Adif competed in the construction tender, one of the largest contracts in the tenders Platform on the section of the Cantabrian Mediterranean High Speed Corridor between Tafalla and Campanas, in the Foral Community of Navarra. 10 construction companies, including the largest ones in the country, bid for the tender. Investment of 281.6 million euros By the Spanish railway manager.
Adif put the works in question out to tender in August with a tax-free base budget of 232.7 million and 100 million TL. estimated contract value 270.9 million. Total received ten offers, nine of them are represented in the UTE (union of temporary companies) and one alone is represented in Vías y Construcciones, a subsidiary of ACS. The remaining nine joint ventures are: Sacyr with OHLA; Acciona and Sando; FCC and CYCASA Quarries and Constructions; Rubau, ASCH, Altuna and Uria and Contratas Vilor; Screening (ACS), Special Affairs and TECSA; Azvi, River Infrastructures and GEOTUNEL; Ferrovial, COMSA and Nortunel; Copisa, Lantania and Aldesa; and COPASA, Grupo Puentes, Grupo San José and Lurpelan.
At the first opening of the envelopes, 10 bids were accepted according to the solvency criteria. In the second envelope, the criteria that can be evaluated with formulas are listed. COPASA, Grupo Puentes, Grupo San José and Lurpelan were the groups with the most pointstotal 46.76; This is followed by Acciona-Sando (44.65) and Sacyr-OHLA (44.14), according to documents published by the national rail infrastructure manager on the Government Contracting Portal.
The lowest economic offer was made by Azvi, River Infraestructuras and GEOTUNEL45 percent belongs to the first two companies, and 10 percent belongs to the third company, which offered 192.57 million euros. Vías y Construcciones offered 193.4 million, and the joint venture Acciona and Sando, 60% of which is controlled by the Entrecanales family company, offered 194.1 million. The highest economic offer came from the joint venture of Ferrovial, COMSA and Nortunel with a bid of 198.2 million euros.
The work for which some important construction and infrastructure companies in the country were bidding, 30 months implementation period. The project includes the execution of: three tunnels474, 658 and 506 meters respectively and a viaduct In addition to the length of 546 meters, there are also overpasses and underpasses. According to Adif’s note published after the tender, the project “will strengthen a new rail link that will strengthen the mobility of passengers and goods in the Navarra Foral Community.” The new section passes through seven municipalities: Tafalla, Pueyo, Garínoain, Barásoain, Tirapu, Biurrún-Olcoz and Tiebas-Muruarte de Reta.
Cantabria-Mediterranean Corridor project
The Cantabrian-Mediterranean Corridor is one of the main axes of the Spanish railway network and its purpose is Connect the Basque Country and Cantabria to Valencia. Its launch was announced in 2004 by the then Minister of Development Magdalena Álvarez. This high-speed rail link in 2005 Included in the 2005-2020 Strategic Infrastructure and Transportation Planto allow freight traffic and achieve competitive travel times for passengers. According to the development document, once operational, the Valencia-Santander route will take more than 12 hours and take just over four hours.
The sections between Zaragoza and the Cantabrian Sea alone represent an investment of over 12 billion euros. Especially the section between Tafalla and Campanas The fourth launched by Adif as Navarra’s high-speed connection. While the Government of Navarra was previously carrying out the Castejón-Villafranca and Peralta-Olite studies, the Villafranca-Peralta and Olite-Tafalla studies are still continuing. According to the railway manager, the section between Campanas and Esquíroz remains to be developed; To realize the outline of the project, an informative study of the railway network of the Pamplona region is needed.
One of the last contracts signed by Adif in the Cantabrian-Mediterranean Corridor is Construction of a 700-meter viaduct over the Ebro RiverIt will involve an investment of 58.8 million euros, financed by funds from the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan under Next Generation EU.