +34 946572601. E-mail ets@ets-rfv.es 07/08.

Periodic notice, deadline unspecified, being a call for bids aiming at reducing time limits for the receipt of tenders, for construction of the new Artxanda tunnel, including a 1.9 km dual-track rail tunnel and 700 metres of cut-and-cover tunnel. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=36591-2008, OJ S 27, or contact ETS-RFV, Bilbao, fax +34 946572601. E-mail ets@ets-rfv.es 07/08.

Open call for tenders, deadline 20th March, 2008 for draft design of the 3.6 km Eppenberg tunnel, as part of the upgrade and widening from two tracks to four tracks of the Daeniken-Woeschnau rail section on the Bern-Olten-Zurich line. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=27947-2008, OJ S 21, or contact SBB, Olten, fax +41 512296036. E-mail gabriele.pagliari@sbb.ch 06/08.

Open call for tenders, deadline 3th March, 2008 for design of the Urnieta-Hernani section in Gipuzkoa province, including the 2,638 m 95 sq m Urnieta single bored tunnel and the 815 m 95 sq Hernani tunnel.