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.

Invitation to tender, deadline 26th February, 2008 for design, manufacture, supply, installation, testing and commissioning of tunnel ventilation system and TVS-SCADA for nine underground stations (Udyog Bhawan, Race Course, Jorbagh, INA, AIIMS, Green Park, Haus Khas, Malviya Nagar and Saket) and associated tunnel sections on the Central Secretariat to Qutub Minar corridor of Phase 2 of Line 2 of the Delhi metro. Contact Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC), Chief Electrical Engineer/Planning, 3rd Floor, NBCC Place, Bhishma Pitamah Marg, Pragati Vihar, New Delhi 110003, e-mail sharatsharma@dmrc.org. Visit www.delhimetrorail.com 03/08.

Negotiated procedure, deadline 4th February, 2008 for project control and construction supervision for construction of the new metro line 5 section in Berlin between Alexanderplatz and Brandenburg Gate. This section is approx. 1.9 km long in a dense urban area. A TBM will be used. Read E-News Weekly 40/2007. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=4511-2008, OJ S 4, or contact BVG, Berlin, fax +49 3025628209 or 3025620316. E-mail uwe.kutscher@bvg.de or jessica.schwind@bvg.de 03/08.

Open call for bids, deadline 19th February, 2008 design of the Finca Adoc section on the tram line 1 in Alicante. The line currently runs along the beach parallel to Avenida de Villajoyosa between La Sangueta and Isleta stops. The aim is to build a new 2 km dual-track section to free the space along the beach. It includes a 1,470 m tunnel through Serra Grossa. An escape exit perpendicular to the tunnel will also be constructed. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=307191-2007, OJ S 250, or contact GVA, Valencia, fax +34 963976465. E-mail galdon_sus@gva.es 02/08.

Open call for tenders, deadline 12th February, 2008 for conceptual design to sink underground 3.8 km of tracks in Talavera de la Reina on the Madrid-Oroposa section in Castilla La Mancha, as part of the future high speed line to Extremadura and the Portuguese border. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=307033-2007, OJ S 250, or contact Ministry of development, Madrid, fax +34 915979342 or 915978470. E-mail vrpascual@fomento.es or cpublic@fomento.es 02/08.

Open call for tenders, deadline 18th February, 2008 for design of the Plaza de Ayuntamiento-Antiguo Cauce section of Line 2 of the metro tram in Valencia. This section is a 1,584 m-long twin bored section to be constructed using a TBM. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=307192-2007, OJ S 250, or contact GVA, Valencia, fax +34 963976465. E-mail galdon_sus@gva.es 02/08.

The deadline for submission of tenders for construction of the Estádio do Dragão-Venda Nova section of the Gondomar line, including a 980 m tunnel, has been extended to 4th March, 2008. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=305459-2007, OJ S 250, or contact Metro do Porto, Porto, fax +361 225081001. E-mail geral@metro-porto.pt 02/08.

Restricted call for tenders, deadline 14th February, 2008 for executive design and construction as part of the upgrading of road SS13 "Pontebbana" damaged by flooding in 2003. There is a 1 km tunnel. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=299861-2007, OJ S 246, or contact ANAS, Rome, fax +39 064456224 or 0644462009. E-mail r.memoli@stradeanas.it 02/08.

Matharan-Pintat-Raymundie and KPMG landed a EUR94,000 contract for a legal and financial study regarding the envisageable contracts (concession, PPP, etc.) for the construction, financing, maintenance and management of the planned 2.8 km Semnoz tunnel in Annecy. Visit www.matharan-pintat.com 02/08.

Open call for bids, deadline 12th February, 2008 for technical engineering, preparation of planning and risk analysis for the new Roskilde fjord crossing. The present and only link crossing the Roskilde fjord,

Open call for tenders, deadline 11th February, 2008 for work supervision during core drilling and ground investigation works, as part of the Unterweitersdorf-Freistadt North section of the Muehlviertler expressway S10. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=303864-2007, OJ S 248, or contact ASFINAG, Vienna, fax +43 5010814420. E-mail baumanagement@asfinag.at 02/08.

Restricted call for tenders, deadline 31st January, 2008 for geology, hydrogeology, geotechnics, geomechanics and groundwater mapping for the Unterweitersdorf-Freistadt North section of the Muehlviertler expressway S10. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=304076-2007, OJ S 248, or contact ASFINAG, Vienna, fax +43 5010814420. E-mail baumanagement@asfinag.at 02/08.

Open call for tenders, deadline 18th February, 2008 for ground investigation campaign for the Semmering base tunnel, section Neu Gloggnitz-Raum Mürzzuschlag/Langenwang. Read E-News Weekly 9/2007, 4/2005, 12/2005 & 19/2004. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=298835-2007, OJ S 245, or contact ÖBB, Vienna, tel. +43 3167729311080. 02/08.

The low bid, worth EUR87.4 milion, to construct the Markovec tunnel (2,140 m / 2,180 m) near the Adriatic coast on the 5.1 km Koper-Izola section of motorway H5 Skofije-Lucija has been submitted by an Italian joint venture of Vidoni, Oberosler and Intercantieri Vittadello. The other bidders are a Slovenian team of SCT and Primorje with EUR96.2 million and Strabag with a bid of EUR98 million. Visit www.vidonispa.it, www.oberosler.com and www.intercantieri.com 45/07.

Negotiated call for tenders, deadline 12th January, 2007 for Phase 1 of the Thames tideway tunnel, which consists mainly of the 6.9 km 7 m ID Lee tunnel. Click here. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=297584-2007, OJ S 244, or contact Thames Water Utilities Ltd, Reading, fax +44 1189237687. E-mail procurement.support.centre@thameswater.co.uk 52/07-01/08.

Open call for tenders, deadline 21st January, 2008 for construction of the Arroyo de la Viñuela-Quejigares section on the Bobadilla-Granada high speed link. This 4.9 km section includes the 3,343 m-long Quejigares tunnel, whereof 3,267 metres will be mined. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=290899-2007, OJ S 239, or contact ADIF, Madrid, fax +34 917005751. 52/07-01/08.