Route identification contract for two-year study of Madrid-Caceres section of Extremadura line awarded to jv of Prointec and Sener. Visit www.sener.es 44/01.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 invitation to tender, deadline 9th June, 2008 for geological and geotechnical studies for the 19.6 km Plasencia Fuenteidueí±a station-Casas de Millí¡n section in Cí¡ceres province in Extremadura. This section includes a 3.9 km tunnel. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=111741-2008, OJ S 82, or contact ADIF, Madrid, fax +34 917005751. 20/08.Intraesa pocketed a EUR330,500 contract for the draft 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 www.intraesa.com 23/08.Open invitation to tender, deadline 26th August, 2008 for construction of the 16.7 km Aldea del Cano-Mérida high speed railway section in Cí¡ceres and Badajoz provinces. It includes the 1 km Puerto Viejo tunnel for two tracks, 105 sq m in cross-section. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=190356-2008, OJ S 142, or contact ADIF, Madrid, fax +34 917005751. 32-33/08.Sacyr and its affiliate Cavosa have been awarded a EUR46.9 million construction contract for the 17 km Aldea del Cano-Mérida section on the high speed line to Extremadura in Badajoz province. The contract includes the construction of the Puerto Viejo tunnel, 1 km in length and 105 sq m in cross section. Visit www.gruposyv.com and www.cavosa.es 42/08.Open invitation to tender, deadline 19.01.2009, for design engineering services for the 6.6 km-long Grimaldo-Casas de Millan subsection, part of the Caceres-Talayuela section, including proposed 4 km-long tunnel. Contract duration 12 months. Value EUR1.46 million. Contact ADIF, tel +34 917 74 48 37, fax +34 917 74 58 14, or visit www.adif.es. http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=321125-2008 51/08.