Open invitation to tender, deadline 08/03/2023, for the executive design and construction of the new HS/HC Salerno - Reggio Calabria - Lot 1a Battipaglia - Romagnano and interconnection with the old Battipaglia – Potenza line. Click here for bid documents and where tenders must be sent. Value of contract EUR2.16 bn, excluding VAT. Contact Rete Ferroviaria Italiana Spa, attn Eng. Giuseppe Albanese, Rome, email rfi-ad-dac.rc@pec.rfi.it. Visit https://ted.europa.eu/en/notice/-/detail/730219-2022. Ref.n. DAC.0257.2022. 52/22.

The consortium Xenia from Rome, composed by Webuild (leader), Ghella, Impresa Pizzarotti & C. and TunnelPro, secured the EUR2.04 bn contract, excluding VAT, for the executive design and construction of the new HS/HC Salerno - Reggio Calabria - Lot 1a Battipaglia - Romagnano and interconnection with the old Battipaglia - Potenza line. The length of the Lot 1A route is 35km, of which 18km underground with 8 artificial tunnels for 4km and 12 natural tunnels, of which 8 are approximately 13km long in total and will be excavated using 4 TBMs.Contact Rete Ferroviaria Italiana Spa, attn Alessio Sammartino, Rome, email rfi-ad-dac.rc@pec.rfi.it. Visit https://ted.europa.eu/en/notice/-/detail/531852-2023. Ref.n. DAC.0257.2022. 36/23.