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 bids, deadline 15th January, 2008 for planning and construction of the 1,745 m city tunnel Waidhofen an der Ybbs. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=255096-2007, OJ S 210, or contact Land Niederösterreich, St. Pölten, tel. +43 27429005. E-mail post.st5@noel.gv.at or post.lad3materialamt@noel.gv.at 45/07. Restricted call for bids, deadline 4th December, 2007 for construction supervision of the 1,745 m city tunnel Waidhofen an der Ybbs. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=256687-2007, OJ S 211, or contact Land Niederösterreich, St. Pölten, tel. +43 27429005. E-mail post.st5@noel.gv.at or post.lad3materialamt@noel.gv.at 45/07.

Tender notice, deadline 25th December, 2007 for supply, installation and commissioning of electro-mechanical systems for the Kadiköy-Kartal metro (power supply and traction force, signalling, control and communication, ventilation, lighting, escalators and lifts, plumbing, drainage, installation of a traffic control centre, etc.). The Kadiköy-Kartal metro is a 21.7 km double-track underground line with 16 stations. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=247239-2007, OJ S 204, or contact Istanbul metropolitan Municipality, Istanbul, fax +90 2124494180. E-mail raylisistem@ibb.gov.tr 44/07.

Open call for tenders, deadline 30th November, 2007 for construction management of the extension to Sabadell of the Barcelona-Sabadell line operated by the Catalan railways. Click es/143. Other tenders in E-News Weekly 43/2007. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=244427-2007, OJ S 201, or contact GISA, Barcelona, fax +34 934444488. E-mail contractacio@gisa.es 44/07.

Open call for tenders, deadline 21st January, 2008 for construction of the Estádio do Dragão-Venda Nova section of the Gondomar line, including a 980 m tunnel. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=252962-2007, OJ S 208, or contact Metro do Porto, Porto, fax +361 225081001. E-mail geral@metro-porto.pt 44/07.

Open call for tenders, deadline 12th December, 2007 for construction of the 1,288 m-long Secondigliano-Di Vittorio section of the Naples metro to enable joint operation of trains travelling on the Naples-Giugliano-Aversa line operated by Metrocampania Nordest and Line 1 of the metro. Civil works include a false tunnel in Secondigliano station; Secondigliano station; a mined tunnel between Secondigliano and Di Vittorio stations; Di Vittorio station, and its associated connecting tunnels, shafts and cavern; ventilation, surge and emergency chambers; other ancillary works; and the geotechnical monitoring. This is a re-bid. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=248420-2007, OJ S 204, or contact Metrocampania Nordest, Naples, fax +39 0817897294. E-mail seg.investimenti@metrocampanianordest.it 44/07.

Open call for tenders, deadline 30th November, 2007 for construction supervision of the so-called Wehrhahn line in Duesseldorf, actually the second cross-city tunnel, 3.6 km in length, to connect two suburban express railway stations at Wehrhahn in the east and Bilk in the south, its six underground stations (Jacobi Strasse/Pempelforter Strasse, Schadowstrasse, Heinrich-Heine-Allee, Benrather Strasse, Graf-Adolf-Platz, and Kirchplatz) and two line ends. Lot 1 is for construction supervision of the approx. 2.3 km tunnel, to be built using a 9.5 m-diameter shield machine, and lot 2 is for construction supervision of the stations. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=248260-2007, OJ S 204, or contact Landeshauptstadt Duesseldorf, Duesseldorf, fax +49 2118929063 or 2118929492. E-mail ernstreinhard.kuppe@stadt.duesseldorf.de or ausschreibungen@stadt.duesseldorf.de. Also visit www.duesseldorf.de/top/thema010/aktuell/news/wehrhahnlinie/index.shtml 44/07.

Open call for tenders, deadline 3rd December, 2007 for geotechnical study for Line B of the driverless light metro in Rennes. This 12.7 km line will connect the northeastern and southwestern districts of the city. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=242103-2007, OJ S 199, or contact Semtcar, Rennes, fax +33 299651151. E-mail info@semtcar.fr 43/07.

Open call for tenders, deadline 23rd November, 2007 for assistance for the management of Grenoble’s northern ring road. This 6 km dual-carriageway road link will connect two motorways, the A41 Grenoble-Chambéry in the east and the A480 Grenoble-Lyon in the west. Its route runs mainly underground, in shallow cut-and-cover tunnels or bored tunnels. To know more, read E-News Weekly 42/2007. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=244299-2007, OJ S 201, or contact Conseil général de l’Isère, Grenoble, fax +33 476003919. 43/07.

Negotiated call for bids, deadline 12th November, 2007 for adaptation of the water catchment at Les Bois hydropower station in Upper Savoy, further to the melting of the Mer de Glace glacier. The contract includes the drilling and blasting of an exploratory and access tunnel (10% gradient, length of 800 m to 1 km, more than 3 m in diameter), the digging of exploratory galleries under the glacier with hot water (500 m to 1 km), the boring of the permanent headrace tunnel (8% gradient, length of 600 m to 800 m, diameter 3.40 m), a tank under the glacier, an inclined shaft (100% gradient, 45 to 60 m of level difference, 3 m in diameter) and concreting of the invert of the exploratory and access tunnel. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=247195-2007, OJ S 203, or contact EDF, Le-Bourget-du-Lac, fax +33 479606344. E-mail jean-christophe.perroux@edf.fr 43/07.

Competitive dialogues, deadline 3rd December, 2007 for design and construction of the central section of Warsaw’s second metro line from Ronda Daszynskiego to Dworca Wilenskiego. This is a 6.3 km section with seven stations. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=244054-2007, OJ S 201, or contact ZTM, Warsaw, fax +48 226554679 or 226554687. E-mail t.kielczewski@metro.waw.pl 43/07.

Open call for tenders, deadline 12th November, 2007 for construction of the 3.5 km Galdakao-Basauri section in Biscay province, including the 2,728 m-long 85 sq m Zaratamo tunnel. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=242863-2007, OJ S 200, or contact ADIF, Madrid, fax +34 917005751. 43/07.

Open call for tenders, deadline 23rd November, 2007 for construction of the extension to Sabadell of the Barcelona-Sabadell line operated by FGC, the Catalan railways. This is a railway for two tracks of 4,975 metres and 4,947 metres. Altogether, 6,904 metres will be bored by means of a 6.74 m-diameter EPB TBM and 2169 metres using the cut-and-cover method. The internal diameter of the bored tunnel is 6 m: Each tube will be connected by cross-passages each 250 metres. There are also five underground stations (Sabadell Estació, Plaça Major, Eix Macià, Plaça Espanya and Ca n’Oriac). Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=239128-2007, OJ S 197, or contact GISA, Barcelona, fax +34 934444488. E-mail contractacio@gisa.es. Also visit www10.gencat.net/ptop/AppJava/es/actuacions/departament/public/metro/valles/fgc_sabadell.jsp# 42/07.

Notice of public works concession, deadline 9th November, 2007 for supervision consultancy for the public works concession contract as well as construction and rolling stock supervision for the new Móstoles-Navalcarnero railway. The line starts in Móstoles Central and connects with the Metrosur line 12 of the Madrid metro. It includes a 3 km tunnel in Móstoles and three new underground stations. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=237040-2007, OJ S 195, or contact Mintra, Alcorcón, fax +34 914880598. E-mail maite.martin@mintramadrid.es 42/07.

Open call for tenders, deadline 6th November, 2007 for construction of the Unquera-Pendueles section on the Cantabrian motorway A-8. This 11.8 km section includes the Santiuste tunnel, to be built in rock using NATM, with lengths of 520 metres (seaside tube) and 820 metres (hillside tube), and the 410 m El Peral cut-and-cover tunnel between road N-634 and the FEVE railway. In compliance with the Royal Decree 635/2006, the two tunnels will be equipped with emergency exits; drainage of toxic liquids; CCTV; automatic and manual system for smoke extraction; normal, safety and emergency lighting; ventilation; emergency generators; uninterrupted energy supply system; CO sensors; opacimeters; fire detection cables; automatic incident detection; signage of exits and emergency equipment; horizontal and vertical signage; variable message panels; closing barriers and traffic lights at the portals; loudspeakers; SOS stations; hydrants; and flowmeters. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=234622-2007, OJ S 193, or contact Ministry of development, Madrid, fax +34 915978537 or 915978470. E-mail cpublic@fomento.es 42/07.

Open call for tenders, deadline 20th December, 2007 for planning and installation of railway technology equipment (eight lots) in the Leipzig city tunnel (3.2 km of tunnel, 1 km of ramps and 9.3 km of tracks, whereof 3.5 km for connection to the south railway network). Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=234042-2007, OJ S 192, or contact DB Netz und DB Energie, Leipzig, fax +49 3419683420. 42/07.