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 a construction schedule including tender documents and overview of quantity for the 2.3 km Kolsdalen-Lumberkrysset section on the new 4-lane national road Rv 456 in Kristiansand municipality.

Open call for tenders, deadline 19th March, 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. This includes a 1.8 km two-lane bidirectional tunnel, which will be built in dark red porphyries of high value, requiring the use of a diamond blade like those used to cut the marble in quarries. Click here. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=24111-2008, OJ S 19, or contact Autonomous province of Bolzano, Bolzano, fax +39 471412539. E-mail gare-11.5@provincia.bz.it 06/08.

Negotiated procedure, deadline 12th February, 2008 for ownership, operation and maintenance of a potable water and waste water services network (lot 2) to the Olympic Park and Stratford city developments sites. This is for approximately 2.2 km of 1.2 m-diameter micro bored sewer tunnel from 3 m to 20 m deep and associated pipes. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=17995-2008, OJ S 14, or contact Olympic Delivery Authority, London, tel. +44 2032012000. E-mail waternetworksownershipandoperation@london2012.com 05/08.

Negotiated call for bids, deadline 4th February, 2008 for the Victoria station upgrade, comprising civil engineering, fit-out and services installations for a new subsurface Northern ticket hall, for extension to existing subsurface Southern ticket hall, new subsurface tunnels to provide access to existing platforms, and other minor works. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=7696-2008, OJ S 7, or contact London Underground Ltd, London, fax +44 2079183800. E-mail chris.eaglen@tube.tfl.co.uk 05/08.

Open call for tenders, deadline 14th March, 2008 for upgrade of the equipment in the Miravete tunnel on the A-5 in Caceres province. The Miravete tunnel consists of two tubes of 1,141 m and 1,154 m. Read E-News Weekly 1/2007. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=10956-2008, OJ S 10, or contact Ministry of development, Madrid, fax +34 915978547 or 915978470. E-mail jmmendoza@fomento.es or cpublic@fomento.es 05/08.

Open for bids, deadline 12th March, 2008 for construction of the 375 m Nakke tunnel and the 850 m Haukabø tunnel on national road Rv 662 in Molde. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=18124-2008, OJ S 14, or contact Statens vegvesen Region central, Molde, fax +47 71274101. E-mail firmapost-midt@vegvesen.no 05/08.

Open call for tenders, deadline 19th March, 2008 for project management and construction supervision for the section of the Route du Nord motorway A7 from the Waldhaff interchange to the Lorentzweiler interchange, including the 2 x 1,850 m Stafelter tunnel. The contract covers the civil engineering for the Stafelter tunnel and an open air section along with the E&M equipment for the Stafelter and Grouft tunnels. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=18969-2008, OJ S 15, or contact Ministry of public works, Luxembourg, fax +352 446597. E-mail dcv@pch.etat.lu 05/08.

Open call for tenders, deadline 4th March, 2008 for upgrade of certain safety equipment in the 3,692 m Orelle tunnel on motorway A43. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=7253-2008, OJ S 7, or contact SFTRF, Modane, fax +33 479053120. E-mail marchespublics@tunneldufrejus.com 05/08.

International call for tenders, deadline 4th April, 2008 for preliminary and detailed designs, construction, installations, tests, maiden trips and commissioning of Line 12 of the Mexico City metro between Tláhuac and Mixcoac. The fully underground 24.5 km line will serve 22 stations. Bidding rules can be purchased until 25th January. Visit http://compranet.gob.mx or www.consejeria.df.gob.mx/gaceta/pdf/Enero08_%2021_257.pdf (pages 18 to 21) or contact Subdirección de concursos y contratos de la Dirección general de obras para el transporte, Avenida Universidad n° 800, Primer piso, Col. Santa Cruz Atoyac, C.P. 03310, Delegación Benito Juárez, Distrito Federal. Tel. +52 56887499, ext. 2292 and 2355. Click here for more. 04/08.

Open for bids, deadline 5th February, 2008 for design of the 27 km Venta de Baños section, including two tunnels of 1.1 km each. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=1052-2008, OJ S 1, or contact ADIF, Madrid, fax +34 917005751. 04/08.

Negotiated call for tenders, deadline 11th February, 2008 for preliminary design of a 6.8 km section of the A 52 between Essen East (A 40) and Essen North (A 42), including three tunnels with lengths of approx. 680 m, 700 m and 870 m and two galleries with lengths of approx. 410 m and 600 m. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=11473-2008, OJ S 10, or contact Landesbetrieb Strassenbau Nordrhein6westfalen, Essen, fax +49 2017298333. E-mail achim.frieling@strassen.nrw.de 04/08.

Open call for tenders, deadline 29th February, 2008 for planning and construction of the 2 x 2,070 m Osterberg tunnel in Saxony on the Erfurt-Leipzig/Halle high speed line. The tunnel will be built using the sprayed concrete lining method. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=15958-2008, OJ S 13, or contact DB Netz, Leipzig, fax +49 3412342399. E-mail annekatrin.richter@bahn.de 04/08.

Periodic notice, deadline unspecified, which is a call for tenders with the objective of reducing the time for receipt of bids, for design of the 5.4 km Urnieta-Hernani section, including the 2,638 m Urnieta tunnel and the 815 m Hernani tunnel. Both will be single bore tunnels with a cross section of 95 square metres. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=285494-2007, OJ S 234, or contact Red Ferroviaria Vasca, Bilbao, fax +34 946572601. E-mail ets@ets-rfv.es 03/08.

Invitation for prequalification, deadline 26th February, 2008 for engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) package for civil works and hydromechanical equipment works for the Vishnugad Pipalkoti hydroelectric project. Civil works include a 65 m-high gravity concrete dam; a 10 m-diameter diversion and spill tunnel; a 12 m-diameter spill tunnel; an intake structure followed by three desilting chambers (each 350 m long x 16 m wide x 20.6 m high); a 13.4 km-long x 8.8 m-diameter horse shoe-shaped headrace tunnel; a 130 m-high x 22 m-diameter surge shaft; a 351 m-long x 5.2 m-diameter pressure shaft; an underground power house for four vertical Francis turbine generating each 111 MW;

Invitation to tender (No. 08/G/CE/2007-08/CELNPIND), deadline 1st February, 2008 for execution of the Sleemanabad carrier canal (Bargi right bank canal) of Bargi diversion project from Km 104 to Km 129 on turnkey basis comprising the survey, planning, geotechnical investigations, design, estimation, preparation of permanent land acquisition cases, construction of a lined tunnel of about 12 km long and 10 m in diameter with cut-and-cover transitions (about 900 m long), construction of canals (about 13 km) by excavation, cement concrete lining and commissioning and testing of the canal system. Read E-News Weekly 3/2008 & 2/2008. Contact Narmada Valley Development Authority, Office of CE (UNZ), Bargi Hills, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh. Tel. +91 7612370995, fax +91 7612370373, e-mail e-mail ceunznvdajab@mp.nic.in 03/08.