Italferr awarded to SIS, Sintagma and Geodata the tender to build the Palermo-Orleans-Carini railway dualling in Sicily. SIS is a company jointly owned by Sacyr Vallehermoso (60%) and Inc general contractor SpA and Sipal (40%). The contract is worth EUR665 million. The project, known as Passante ferroviario, requires to double the Palermo Centrale-Carini line, improve stations or sink underground several of these (Tommasso Natale, Vespri, Palazzo di Giustizia, Lolli, Notarbartolo). The sections which must be dualled are Palermo Centrale-Bivio Oreto-Orleans-Notarbartolo-Belgio-Cardillo-Isola delle Femmine-Carini, Palermo Centrale-Brancaccio and Brancaccio-Bivio Oreto. On the 19 km line, 8 km will be built underground to cross the city of Palermo. Out of these, 1.22 km will be driven using a 9.3 m-diameter mixshield TBM in sands and calcareous sands. The remaining 6.8 km will be built using the cut-and-cover method. Time frame for construction: five years and two months. Subscribe to 24/2003. Visit www.gruposyv.com 49/04.Systra, Ineco, Lombardi-Reico Ingegneria and Technical secured a EUR6 million contract for the preliminary project, safety recommendations, environmental impact study, geological and geotechnical surveying and testing, as part of the Oreto-Notarbartolo section of the light rail in Palermo. This 7 km section runs fully underground and includes ten stops (Svincolo Oreto, Oreto Sud, Oreto Nord, Piazza Giulio Cesare, Piazza Borsa, Teatro Massimo, Politeama, Via Archimede, Piazza Alberigo Gentili and Stazione Notarbartolo). Click it/109. Visit www.systra.com 28/05.

Open invitation to tender, deadline 20/01/2021, for the final construction of the GN1D tunnel and for the Lolli and Giustizia stops, which is part of the electrified doubling of the Palermo Centrale - Carini railway section, known as Passante ferroviario. The value of the contract is EUR17.72 million, excluding VAT. Duration of the contract will be 900 days. Contact RFI SpA, attn Giuseppe Albanese, Rome, email rfi-ad-dac.pa@pec.rfi.it. For further information on the tender click here and here.  Ref.n. DAC.0182.2020. 48/20. 

The deadline of the open invitation to tender for the final construction of the GN1D tunnel and for the Lolli and Giustizia stops, which is part of the electrified doubling of the Palermo Centrale - Carini railway section, known as Passante ferroviario, has been postponed from 20/01/2021 to 01/02/2021. The value of the contract is EUR17.72 million, excluding VAT. Duration of the contract will be 900 days. Contact RFI SpA, attn Giuseppe Albanese, Rome, email rfi-ad-dac.pa@pec.rfi.it. For further information on the tender click here .  Ref.n. DAC.0182.2020. 50/20. 

The JV Europea 92 SpA/Cipa SpA secured the EUR 17,68 million contract, excluding VAT,  for the final construction of the GN1D tunnel and for the Lolli and Giustizia stops, which is part of the electrified doubling of the Palermo Centrale - Carini railway section, known as Passante ferroviario. Duration of the contract will be 780 days. Contact RFI SpA, attn Giuseppe Albanese, Rome, email rfi-ad-dac.pa@pec.rfi.it. For further information visit  https://www.rfi.it and http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=450195-2021.  Ref.n. DAC.0182.2020. 18/21.  

Open invitation to tender, deadline 03/02/2023, for the construction of the Lazio stop, Section B of the Palermo Railway Bypass. Click here for tender documents and where tenders must be sent. The value of the contract is EUR 42.57 million, excluding VAT. Duration of the contract will be 1180 days. Contact RFI SpA, attn Alessio Sammartino, Rome, email rfi-ad-dac.pa@pec.rfi.it. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=672751-2022.  Ref.n. DAC.0223.2022. 48/22.  

Manelli Impresa SpA di Monopoli (BA) secured the EUR41.15 million contract, excluding VAT, for the construction of the Lazio stop, Section B of the Palermo Railway Bypass. Contact RFI SpA, attn Alessio Sammartino, Rome, email rfi-ad-dac.pa@pec.rfi.it. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=583023-2023.  Ref.n. DAC.0223.2022. 39/23.  

Open invitation to tender, deadline 31/01/2024, for the final construction of the Lolli and Papireto stops, and of the safety equipment in the Orleans-Notarbartolo tunnel, Section A of the Palermo Railway Bypass. Click here for tender documents and where tenders must be sent. The value of the contract is EUR 18.52 million, excluding VAT. Duration of the contract will be 820 days. Contact RFI SpA, attn Luca Lancieri, Rome, email l.lancieri@rfi.it. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=764697-2023.  Ref.n. DAC.0277.2023. 51/23.