Coimbra, Portugal, July 7, 2026 (Lusa) - Infraestruturas de Portugal (IP) announced on Tuesday that it had received two bids in the tender for the second high-speed section (Oiã to Coimbra), with a base price of €1.6 billion.
In a statement sent to the Lusa news agency, IP stated that the company opened the international public tender for the second section of the high-speed line between Porto and Lisbon on Tuesday, following the conclusion of the tender process on Monday.
For the section between Oiã and Coimbra, Lusolav, the consortium comprising Mota-Engil, Teixeira Duarte, Alves Ribeiro, Casais, Conduril, and Gabriel Couto, which was the sole bidder for the section between Porto and Oiã, submitted a bid.
This consortium was also the only one to submit a bid in an initial tender launched for the second section, but the jury ultimately selected another proposal.
In addition, the IP reported receiving a bid from the consortium led by the Spanish firm Sacyr, which includes DST and Alberto Couto Alves.
“Once the public session had concluded, the tender panel published the list of bidders on the Public Procurement Platform. The tender panel will now proceed to analyse and evaluate the bids submitted.”
In April, IP indicated that it expected three bidders in the second phase of the high-speed line tender, a tender it relaunched on 1 December 2025 following a previous attempt that required refinement.
The second tender for the section of the high-speed line between Porto and Lisbon, running from Oiã (Oliveira do Bairro) to Coimbra, follows the initial procedure (launched on 1 July 2024) that has concluded.
At the time, the tender panel rejected the sole bid from LusoLav after it proposed diverting the Coimbra-B high-speed line station to Taveiro, outside the city of Coimbra, contrary to the project plans.
The new tender includes several technical adjustments and a reduction in the route length of around 11 kilometres. a section that was initially planned to extend as far as Soure, whilst maintaining the base price.
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