Bids under consideration by Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality for 2.5 km extension from Taksim to Yenikapi which will include bridge over the Golden Horn. Nov 1998.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.A consortium of Italian construction company Astaldi and its Turkish partners Makyol and Gülermak is in the lead to get a EUR751.2 million contract from the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality's transportation department to build a 21.7 km subway line between the Kadiköy and Kartal districts of Istanbul's Asian side. Astaldi, which is leading the group in the bidding for the contract, could get 42%, or EUR315.4 million, of the total value of the contract which also includes the E&M and signalling technology. Makyol has 41.33% and Gülermak has 16.77%. The Italian-Turkish consortium submitted the low bid against two rival consortia, namely Alarko-OHL (EUR753 million) and Dogu?-Yapi Merkezi-Yüksel-Siemens (EUR779.9 million). A previous tender for the project had been held two-and-a-half years ago but was cancelled, as the construction project was not feasible at the time. The line will be constructed underground but will go above ground wherever possible. The line will have 16 stops. Work is to begin in the second half of the year and last three years, once the contract signing process is concluded. The project will employ 2,000 people. Visit www.astaldi.com, www.makyol.com.tr and www.gulermak.com.tr 04/08.Astaldi, as general contractor and leader of a joint venture with Makyol and Gülermak, and the municipality of Istanbul signed a EUR751 million contract for the construction of the new Kadiköy-Kartal line in Istanbul. The contract has been signed after the joint venture was named preferred bidder in January. Astaldi's share amounts to EUR315 million. The contract is for the construction of a new 20 km-long double-track underground line, with 16 underground stations, and includes also the supply of electromechanical equipment and the signalling system. The works are planned to start in the second half of 2008 and will be completed in three years. Visit www.astaldi.com, www.makyol.com.tr and www.gulermak.com.tr 11/08.