STIF, the Paris area transport authority, has approved the Line 4 extension between Montrouge and Bagneux. The 3.2 km underground extension will serve three new stations at Mairie de Montrouge, Verdun sud and Bagneux. The first phase comprises the construction of the Mairie de Montrouge station and the tunnel from Porte d'Orléans, for a cost of €144 million. Commissioning programmed for 2007. Visit www.stif-idf.fr 17/02.Negotiated procedure, deadline 21st July, 2006 for construction of the Porte d'Orleans-Montrouge extension on Line 4. The 1,477 m-long extension is divided in three lots and includes an underground station in Mairie de Montrouge. Read E-News Weekly 16/2005. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=118057-2006, OJ S 110, or contact RATP, Paris, fax +33 158769449. E-mail thomas.arrondeau@ratp.fr 25/06.A joint venture of BEC Frères, Soletanche Bachy, Urbaine de Travaux and Sotraisol Fondations bagged a EUR35.6 million contract to build lot T1 of the extension of Line 4 from Porte d'Orléans to Montrouge. This is a 677 m tunnel. Read E-News Weekly 16/2005. These companies also pocketed lot T3 of the tender for the construction of niches in the existing tunnel in Porte d'Orleans. Read E-News Weekly 14/2007. Visit www.becfreres.com, www.soletanche-bachy.com, www.fayat.com/2978-11197-11300-11641-11710/URBAINE-DE-TRAVAUX.htm, www.sotraisol.fr and http://extension-reseau.ratp.fr/m4 06/08.A joint venture of Razel and its parent company Bilfinger Berger bagged a EUR36.2 million contract to build lot T2. This is a 800 m tunnel and the Mairie de Montrouge station. Read E-News Weekly 16/2005. Visit www.razel.fr, www.bilfingerberger.de and http://extension-reseau.ratp.fr/m4 06/08.

Invitation to tender by negotiated procedure, deadline 25.05.2009, for construction of surface ventilation shaft and underground connections at Saint-Germain-Odeon station on line 4. Contract duration 13 months. Specs and docs from Sophie Mendy at RATP in Paris, tel +33 1587-69421, fax -71381, e-mail sophie.mendy@ratp.fr to whom tenders or requests to participate should be sent. http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=108972-2009 17/09.

Negotiated procedure, deadline 22.03.2010, for low-tension studies and works (lot TS01) for the Porte d'Orleans-Montrouge extension on Line 4. Contract duration 22 months. Contact Mrs Isabelle Forn at RATP in Paris, tel +33 158769926, fax +33 158771381, e-mail isabelle.forn@ratp.fr. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=061974-2010. 10/10.

Invitation to tender by negotiated procedure, deadline 26.03.2010, for three niches, an operations sidewalk and tunnel widening (lot T4) of the Porte d'Orleans-Montrouge extension on Line 4. Contract duration 10 months. Contact Mrs Isabelle Forn at RATP in Paris, tel +33 158769926, fax +33 158771381, e-mail isabelle.forn@ratp.fr. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=063937-2010. 10/10.Negotiated procedure, deadline 26.03.2010, for masonry and painting work (lot T5) of the Porte d'Orleans-Montrouge extension on Line 4. Duration contract 18 months. Contact as above. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=063938-2010. 10/10.

Negotiated invitation to tender, deadline 14.09.2011, for the construction of geotechnical investigation shafts for the 1.5 km Mairie de Montrouge-Bagneux extension on Line 4. The new section will include two new stations at Verdun Sud and Bagneux. Project comprises 4 tranches, 3 of them conditional. Contact Myriam Fontaine-Boulle, RATP, Fontenay-sous-Bois Cedex, tel +33 158770195, fax +33 158769468, e-mail myriam.fontaine-boulle@ratp.fr. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=241244-2011. 31/11.

Negotiated invitation to tender, deadline 12.06.2013, for the metro Line 4 extension (lot T2) at Bagneux. The contract includes the cut/cover tunnel between underground and open sections, Bagneux station with main and secondary access, and other structures. Duration of contract 60 months after award. Contact Jean-Philippe Da Costa, RATP, Paris, tel +33 158770350, fax +33 158769468, e-mail jean-philippe.da-costa@ratp.fr. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=142852-2013. Bid Code n. MOP13-0039. 18/13.

Negotiated invitation to tender, deadline 12.06.2013, for underground work for the metro Line 4 extension (lot T1) at Bagneux. Duration of contract 60 months after award. Contact Jean-Philippe Da Costa, RATP, Paris, tel +33 158770350, e-mail jean-philippe.da-costa@ratp.fr. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=142853-2013. Bid Code n. MOP13-0040. 18/13.

The awarding procedure for the metro Line 4 extension (lot T2) at Bagneux has been discontinued. The contract included the cut/cover tunnel between underground and open sections, Bagneux station with main and secondary access, and other structures. The contract may be the subject of a re-publication. Contact Jean-Philippe Da Costa, RATP, Paris, tel +33 158770350, fax +33 158769468, e-mail jean-philippe.da-costa@ratp.fr. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=328624-2013. Bid Code n. MOP13-0039. 40/13.

The awarding procedure for underground work for the metro Line 4 extension (lot T1) at Bagneux has been discontinued. The contract may be the subject of a re-publication. Contact Jean-Philippe Da Costa, RATP, Paris, tel +33 158770350, e-mail jean-philippe.da-costa@ratp.fr. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=328625-2013. Bid Code n. MOP13-0040. 40/13.

Negotiated invitation to tender, deadline 15.11.2013, for the metro Line 4 extension (lot T2) at Bagneux. The contract includes the cut/cover tunnel between underground and open sections, Bagneux station with main and secondary access, and other structures. Duration of contract 60 months after award. Contact Jean-Philippe Da Costa, RATP, Paris, tel +33 158770350, fax +33 158769468, e-mail jean-philippe.da-costa@ratp.fr. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=352255-2013. Bid Code n. MOP13-0122. 43/13.

Negotiated invitation to tender, deadline 15.11.2013, for underground work for the metro Line 4 extension (lot T1) at Bagneux including 630 m-long x 7.8 m vaulted tunnel using conventional mining and 600 sq m x 25 m-deep South Verdun station and associated works. Duration of contract 60 months after award. Contact Jean-Philippe Da Costa, RATP, Paris, tel +33 158770350, e-mail jean-philippe.da-costa@ratp.fr. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=352256-2013. Bid Code n. MOP13-0159. 43/13.

The JV Demathiet Bard Constrution/Guintoli SAS/Nge Genie Civil/G.T.S/Impresa Pizzarotti of Montigny-les-Metz secured the contract for the metro Line 4 extension (lot T2) at Bagneux. Contact Jean-Philippe Da Costa, RATP, Paris, tel +33 158770350, fax +33 158769468, e-mail jean-philippe.da-costa@ratp.fr. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=63948-2015. Bid Code n. mop14-0129. 09/15.

SPIE Batignolles TPCI, Dodin Campenon Bernard, Chantiers modernes construction, Sogea TOI, SPIE Fondations and Botte Fondation of Boulogne-Billancourt secured the contract for underground work for the metro Line 4 extension (lot T1) at Bagneux, including 630 m-long x 7.8 m vaulted tunnel using conventional mining and 600 sq m x 25 m-deep South Verdun station and associated works. Contact Jean-Philippe Da Costa, RATP, Paris, tel +33 158770350, e-mail jean-philippe.da-costa@ratp.fr. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=191722-2015. Ref. n. MOP13-0159. 23/15.

Negotiated invitation to tender, deadline 27.10.2017, for development work, of a centre for train maintenance, tunnel and associated works on the metro Line 4 extension (lot T4) at Bagneux. The duration of the contract is 37 months after the award. For further information https://ratp.bravosolution.com/web/login.html, where tenders have to be sent. Contact RATP, Paris, tel +33 158769920, email cecile.migeon@ratp.fr.. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=396748-2017. Bid Code n. DHA_2017MOP11626. 41/17.

Samex from  Clamart secured the contract for heating, ventilation, air conditioning and smoke extraction works on the metro Line 4 extension (lot S3) at Bagneux. The duration of the contract is 44 months after the award. For further information https://ratp.bravosolution.com/web/login.html.Contact RATP, Paris, tel +33 158769920, email cecile.migeon@ratp.fr. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=040076-2018.

Bid Code n. DHA_2017MOP10922. 05/18.

Firac from Poissy secured the contract for the study, supply, installation, commissioning and 1 year of preventive and corrective maintenance of 4 grids for the connection track closing on the metro line 4 of the RATP Metro. Contact RATP, attn Sylvie Guyon, Paris, tel +33 158770629, email sylvie.guyon@ratp.fr. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=061806-2018.

Bid Code n. DHA_2017GDI11217. 07/18.

  Restricted tendering, deadline 12th February, 2002 for feasibility studies for the missing west portion of the ring road. Route alternatives will be studied between the north ring road in Ecully and the Bonnefoy Blvd. in Saint-Fons. Visit http://ted.eur-op.eu.int/ojs/en/frame.htm, OJ S 8, document 6025-2002 or contact Communauté Urbaine  de Lyon, fax +33 4 78634979. 04/02. Award to a joint venture of Centre d'Etudes Techniques de l'Equipement (CETE)/Centre d'Etude des Tunnels (CETu)/Jean-Vincent Berlottier/Tim Boursier-Mougenot/Edmond Cezard/XL Studio/Silène of the feasibility study on the route alternatives of the west ring road in Lyon to connect the north section in Ecully with Saint-Fons. Visit www.equipement.gouv.fr/cetu and www.grandlyon.com 40/02.

  Preinformation notice for the upgrading of the 7 km Maurice Lemaire tunnel in Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines. A parallel tunnel, to be used both for rescue and ventilation, will be bored north of the existing tunnel from both portals. This tunnel will be connected to the existing tunnel by escape cross passages, smoke removal ducts and boreholes for utilities. The existing tunnel needs heavy renovation for ventilation, electricity and lighting, safety, centralised technical management, signalling, video and automatic detection, emergency calls, anti-fire device, etc. Work cost around €120 million. Time frame fall 2002-2007. Visit http://ted.eur-op.eu.int/ojs/en/frame.htm, OJ S 4, document 2828-2002 or contact Société des Autoroutes Paris-Rhin-Rhône, fax +33 1 47533820. Also visit www.saprr.fr 03/02. Restricted tendering for the construction of a 7 km tunnel as part of the upgrading of the Maurice Lemaire tunnel in Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines. Deadline 19th February, 2002. The first 500 metres, cross section 40 sq m, will be driven using traditional means in gneiss and mylonite. The rest will be TBM-driven, 6 m-diameter in gneiss and hard abrasive granite. Drill/blast of cross passages between the new and the existing tunnels. Also raise-drilling. Complete renovation of the tunnel. Visit http://ted.eur-op.eu.int/ojs/en/frame.htm, OJ S 11, document 8099-2002 or contact the Scetauroute/Bonnard et Gardel jv for technical details, Lausanne, fax +41 6181122. Also visit www.saprr.fr 04/02.A JV between Bouygues and Eiffage will renovate the 6,872 m-long Maurice Lemaire tunnel on trunk road RN159 in Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines for EUR180 million (July 2000 value). A new rescue and service tunnel will be TBM-driven parallel to the existing main tunnel which will also undergo heavy refurbishment. The JV has ordered a 6 m-diameter Herrenknecht hard rock gripper TBM. The machine will be delivered in mid-October 2004 for tunnelling start at end 2004. Support will consist of shotcrete, steel arches, wiremesh, and rockbolts. One concrete segment will be installed at the invert. The first 500 m will be bored using conventional means, a hydraulic hammer or excavator and drill/blast. Geology consists of gneiss and granite. The service tunnel will be divided in two levels by a concrete slab. The lower level will be for escape and rescue and the upper level for exhaust smoke removal and ventilation. The excavated rock will be removed out of the TBM by means of a conveyor belt. The main tunnel, closed to trucks since March 2000 for safety reasons, needs substantial improvements. These will consist in removing, dusting off and recycling the exhaust smoke duct (7 km), rebuilding the culverts, building safety niches, rock chambers for turning points and cross passages to the new tunnel every 400 m. All tunnel equipment (exhaust smoke removal, electric power, lighting, signalling, etc.) is not part of the contract. Work to start in April 2004 for completion in winter 2007. Financing by the concessionaire SAPRR (80%), the government (10%) and the Alsace and Lorraine regions (5% each). Visit www.saprr.fr and www.herrenknecht.com 04/04.Marti Technics has won the muck removal contract for the Maurice Lemaire tunnel renovation from the Bouygues / Eiffage JV. A new safety and rescue tunnel, which route follows a 250 m radius, will be built parallel to the existing 6,872 m tunnel. Marti Technics will design, build, install and manage a 6,755 m belt conveyor, equipped with a fully automatic 500 m belt reserve advancing in perfect synchronicity as the TBM progresses. The tunnel links the Vosges and Upper Rhine counties. It is a former railway tunnel first opened in 1937 and converted to road traffic in 1976. It was closed to heavy vehicles in March 2000 amid fears of another disaster further to the Mont Blanc tunnel fire which, one year earlier, killed 39 people. Visit www.martitechnik.ch. 31-32/04.Restricted call for tenders, deadline 19th May, 2005 for supply and installation of high and low voltage and lighting equipment in the 6,950 m Maurice Lemaire tunnel which connects Haut-Rhin and Vosges departments. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=074258-2005, OJ S 77, or contact Autoroutes Paris-Rhin-Rhone, Paris, fax +33 147533820. 17/05.Restricted call for tenders, deadline 19th May, 2005 for ventilation equipment, associated metalwork and part of their electric supply for the 6,950 m Maurice Lemaire tunnel which connects Haut-Rhin and Vosges departments. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=075318-2005, OJ S 78, or contact Autoroutes Paris-Rhin-Rhone, Paris, fax +33 147533820. 18/05.Restricted call for tenders, deadline 19th May, 2005 for radiocommunication for the 6,950 m Maurice Lemaire tunnel, the parallel safety tunnel under construction and the portals. This tunnel connects Haut-Rhin and Vosges departments. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=075314-2005, OJ S 78, or contact Autoroutes Paris-Rhin-Rhone, Paris, fax +33 147533820. 18/05.Restricted call for tenders, deadline 19th May, 2005 for low voltage systems for the 6,950 m Maurice Lemaire tunnel (facility management, networks, PC equipment, telephone and sound systems in the cross passages, emergency call system, fire detection, galleries and technical rooms, access control). This tunnel connects Haut-Rhin and Vosges departments. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=075313-2005, OJ S 78, or contact Autoroutes Paris-Rhin-Rhone, Paris, fax +33 147533820. 18/05.Restricted call for tenders, deadline 19th May, 2005 for fixed and mobile firefighting means for the 6,950 m Maurice Lemaire tunnel which connects Haut-Rhin and Vosges departments. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=075317-2005, OJ S 78, or contact Autoroutes Paris-Rhin-Rhone, Paris, fax +33 147533820. 18/05.

Open invitation to tender, deadline 17/11/2022, for firefighting and first aid service in the 6905 m Maurice-Lemaire tunnel and its access roads. For tender documents please click here, where tenders must be sent.  Duration of the contract is 96 months. Contact APRR - DGA Exploitation, attn Christian Noack, Saint Apollinaire, tel +33 329537500, fax +33 329537509, email Christian.noack@aprr.fr. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=519664-2022. Ref.n. 2201501. 39/22. 

Open invitation to tender, deadline 21/09/2023, for waterproofing work on building roofs and awnings on the APRR-AREA-ADELAC-ALIAE network. Click here for tender documents. The contract is composed of 6 lots: Lot 5 involves the 7km Maurice Lemaire tunnel. Duration of the contract will be 12 months.  Contact APRR , Saint Apollinaire, tel +33 325303224, email Sandrine.ruppanner@aprr.fr. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=452631-2023 and http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=208829-2023. Ref.n. BPC001192. 32/23. 

Preinformation notice released by SIAAP, the Paris metropolitan sewage authority, for the construction of a 2,290 m-long 3 m-diameter sewer main and two shafts, 10 and 12 m in diameter, in Choisy-Le-Roi and Créteil. Work cost ranging from €38 to €39 million. Work to commence in September, 2002. Visit http://ted.eur-op.eu.int/ojs/en/frame.htm, OJ S 1, document 380-2002, contact SIAAP, Paris, fax +33 144754415 or e-mail andre.modot@siaap.fr 03/02. Open tendering, deadline 6th June, 2002 for the construction of a 2,290 m-long 3 m-diameter waste water sewer at an average depth of 25 metres in Choisy-Le-Roi and Créteil. Visit http://ted.eur-op.eu.int/ojs/en/frame.htm, OJ S 74, document 57436-2002 or contact SIAAP, Paris, fax +33 144754415. 17/02. Preinformation notice for construction of a 1.8 km-long 4 m-diameter wastewater collector sewer in Créteil and Valenton. Work to start in February 2003. Visit http://ted.eur-op.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=115627-2002, OJ S 146, or contact SIAAP, Paris, fax +33 144756960. 32/02. Open call for tenders, deadline 17th December, 2002 for construction in Créteil and Valenton of lot 2 of sewer VL10, second part from shaft P2 to the Sesame treatment plant's shaft. A TBM will be used to bore a 1,820 m-long 4 m ID tunnel. Concrete segmental lining. Geology consisting of Saint-Ouen marls and limestone with gypsum, Beauchamps sands, marls and loose stones. Visit http://ted.eur-op.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=172305-2002, OJ S 217, or contact SIAAP, Paris, fax +33 144756190. 46/02.A JV of CSM Bessac, Coccinelle and Urbaine de Travaux has been awarded a €35.3 million contract to build a 1,820 m-long 4 m ID section of sewer VL10 using a shield TBM with compressed air-sealed excavation chamber. Segmental lining. The contract also includes a connection between sewers VL1 and VL10 using traditional means. Visit www.csmbessac.com, www.urbaine.com and www.siaap.fr 17/03.Open invitation to tender, deadline 21.01.2009, for construction of the second section of the V19 collector trunk between shaft P1 at Maisons Alfort in Alfortville and shaft P3 at Creteil, and design of shaft P2 and its connection to V19. Contract duration 52 months. Possible follow-up construction of P2 north, duration 36 months. Further information from Gerard Maillet at SIAAP, tel +33 1 4475 4426, e-mail gerard.maillet@siaap.fr or visit www.siaap.fr. Specs and docs from marchesiapp@siaap.fr. http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=323315-2008 51/08.

Open invitation to tender, deadline 26.05.2009, for construction of 1.6 km-long, 3 m ID tunnel Lot 3 of V19 collector together with 30 m-deep shafts P3 at 12 m ID and P4 at 10 m ID in Creteil. Contract duration 30 months. More from Gerard Mary at SIAAP in Paris, tel +33 144756-132, fax -100, e-mail gerard.mary@siaap.fr. Specs and docs, tenders and requests to participate to SIAAP, marchesiaap@siaap.fr, tel +33 1447544-26, fax -15.http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=102799-2009 16/09.

Preliminary studies by Scetauroute approved by Metro, the Grenoble Metropolitan Area. Three variants are being considered. The first is a 2 m-diameter single tube. The second is a 2.7 m-diameter twin tube. They would both cross ll'íŽle Verte and the Bastille in tunnels. The third is a single bore that would cross the Bastille and Presqu'í®le in tunnels. Metro considers the project cost must be reduced scrapping the twin-tube option and opting for shallower depth under the Isère River and Presqu'í®le. Visit www.smtc-grenoble.org/Rapport 20PDU.pdf 47/01. Open call for bids, deadline 16th September, 2002 for engineering studies for the north ring road in Grenoble including eight alignment alternatives, all including tunnels, either single or twin bores. Visit http://ted.eur-op.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=114159-2002, OJ S 144, or contact DDE de l'Isère, Grenoble, fax +33 476707784 or +33 476707898. 33/02. Open call for bids, deadline 1st October, 2002 for assistance during the planning and follow-up of the project consisting of a dual two-lane expressway including tunnels. Visit http://ted.eur-op.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=130744-2002, OJ S 162, or contact DDE de l'Isère, Grenoble, fax +33 476707898. 35/02.Open call for bids, deadline 6th April, 2003 for assistance during the planning and management of the project consisting of a dual two-lane expressway including tunnels. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=030591-2003, OJ S 36, or contact DDE de l'Isère, Grenoble, fax +33 476707898. 09/03.Preinformation notice for engineering and technical consultancy services for the draft design, environmental impact study and public hearings for a dual two-lane freeway including tunnels. Tenders to be invited in October 2003. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=137631-2003, OJ S 151, or contact DDE de l'Isère, Grenoble, fax +33 476707898. E-mail sgt.dde-isere@equipement.gouv.fr 36/03.Open invitation to tender, deadline 28th November, 2003 for the draft design for a dual two-lane freeway including tunnels. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=191114-2003, OJ S 212, or contact DDE de l'Isère, Grenoble, fax +33 476707898. E-mail sgt.dde-isere@equipement.gouv.fr 46/03.Setec, Lavigne and Pade will carry out the conceptual design of a 5 km dual two-lane freeway, including a 2.5 km tunnel under the Bastille. Visit www.setec.fr 41/04.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.A joint venture including CETu (Centre d'Etudes des Tunnels), CETE (Centre d'Etudes Techniques de l'Equipement), both under the Ministry of ecology, sustainable development and land planning, Bonnard et Gardel and its subsidiary Tonello scooped a EUR3.8 million contract for advise and general technical assistance for the north ring road in Grenoble. Read E-News Weekly 42/2007. Visit www.cetu.equipement.gouv.fr and www.bg-21.com 08/08.Open invitation to tender, deadline 29th April, 2008 for general project management for the northern ring road in Grenoble, a 2 x 6 km road link to connect the A41 and A480 highways. Its route is mainly underground, in shallow cut-and-cover tunnels or deep bored tunnels. Read E-News Weekly 42/2007. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=78755-2008, OJ S 58, or contact Conseil général de l'Isère, Grenoble, fax +33 476003919. 14/08.Open invitation to tender, deadline 13th May, 2008 for geotechnical studies for the northern ring road in Grenoble, a 2 x 6 km road link to connect the A41 and A480 highways. Its route is mainly underground, in shallow cut-and-cover tunnels or deep bored tunnels. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=90605-2008, OJ S 67, or contact Conseil général de l'Isère, Grenoble, fax +33 476003919. 16/08.Open invitation to tender, deadline 13th May, 2008 for hydrogeological study for the northern ring road in Grenoble, a 2 x 6 km road link to connect the A41 and A480 highways. Its route is mainly underground, in shallow cut-and-cover tunnels or deep bored tunnels. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=90606-2008, OJ S 67, or contact Conseil général de l'Isère, Grenoble, fax +33 476003919. 16/08.Sogreah won the tender for the hydrogeological study for the northern ring road in Grenoble, a 2 x 6 km road link to connect the A41 and A480 highways. Its route is mainly underground, in shallow cut-and-cover tunnels or deep bored tunnels. Visit www.sogreah.fr 32-33/08.A joint venture led by Egis Route, with Ilex, Sogreah and Strates as partners, pocketed a EUR3 million contract for general project management for the northern ring road in Grenoble, a 2 x 6 km road link to connect the A41 and A480 highways. Its route is mainly underground, in shallow cut-and-cover tunnels or deep bored tunnels. Visit www.egis.fr 37/08.The geotechnical studies have been commissioned to Fondasol. Visit www.fondasol.fr 37/08.

Invitation to apply, deadline 25.09.2009, for 30-40 year public works concession for design, construction, operation and maintenance of 6.1 km-long section of ring road through Grenoble, Saint-Martin-le-Vinoux, La Tronche and Meylan including 1.7 km-long tunnel beneath Bastille Hill and 2.4 km of cut and cover through Meylan and La Tronche. Construction estimate EUR550-650 million, duration four years, completion 2014. More from Departement de l'Isere: contact c.plet@cg38.fr for further information, s.jeanney@cg38.fr for specific documentation, and s.favre-buisson@cg38.fr for address for applications. For contracting authority, contact Max Lambert at mission rocade-Nord in Grenoble, tel +33 476003-003, fax -919, e-mail m.lambert@cg38.fr. http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=197298-2009 30/09.

Feasibility studies in hand for two-lane dual carriageway along national road RN 75 with four tunnels including 2 x 2.35 km-long Jocou on the Croix-Haute pass, and Rochette (2 x 110 m), Rochasson (2 x 530 m) and Faye (2 x 700 m). Work also commencing on 2 x 1.3 km-long Sinard tunnel towards Coynelle. 43/01. Tenders for construction of the 990 m Sinard tunnel on A51 to be invited in March, 2002. Single bore with parallel service gallery. Tendering for preparatory works expired since 11th December, 2001. Visit www.area.fr 51/01. Preinformation notice for the construction of the Coynelle-Col du Fau section of the A51 highway. Includes the 1 km Sinard tunnel. Visit http://ted.eur-op.eu.int/ojs/en/frame.htm, OJ S 11, document 8031-2002. Also visit www.area-autoroutes.fr 04/02. Restricted procedure, deadline 12th April, 2002 for the construction of the 1 km Sinard tunnel. Visit http://ted.eur-op.eu.int/ojs/en/frame.htm, OJ S 52, document 40314-2002 or contact AREA, Paris, fax +33 147533820 / +33 1478718886. 12/02.Construction of the 945 m-long dual-lane Sinard tunnel on highway A 51 between Coynelle and the Fau Pass started on 17th November, 2003. The contractors Bec Frères and Carillion BTP are using a three-boom Robofore drill rig to blast the main tunnel in full section (80 sq m) from the south drive. As of 31st March, progress has reached 228 m. Half section excavation (50 sq m) of the parallel safety tunnel with a second three-boom Robofore drill rig. Progress has reached 184 m as of 31st March. A third three-boom Robofore will start at mid-April on the north drive to excavate some 20 m on the main tunnel and 50 m on the safety tunnel to clear space to allow for the construction of a viaduct. This third machine, like one of the other two, is on rental. Three ground profiles are encountered for the main tunnel. Profile 1.2 is good ground requiring 4 cm of fibre-reinforced shotcrete and 3 cm of non-reinforced shotcrete. Six to seven Swellex bolts every two metres vertically and horizontally. Profile 2.2 is ground of lower quality requiring 7 cm of fibre-reinforced shotcrete and 3 cm of non-reinforced shotcrete combined with Swellex bolts every 1.5 m. Profile 5.1 necessitates HEB 180 steel supports every 1 or 1.5 m, sheet plates or shotcrete filling. Drill rigs to be equipped with longer feeds to allow 5 m advances. The safety tunnel is supported with fibre-reinforced and non-reinforced shotcrete. There will be no lining. A Sika-PM500 shotcrete robot is used at the site. First cross passage between both tubes at 150 m and then one every 200 m. Excavation of first cross passage has just started. Visit www.robodrill-sa.com, www.sika-stm.com, www.becfreres.com and www.carillionbtp.fr 15/04.Restricted call for tenders, deadline 11th April, 2005 for firefighting equipment of the Sinard tunnel. This 945 m tunnel is a main tube, for bidirectional traffic, and a parallel safety tunnel, which will become the second tube when traffic increases once the highway is extended farther south. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=047077-2005, OJ S 38, or contact AREA, Bron, fax +33 472353201. E-mail dirc@area-autoroutes.fr 12/05.Restricted call for tenders, deadline 11th April, 2005 for high and low voltage equipment of the 945 m Sinard tunnel (electrical equipment, lighting, centralised management, video monitoring and automatic incident detection, signalling). Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=047075-2005, OJ S 38, or contact AREA, Bron, fax +33 472353201. E-mail dirc@area-autoroutes.fr. Subscribe E-News Weekly 8/2005. 12/05.Yvroud Europeenne des Fluides received a EUR178,000 contract for firefighting equipment in the Sinard tunnel (945 m) on the A 51 highway Grenoble-Sisteron, section Coynelle-Col du Fau. Read E-News Weekly 8/2005. Visit www.yvroud.com 09/06.

$7 million finance package agreed by local authorities for design of second $175 million tube beneath river. Tenders for design expected Autumn, 2001 with construction start in 2004. First enquiry through www.dcftoulon.fr 19/01. Geological and geotechnical investigations for second tube about to start. Contact DDE du Var, tel +33 494468395. 42/01. Contract awards to ERG (lot 1) and Fondasol (lot 2) for core drilling and in situ testing as part of the second tube of the Toulon crossing. Visit www.fondasol.fr 04/02. Preinformation notice for engineering as part of the second tube of the city's underground crossing. The project is a 1.8 km-long 11 m-diameter tunnel with an average overburden of 25 metres, five 50 m-long 3.3 m-diameter cross passages, two 50 m-long 10 m-diameter cross passages, five access shafts and two 200 m-long cut-and-cover sections at each end. Construction estimated at €200 million. Visit http://ted.eur-op.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=111226-2002, OJ S 141, or contact DDE du Var, Toulon, fax +33 494468141. 31/02.Restricted procedure, deadline 15th October, 2002 for engineering for the second tube of the city's underground crossing. Visit http://ted.eur-op.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=117014-2002, OJ S 147, or contact DDE du Var, Toulon, fax +33 494468005 or +33 494468141. 32/02.A JV of Setec TPI and Terrasol has bagged a €8.9 million engineering contract for the second tube of the city tunnel linking highways A50 and A57 in Toulon. Visit www.tpi.setec.fr and www.terrasol.com 40/03.Open invitation to tender, deadline 26th February, 2004 for grouting work, construction of a shaft and a test tunnel as part of the second tube for the city's underground connection between highways A 50 and A 57. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=005712-2004, OJ S 7, or contact DDE du Var, Toulon, fax +33 494468141 or 494468005. 04/04.Open call for bids, deadline 10th March, 2004 for core drills as part of the second tube of the city tunnel linking highways A50 and A57. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=031354-2004, OJ S 36, or contact DDE du Var, Toulon, fax +33 494468141 or 8005. 11/04.ERG has secured a EUR167,200 contract for core drills as part of the second bore planned under Toulon to connect highways A50 and A57. Visit www.erg-sa.fr 27/04.Open call for tenders, deadline 7th December, 2004 for topographical services for the second tunnel under Toulon to link the A50 and A57 highways. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=177364-2004, OJ S 207, or contact DDE du Var, Toulon, fax +33 494468141. 44/04.Restricted call for tenders, deadline 17th January, 2005 for civil engineering for the second tube of the city tunnel across Toulon, to link highways A50 and A57. It is a two-lane tunnel, with a 210 m cut-and-cover section at the west end (A50 highway), a 1,818 m 120 sq m bored section to be driven in soft, very heterogeneous ground and a 201 m cut-and-cover section at the east end (A57 highway). Also 10 cross passages, five escape stairs and a 40 m-deep 200 sq m working shaft. Total estimated cost: EUR167 million. The tunnelling method will not be the mechanical precutting method nor a TBM. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=197213-2004, OJ S 229, or contact DDE du Var, Toulon, fax +33 494463250. E-mail dde-var@equipement.gouv.fr. More at www.var.equipement.gouv.fr/depart/presse/dos-2004.html 49/04.Open call for tenders, deadline 1st August, 2005 for safety and health protection coordination, as part of the construction of the second tube of the 2.2 km cross city tunnel in Toulon. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=109697-2005, OJ S 110, or contact DDE du Var, Toulon, fax +33 494468141. 24/05.Open call for tenders, deadline 2nd November, 2005 for topographical measurements, as part of the construction of the second tube of the cross city tunnel in Toulon, which links the A50 and A57. It is a 1,818 m bored tunnel, with cut-and-cover sections at each end (210 m and 201 m), 10 cross passages to the existing north tube, an access shaft and three emergency exit staircases. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=191184-2005, OJ S 194, or contact DDE du Var, Toulon, fax +33 494468141. 42/05.On 26th October, 2005 a defeated bidder lodged an appeal at the Nice administrative court to stop the signature of the civil engineering contract for the second tube (1.8 km) of the Toulon city tunnel between motorways A50 and A57. In a judgment pronounced on 14th November, 2005 the court questioned the procedure and ordered to the ministry of equipment and transport to launch a new call for tenders, expected in the next few weeks. 49/05.Open call for tenders, deadline 23rd June, 2006 for construction of the south tunnel of the Toulon crossing, to link highways A 50 and A 57. The tunnel will carry two lanes and be equipped with a semi-transversal ventilation system. The project includes cut-and-cover stretches (210 m at the west and 201 m at the east), a bored main tunnel (1,818 m), 10 cross passages to the existing tube, one ventilation crosscut, five escape staircases, two connecting galleries and a 250 sq m 40 m-deep working shaft. This is a re-bid. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=069735-2006, OJ S 67, or contact DDE du Var, Toulon, fax +33 494463250 or 494468005. E-mail dde-var@equipement.gouv.fr or sg-marches.dde-var@equipement.gouv.fr 15/06.Open call for tenders, deadline 23rd June, 2006 for technical follow-up of the behaviour of buildings on the alignment of the south tunnel of the underground connection between highways A50 and A57 in Toulon. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=091065-2006, OJ S 86, or contact DDE du Var, Toulon, fax +33 494463250 or 494468141. E-mail dde-var@equipement.gouv.fr or art-dde-var@equipement.gouv.fr 20/06.Open call for bids, deadline 8th September, 2006 for external topographical supervision, as part of the 1.8 km second tunnel of the underground connection between highways A 50 and A 57 in Toulon. The assignment includes, in particular, the control of measurements in the tunnel. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=139284-2006, OJ S 130, or contact DDE du Var, Toulon, fax +33 494463250 or 494468141. E-mail dde-var@equipement.gouv.fr or art.dde-var@equipement.gouv.fr 29/06.A EUR193 million construction contract for the south tunnel of the Toulon crossing, to link highways A 50 and A 57, has been awarded to Bouygues, Soletanche Bachy, and two affiliates of Bouygues, Colas Mediterranee and SREG Sud-Est. The tunnel will carry two lanes and be equipped with a semi-transversal ventilation system. The project includes cut-and-cover stretches (210 m at the west and 201 m at the east), a bored main tunnel (1,818 m), 10 cross passages to the existing tube, one ventilation crosscut, five escape staircases, two connecting galleries and a 250 sq m 40 m-deep working shaft. Visit www.bouygues-construction.com 40/06.The contract awarded to the Bouygues-led consortium to build the second tunnel of the underground connection between highways A50 and A57 in Toulon is worth EUR192.9 million. The contract was signed on 27th October, 2006. The project is financed by the French ministry of transport (27.7%), the Provence-Alps-French Riviera region (27.5%), the Var county council (22.5%), and the Toulon Provence-Mediterranee metropolitan area (22.5%). Construction of this 1.8 km tunnel, which will ensure uninterrupted traffic in the Marseille-Nice direction and take 30,000 cars/day away from the city centre, is expected to begin by the end of the year and last five years. The tunnel will be bored at a depth of 35 metres. In 2009, tenders will be invited for the EUR35 million E&M equipment of the tunnel. The first, Marseille-bound tunnel opened in the opposite direction in 2002. Visit www.var.equipement.gouv.fr 46/06.Open call for tenders, deadline 9th November, 2007 for external control during implementation of the waterproofing in the second bore of the tunnel linking motorways A 50 and A 57 in Toulon. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=231505-2007, OJ S 190, or contact DRE PACA, Marseille, fax +33 491284366. 41/07.Egis Rail secured a EUR321,000 contract for external control during implementation of the waterproofing in the second bore of the tunnel linking motorways A 50 and A 57 in Toulon. Visit www.egis-rail.fr 13/08.

Open invitation to tender, deadline 23.07.2010, for installation of electrical wiring, ventilation, lighting, control, safety and signalling equipment in south tube of Toulon subterranean highway linking A50 and A57. Contract duration 22 months. Further information, specs and docs from PSI/UCPAR in Marseille, tel +33 4912843-36, fax-66, e-mail marchespublics.dreal-paca@developpement-durable.gouv.fr to whom tenders or requests to participate must be sent. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=157790-2010. 22/10.

Open invitation to tender, deadline moved from 23.07.2010 to 04.08.2010, for installation of electrical wiring, ventilation, lighting, control, safety and signalling equipment in south tube of Toulon subterranean highway linking A50 and A57. Contract duration 22 months. Further information, specs and docs from PSI/UCPAR in Marseille, tel +33 4912843-36, fax-66, e-mail marchespublics.dreal-paca@developpement-durable.gouv.fr to whom tenders or requests to participate must be sent. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=201506-2010. 28/10.

JV INEO/Axima/Clemessy (Aix-en-Provence) secured the EUR19.3 million contract, VAT not included, for installation of electrical wiring, ventilation, lighting, control, safety and signaling equipment in south tube of Toulon subterranean highway linking A50 and A57.Contact PSI/UCPAR in Marseille, tel +33 4912843-36, fax-66, e-mail marchespublics.dreal-paca@developpement-durable.gouv.fr. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=381648-2011. 50/11

Restricted invitation to tender, deadline 25/10/2019, for the renewal of lighting systems in the north tube of the Toulon tunnel part of the  A50 axis. Value of the contract is EUR 1.1 million, excluding VAT. Contract duration is 14 months. For bid documents https://consultations.escota.com. Contact Escota, Mandelieu, email marches.escota@vinci-autoroutes.com. Click here for further information. Ref.n. 19.041-3. 39/19.

SPIE Citynetworks from Feyzin secured the EUR994,072.12 contract, excluding VAT, for the renewal of lighting systems in the north tube of the Toulon tunnel part of the  A50 axis. Contact Escota, Mandelieu, email marches.escota@vinci-autoroutes.com. Click here for further information. Ref.n. 19.041-3. 22/20.

Invitation to tender for detailed design of twin-tube 300 m-long natural tunnel and two 150 m-long cut and cover tunnels as part of $600 million, 35 km-long Tamarins north-south road between St Denis and St Paul funded by European Union. Contact Region Reunion, Moufia, BP 7190 97717. 29/01. Ministry of Public Works feasibility study for tramway with 6 km in tunnel between Saint Denis and La Possession at projected cost of $1 billion for 2005 construction start. For business connections visit www.runisland.com 31/01. Tenders invited, deadline 13th December, 2001, for technical studies for the Cap-La-Houssaye tunnel and the Rempart de Saint-Paul cut-and-cover on Route des Tamarins. 2 x 350 m-long tunnel, 94 sq m, to be conventionally driven with the complement of a stone crusher and drill/blast through volcanic breccias. Rockbolts, possibly lattice girders, and shotcrete. Concrete final lining. Preliminary studies by CETU. Work from mid-2004 to mid-2005. 2 x 150 m cut-and-cover, 5.5 m high walls, and 8 m radius 14.5 m-wide vaults through hard basalt and scoriaceous layers. Work from early-2004 to early-2005. Civil engineering studies by CETE. Tenders for excavation second half 2002 for both. Visit http://ted.eur-op.eu.int, document S 221-152496 or fax +33 2 62402929, Reunion Regional Council. Also visit www.reunion.equipement.gouv.fr 49/01. Contract for technical studies of first section of road RD10 including the 2 x 350 m Cap La Houssaye tunnel plus 2 x 150 m cut-and-cover awarded to Scetauroute for €687,000. Visit www.reunion.equipement.gouv.fr 19/02. Open call for bids, deadline 7th November, 2002 for survey services including the detailed project, the social and economical costs and the assessment of the economical impact of the Route des Tamarins. Visit http://ted.eur-op.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=143103-2002, OJ S 181, or contact Conseil régional de la Réunion, Saint-Denis, fax +262 487234. E-mail clement.padre@cr-reunion.fr and region.reunion@cr-reunion.fr 39/02. Preinformation notice for construction of Route des Tamarins, section 1 from Saint-Paul to RD 10. Contract 4 is for a viaduct and the Rempart de Saint-Paul cut-and-cover tunnel, 2 x 150 m. Value: €50-€75 million. Contract 6 is for construction of the portals of the Cap-la-Houssaye tunnel, 2 x 350 m. Value: €5-€8 million. Contract 9 is for construction of the Cap-la-Houssaye tunnel. Value: €30- €45 million. Visit http://ted.eur-op.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=007168-2003, OJ S 10, or contact Conseil régional, Saint-Denis, fax +262 487070 or 7234. E-mail jean-louis.cariou@cr-reunion.fr 04/03.Restricted procedure, deadline 5th September, 2003 for construction of Route des Tamarins, first section Saint-Paul / local road RD10, including a three-lane twin-tube tunnel in Cap-la-Houssaye, length 333 m and 288 m. Visit http://ted.eur-op.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=133597-2003, OJ S 147, or contact Conseil régional, Saint-Denis, fax +262 402929. 33/03.

Restricted invitation to tender, deadline 11th May, 2001, for construction of eastern tube of Vierge tunnel. Contact DDE 34, Montpellier, fax +33 46 7156800. 17/01. Single-tube, bi-directional, 1.05 km-long heavy goods traffic bypass in design for 2004 construction start using drill/blast with rockbolt and shotcrete support through limestone and marble in Haute-Garonne region. Enquire at www.cg31.fr 18/01.Existing bi-directional 3.2 km-long cross-border tunnel to be dualled. Alternatives under discussion by Franco-Italian committee. Geotechnical study underway on French section. Contact through www.quid.fr 23/01.

$20 million cut and cover tunnel 800 m-long designed by SNCF in marl and clayey sand. North section under construction by BEC/Soletanche; centre section, with access to Saint Charles station, at tendering stage; south section awarded to Muller TP for start April, 2001. Visit www.soletanche-bachy.com 09/01.