PROCUREMENT

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Tel Aviv calls pre-qualification for design-build construction of TBM metro tunnels

Owner:

NTA Metropolitan Mass Transit System Ltd

Status:

Tender Documents available from 16 January 2012
Mandatory bidders' conference 22 February 2012

Location to be confirmed
Deadline for pre-qualification proposals 27 March, 2012

Information:

www.nta.co.il

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Pre-qualification is invited for design-build procurement of a proposed total of 11km of TBM twin running tunnels for the central underground sections of Tel Aviv's new Red Line and Green Line LRT metro routes.

A total 8km of twin TBM tunnelling plus mined cross passages is required within 16km of underground cut-and-cover, TBM, and NATM excavations for the 23km long Red Line and a further 3km of TBM excavation is proposed on the 6km underground section of the planned 35km long Green Line.

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Tender schedule for the 17.5km Crosstown LRT for the Toronto Metro, Canada

Owner:

Metrolinx Transit Agency

Location:

Toronto

Status:

Non-mandatory Information session, Monday 7 November 2011 at 10am

Location:

North York Civic Centre Chambers, 5100 Yonge Street, Toronto

Information:

www.MERX.com

A non-mandatory information session is organised for parties interested in tendering for construction of the Eglinton-Scarborough Crosstown Light Rapid Transit Line (LRT) in Toronto, Canada. The meeting, to be held on Monday 7 November, will describe the scope of the new Crosstown LRT project that will run 17.5km in new twin bored tunnels under Eglinton Avenue (Fig 1).

Fig 1. Procurement of the blue Crosstown LRT Eglinton Line is underway

A contract for the first 6.75km segment of tunnel from Black Creek to Yonge Street will be tendered in January 2012, with construction to begin in August 2012. The tenders for two more tunnel segments will follow later in 2012.

Four new EPBMs are being procured by Metrolinx from Caterpillar Tunnelling Canada Corporation to excavate the 5.75m internal diameter LRT twin-running tunnels through a highly variegated glacial till consisting of granular materials and soft clays. Metrolinx is also procuring the one-pass precast concrete segments that are to be provided also to the tunnel contractor(s). Two of the four new TBMs will be used for the first 6.75km long contract.

In addition to the bored tunnels, the tunnel contractors will be required to construct emergency egress buildings utilizing slurry wall, secant pile, and/or soldier pile and lagging support, as well as jet grouted block headwalls for the emergency egress buildings and all underground stations. The construction of all other aspects of the underground stations will be performed by separate station contractors after completion of the bored tunnels.

The non-mandatory Information Session on Monday November 7, 2011 will be held at 10:00 am in the North York Civic Centre Chambers, 5100 Yonge Street, Toronto.

A request for pre-qualifications is scheduled, tentatively, to be issued on November 15, 2011. Only tunnel contractors approved through the pre-qualification process will be invited to respond to the January 2012 tender. Information for all Toronto transit expansion projects will be posted to www.MERX.com.

In the meantime work started recently on the yellow Spadina Line extension north from Downsview Station for the Toronto Transit Commission (Fig 1). The Commission procured the tunnel lining segments and bought four Caterpillar Tunnelling Canada Corporation TBMs for the 8.6km extension of twin running tunnels which will be used two each by two tunnelling contractors that are engaged to complete the extension by late 2015.

Refrences:

Spadina Line extension commences in Toronto - TunnelTalk, May 2011

Indianapolis prepares to receive rock collector bids

Owner:

Indianapolis Department of Public Works

Location:

Indianapolis

Status:

Pre-bid conference July 22, 2011 at 1pm local time

Information:

Carol Metz, Administrator, Purchasing Division Tel: +1 317 327 4900

Sealed bids for the following project(s) will be received by the Purchasing Division for the City of Indianapolis/Marion County in Room 1522 City County Building up to12:30pm local time on or before August 11, 2011. Between 12:31 to 1:00 sealed bids will only be accepted in Room 260, with all bids being opened publicly thereafter.

NO LATE BIDS WILL BE ACCEPTED AFTER 1pm FOR ANY REASON.

ITB-8180 Project: CS-38-010B: Deep Rock Tunnel Connector and
Project: LD-38-003: Southport Advanced Wastewater Treatment Facility Levee
Improvements and Extension for the Department of Public Works

Fig 1. Full CSO control program

Construction Estimate: $250,000,000.00 - $350,000,000.00

Pre-Bid Conference: July 22 at 1pm local time in Room 260 of the City County Building located at 200 East Washington Street, Indianapolis, Indiana 46204.

Contract documents may be examined and / or purchased at the City of Indianapolis website at http://www.indygovplans.org or at the following locations.

Repro Graphics, BX Indiana 1200 Madison Avenue Lower Level Suites Indianapolis, IN 46225	Purchasing Division (NO SALES) 200 E Washington Suite 1522, City County Building Indianapolis, IN 46204
Repro Graphics 437 N. Illinois St Indianapolis, IN 46204	Dept. of Public Works (NO SALES) 1200 Madison Avenue, Suite 200 Indianapolis, IN 46225

Estimated at between $250-350 million, the tunnel contract comprises 40,000ft (12km) of 18ft (5.5m) i.d. excavation through bedrock at about 250ft (76m) below ground surface plus shafts and connection structures.

The deep rock tunnel collector (DRTC) is the first phase of a continuing program of tunnel work needed by the City as part of a consent decree with the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) to prevent combined sewer overflows into the local waterways (Fig 1). The citywide tunnel system is to be complete and fully operational by 2025.

Visit the City of Indianapolis website to review new bidding opportunities on the CSO program and for further details about the Deep Rock Tunnel Connector project.

Outreach for Norway's major rail tunnel project

Consultants and contractors are invited to Oslo on Wednesday 6 April to meet the project managers of Norway's largest rail infrastructure project to date, most of which is aligned in tunnel. "We want to notify the European market about the upcoming opportunities that the Follo Line presents," said Project Director for Jernbaneverket, the National Rail Administration, Anne Kathrine Kalager.

"Currently, tenders are out for several engineering contracts," said Kalager, "and the size of the project is expected to attract more firms from abroad than is usual for Norwegian projects. This is why we would like to notify the international market early on."

Contracts for design and construction of the 22km long high-speed railway running underground in twin tube tunnels between the suburban town Ski and the national capital Oslo are to roll out from the end of this year and towards a targeted opening date in 2018.

Alignment of the 22km long underground rail route
(Illustration: ViaNova AS/ Aas-Jacobsen AS)

As well as introducing the project to the international design and tunnel construction industry, the Administration is interested to know of solutions, technical innovation, resources and competencies that international companies have to offer. "We need to familiarize ourselves with the railway market abroad," said Kalager.

Both drill+blast and TBM tunnelling will be considered for excavation of the 19km long twin tube running tunnels and major works are to be undertaken at the Oslo Central station as well as for a new station at Ski.

"We are looking forward to receiving interest from abroad," says Kalager. "With multiple contracts coming up, our goal is to choose the best engineering companies and contractors for the Follo Line." To date a Danish company and two Swiss firms are working with Norwegian firms to progress development of the project.

Download a pdf copy of the

6 April meeting invitation

If you and your firm plan to attend

send a notice to follobanen@jbv.no

before 21 March.

All technical documentation will be available and in English. More details about the Follo Line can be found on the Jernbanewerket website and details of engineering contracts currently out to tender are listed at the Norwegian national database for public procurement, Doffin.

Refrences:

Direct twin-tube route for Oslo-Ski railway - TunnelTalk, Oct 2010
International bid for Norway rail project - TunnelTalk, Dec 2008

RFQ for Alaskan Way Construction Management contract

Owner:

Washington State Department of Transportation

Location:

Seattle, Washington

Status:

Deadline for submittals Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Information:

WSDOT Consultant Services
or call +1 360 705 7104 for hard copy doucments

Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT or STATE) requests the submittal of Qualifications Statements and Technical Proposals for the performance of professional construction management services for the Alaskan Way Viaduct SR99 Bored Tunnel Alternative Design-Build Project.

One Agreement for approximately five years and approximately $11 million may be awarded. At any time, additional work may be necessary. At WSDOT's option, the contract may be extended for additional time and/or money.

To access detailed information and RFP Submittal Information go to the WSDOT Consultant Services web site.

If you do not have internet access, call +1 360 705 7104 to obtain a hard copy of the advertisement.

Submittal Due Date: Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Refrences:

Seattle signs Alaskan Way design-build construction contract - TunnelTalk, January 2011
Best value proposal for Alaskan Way - TunnelTalk, December 2010
Alaskan Way mega-project procurement - TunnelTalk, October 2010

City of Austin Mandatory Pre-bid Meeting for Waller Creek Tunnel Project

Owner:

City of Austin, Texas

Location:

Austin, Texas

Status:

Mandatory pre-bid meeting Wednesday, 22 September 2010

Information:

Gary Jackson, City of Austin Project Manager, Tel: +1 512 974 7115

The City of Austin invites tunneling companies to attend a vendor conference for a flood control tunnel on Wednesday, September 22, 2010, at the Emma S. Barrientos Mexican American Cultural Center (Rehearsal Lab), 600 River Street, Austin, Texas 78701 at 10:30 a.m. Refreshments will be served. There will be a networking session immediately following. The pre-bid meeting is mandatory for all companies interested in bidding on the tunnel project.

Plan of the Waller Creek

The Waller Creek Tunnel - Main Tunnel & 4^th Street Creek Side Inlet Project is estimated at $40 million and consists of construction via conventional methods, of a flood control (main) tunnel from Waller Beach to Waterloo Park along Waller Creek, and two connector tunnels to capture intervening drainage at 4^th/5^th Street and 8^th/9^th Street. The main tunnel is about a mile long (1.6km) and consists of three segments of 20.5ft to 26.5ft (6.25-8m) finished diameter tunnel. Segment 1 is 26.5ft finished diameter and extends from the Outlet Structure (to be built under separate contract) approximately 2,275ft northward and includes a 100ft transition to Segment 2. Segment 2 is a 22.5ft finished diameter tunnel and extends about 1,570ft northward, including a 100ft transition to Segment 3. Segment 3 is a 20.5ft finished diameter tunnel and extends about 1,490ft northward to connect to the Inlet Structure (to be built under separate contract).

The 4^th/5^th Street connector tunnel is 22.5ft in diameter and extends eastward approximately 223ft from the tie point at the main tunnel to the 17ft i.d. 4^th Street shaft. The 8^th/9^th Street connector is a 22.5ft i.d. tunnel and extends eastward for about 40ft. This work also consists of constructing a creek side inlet and debris screening structure within the east bank of Waller Creek and about 280ft of creek restoration between 4^th and 5^th Street.

Design of the flood control tunnel

The project is designed to reduce the flood plain of Waller Creek through the center of the city by some 28 acres and confine flow to within the river banks. It also includes a pumping system that will keep a controlled flow of water from the lake in the creek at times of low natural flows.

The City maintains a Plan Room to view project plans and specifications at no cost. Fees apply for copies. The Plan Room is located at 4201 Ed Bluestein Blvd., Austin, Texas 78721. For additional project information, contact Gary Jackson, City of Austin Project Manager at +1 512 974 7115 and visit the project website.

Construction bids for Sunnydale Auxiliary Sewer Project

Owner:

San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC)

Location:

San Francisco

Status:

Bids due by Thursday, March 18, 2010 at 2pm local time

Information:

Contract Administration at (415) 551-4603
e-mail: rfp@sfwater.org
website: SFPUC

The Sunnydale Auxiliary Sewer Project will address temporary flooding during significant storm events within the Visitation Valley neighborhood of San Francisco. The estimated $35 million to $40 million project includes the installation of about 4,000ft of 8ft to 11ft (1,220m of 2.4m to 3.3m) interior diameter concrete sewer tunnel from Harney Way westerly past Bayshore Blvd. The tunnel will be excavated by an EPBM, micro-tunneling, pipe-jacking and jet-grouting. Associated work includes three tunnel portals and the highway US101/Caltrain crossings.

Plans and specifications are available for purchase at 1155 Market Street, 9th floor. Contractors requesting plan/specs be shipped to them should send their request with the appropriate payment amount and return shipping information to:
Contract Administration Bureau
1155 Market Street 9th floor
San Francisco, CA 94103, USA

Presidio Parkway construction contract #4

Owner:

Caltrans

Location:

San Francisco

Status:

Bids due by Friday, February 26, 2010

Contract value:

$99 million

Information:

Presidio Parkway

The contract will include construction of an at-grade detour, 787ft (240m) of cut-and-cover for the Southbound Battery Tunnel, permanent roadway section, electrical and mechanical substation, retaining walls, and traffic switch.

Refrences:

New approach to Golden Gate Bridge accelerated - TunnelTalk, Apr 2009

RFQs for design-build Blue Plains CSO tunnel, Washington, DC

Owner:

District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority (DC WASA)

Location:

Washington, DC, USA

Status:

SFQs due by Tuesday, March 16, 2010 at 4pm local time
Pre-SOQ meeting Friday, February 5, 2010, starting 10am

Information:

Ms Melva Massey, Tel: +1 202 787 2363, Fax: +1 202 787 2453,
e-mail: gbass@dcwasa.com

Statement of Qualifications (SOQ) are invited for design-build services in connection with the Blue Plains Tunnel, a part of DC WASA's Long Term Control Plan of CSOs to the Anacostia River. Detailed information on the scope of work, procurement process, and required content of the SOQ, submittal requirements, and evaluation process is contained in the Request for Qualifications (RFQ) document. SOQs for the Contract No. 100040 RFQ document is available from Ms Melva Massey Tel: +1 202 787 2363, Fax: +1 202 787 2453, e-mail: gbass@dcwasa.com.

Contract alignment

Contract scope includes, but is not limited to: five shafts of 50ft to 110ft diameter by up to 140ft deep, and approximately 23,600ft of 23ft i.d. tunnel excavated in soft-ground under and adjacent to the Potomac and Anacostia Rivers, and lined with bolted/gasketed precast concrete segments.

A shortlist of three teams will be selected in accordance with the evaluation criteria in the RFQ, invite proposals Request for Proposals (RFP) package to and selection of the design-build construction team will be based upon both technical and price elements in accordance with the selection criteria in the RFP.

The contract resulting from the RFP will be subject to Fair Share Objectives for Minority and Women Business Enterprises (MBE and WBE) in the amounts of 28% and 4% for the professional services component, and 32% and 6% for the construction component, respectively. The program requirements are defined in the U.S. EPA's Participation by Disadvantaged Business Enterprises in Procurement Under EPA Financial Assistance Agreements - May 27, 2008.

SOQs will be accepted until March 16, 2010 at 4pm local time by DCWASA's Melva Massey located on the 5thnd floor of the Central Operations Facility (COF). The pre-SOQ meeting on Friday, February 5, 2010, will be held at DC WASA's COF building, 5000 Overlook Ave, SW, Washington, DC 20032 starting at 10am. Please allow 30 to 60 minutes to obtain a visitor's pass at the security building at the plant's entrance. Space will be limited and firms attending are limited to attendance of three (3) persons. Make reservations no later than January 29, 2010 with Ms Melva Massey Tel: +1 202 787 2363 or e-mail: gbass@dcwasa.com.

Refrences:

Clean up for Washington DC waterways - TunnelTalk, August 2009

Shortlist for Crossrail running tunnels contracts

Owner:

UK Department for Transport and Transport for London

Location:

London, UK

Status:

Shortlist of contractors announced

Information:

Crossrail's official website

December 4, 2009: Crossrail Ltd released the shortlisted contractors selected to bid for its two principal tunnelling contracts under the centre of London. Shortlisted joint ventures are:
• Balfour Beatty Civil Engineering Ltd, Morgan Est plc, VINCI Construction, and Beton-und Monierbau;
• BAM Nuttall Ltd, Ferrovial Agroman (UK) Ltd, and Keir Construction Ltd;
• Costain Ltd, Skanska Construction UK Ltd, and Bilfinger Berger Civil (Ingeneirbau GmbH);
• Dragados, S.A. and John Sisk & Son (Holdings) Ltd;
• Laing O'Rourke Construction and Bouygues Travaux Publics SA.

Refrences:

Shortlist for Crossrail running tunnels contracts - TunnelTalk, Dec 2009

Requests for Panama Canal crossing study

Owner:

Panama Canal Authority

Location:

Panama

Status:

Proposals due December 13, 2009

Information:

Panama Canal Authority

Panama Canal needing a highway underpass

The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) has released a request for proposals to investigate alternatives for a vehicular crossing of the Canal's Atlantic side. The scope of work includes analyzing the feasibility of building either a bridge or a tunnel north of the existing Gatun Locks and the new post-Panamax locks complex. It will include a subsequent determination of the best alternative. Interested parties have 30 days from November 13, 2009 to submit their proposals for this non-negotiated best value bid. A committee of ACP engineers will evaluate the proposals and reserves the right to contract the services of external consultants to make recommendations on the submissions. The technical portion of the proposals will constitute 65% of the total score, while the price proposals will represent 35%. The ACP expects to award the contract in January 2010. The selected contractor will have seven months to present the its report.

Pre-Qualifiers for Phase II of the Palisades Tunnels Procurement

Owner:

New Jersey Transit and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey

Location:

New Jersey, USA

Status:

August 26 2009: Four JVs pre-qualify to proceed to Phase II of procurement process
• ARC Constructors - a Joint Venture of SA Healy and CCA Civil/Halmar International LLC
• Barnard of New Jersey and Judlau Contracting Inc., Joint Venture
• OHL/Tully Joint Venture
• Schiavone-Shea-Skanska, Joint Venture

Sealed Bid No.:

09-038X

Information:

Pre-qualification details (pdf)
Palisades Tunnel procurement information (pdf)
www.thetunnelproject.com

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Art Silber discusses procurement process

The Palisades Tunnels is the second of three (3) Design Build Contracts for The Trans-Hudson Express (THE) Tunnel Project. The Palisades Tunnels will extend from the east face of the Tonnelle Avenue (Routes 1 and 9) Underpass to the Hoboken access shaft. It includes an open cut to a portal structure at the west face of the Western Slope (Palisades) then turns into two (2) TBM bored tunnels that run through the Palisades hard rock to the Hoboken access shaft. The twin tunnels will be approximately 5,200ft (1,585m) long, and will have a finished inside diameter of approximately 24ft 6in (7.5m). The Invitation for Bids will be a two-phase process. The first phase will consist of Prequalification of the Contractors. The second phase will consist of two steps: Step 1 submission of a Technical proposal, and step 2 submission of a Firm Fixed Price Bid.

Owner:

Milwaukee MSD

Location:

Milwaukee WI

Status:

Bids due Oct 16, 2008

Contract No.:

W20004C06

Information:

www.mmsd.com

This $99 million project captures and stores potential floodwater in one large basin. A large, underground tunnel that's 17 feet in diameter and about a half-mile long will channel excess water from Underwood Creek into the basin.

Crystal Springs Bypass Tunnel

Owner:

SF Public Utility Commission

Location:

San Mateo County CA

Awarded:

October 2008

Contractor:

Shank/Balfour Beatty, JV

Bid price:

$55.67 million

Information:

www.sfwater.org

This $55-$65 million project includes construction of approximately 4200ft length of tunnel and associated shafts, initial lining, and installation of a 96in diameter steel pipe final lining.

Mission Trails Pipeline Tunnel

Owner:

San Diego County Water Authority

Location:

San Diego CA

Status:

Bid due Aug 6, 2008

Information:

www.sdcwa.org

This proposed $35-41 million project consists of constructing 4,520 lineal feet in two separate tunnels to install 92in diameter welded steel pipe or 96in reinforced concrete cylinder pipe at the Contractor's option.

Tel Aviv calls pre-qualification for design-build construction of TBM metro tunnels

Tender schedule for the 17.5km Crosstown LRT for the Toronto Metro, Canada

Indianapolis prepares to receive rock collector bids

Outreach for Norway's major rail tunnel project

Download a pdf copy of the 6 April meeting invitation If you and your firm plan to attend send a notice to follobanen@jbv.no before 21 March.

RFQ for Alaskan Way Construction Management contract

City of Austin Mandatory Pre-bid Meeting for Waller Creek Tunnel Project

Construction bids for Sunnydale Auxiliary Sewer Project

Presidio Parkway construction contract #4

RFQs for design-build Blue Plains CSO tunnel, Washington, DC

Shortlist for Crossrail running tunnels contracts

Requests for Panama Canal crossing study

Pre-Qualifiers for Phase II of the Palisades Tunnels Procurement

Caldecott 4th Bore Improvement Project

TBM tunnels (U220 contract) for the University Link Light Rail Project, Seattle

Final design services for San Francisco Central Subway

Construction Management Services for the Port Mann Water Supply Tunnel - RFQ

Design Services for TYSSE Twin Tunnels

Engineering Services for Sewage Infrastructure Master Plan

County Grounds Tunnel

Crystal Springs Bypass Tunnel

Mission Trails Pipeline Tunnel

Download a pdf copy of the

6 April meeting invitation

If you and your firm plan to attend

send a notice to follobanen@jbv.no

before 21 March.

Caldecott 4^th Bore Improvement Project