Invitation to negotiate contract, deadline 7th May, 2001, for construction of 1.75 km-long railway tunnel for Ferrocarriles Vascos, fax +34 94 401 9901. Visit www.boe.es 17/01. Open tendering, deadline 20th December, 2001, for the south variant between Aí±orga and Amara stations on the Bilbao-San Sebastian railway. Includes a 900 m tunnel and a 100 m underground station. Visit http://ted.eur-op.int, document S 214-147100 or contact the Basque Railways, Bilbao, fax +34 94 4330602. Budget is €18.5 million. Also visit www.euskotren.es 47/01.Dualling of the EuskoTren line between the Easo and Aí±orga stations awarded to a jv of Construcciones Altuna y Urí­a, and Construcciones Mariezkurrena for €18 million. Time frame for construction of 23 months. The 3,366 m section includes two tunnels in Aiete and Amara totalling 1,606 m as well as a 101 m-long subterranean station in Gerií¡trico. Visit www.euskotren.es 09/02.Open call for tenders, deadline 5th September, 2005 for design of section Anorga-Rekalde on the Bilbao-San Sebastian line. This 2.5 km section includes a 1.3 to 1.4 km single-tube dual-track tunnel, finished section 60 sq m, to be built in marly limestone in urban area, using a roadheader. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=135276-2005, OJ S 136, or contact Red Ferroviaria Vasca, Bilbao, fax +34 944329189. E-mail jortega@ets-rfv.es 33-34/05.Open call for tenders, deadline 20th February, 2006 for design of the dualling of the Loiola-Herrera section on the Lasarte-Hendaya rail line operated by Euskotren, in San Sebastian province. The new route of the Loiola-Herrera section will enable the existing 2.5 km single-track tunnel to carry freight traffic only, thereby separating freight and passenger traffic. The planned section is 2,701 m long, whereof 1,628 m in tunnel, a 480 m semi-underground station in Herrera, a 452 m stretch of open air and a 141 m concrete box. Work will commence at the end of 2006 or in early 2007 to end in early 2010. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=249375-2005, OJ S 252, or contact Red Ferroviaria Vasca, Bilbao, fax +34 944329189. E-mail jortega@ets-rfv.es 03/06.Typsa bagged a EUR781,500 contract to design the dualling of the Loiola-Herrera section on the Lasarte-Hendaya rail line operated by the Basque railway operator Eusko Tren. The 2,701 m-long section, whereof 1,628 m in tunnel, includes a 480 m semi-underground station in Herrera, a 452 m stretch of open air and a 141 m concrete box. Visit www.typsa.es 26/06.Periodic notice, deadline unspecified, being a call for bids aiming at reducing time limits for the receipt of tenders, for 2.7 kilometres of double tracking between Loiola and Herrera stations, including a 1.6 km tunnel, redevelopment of Herrera station, a new station in Intxaurrondo and refurbishment of the existing tunnel to be used by freight trains only. Read E-News Weekly 37/2007. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=36593-2008, OJ S 27, or contact ETS-RFV, Bilbao, fax +34 946572601. E-mail ets@ets-rfv.es 07/08.Open invitation to tender, deadline 3rd July, 2008 for construction of a 2.7 km double tracking between Loiola and Herrera stations, including a 1,628 m tunnel, a 141 m in situ concrete box, the Herrera partially underground station and the Intxaurrondo underground station. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=127126-2008, OJ S 93, and http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=151991-2008, OJ S 114, or contact ETS-RFV, Bilbao, fax +34 946572601. E-mail ets@ets-rfv.es 21/08.Open invitation to tender, deadline 4th August, 2008 for construction management for the 2.7 km Loiola-Herrera track dualling, including a 1,628 m tunnel, a 141 m in situ concrete box, the Herrera partially underground station and the Intxaurrondo underground station. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=151901-2008, OJ S 113, or contact ETS-RFV, Bilbao, fax +34 946572601. E-mail ets@ets-rfv.es 25/08.Ví­as y Construcciones will partner with Altuna y Uria to construct a 2.7 km double tracking between Loiola and Herrera stations, including a 1,628 m tunnel, a 141 m in situ concrete box, the Herrera partially underground station and the Intxaurrondo underground station. Their contract is worth EUR51.8 million. Visit www.vias.es 42/08.