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This is old (April) but I've not heard of this one before - Railway Gazette International has a story about bidders on redeveloping Bank station. This sounds major as it includes new tunnels, specifically a new southbound running tunnel for the Northern Line:

London Underground selects Bank bidders
24 April 2012

UK: Four bidders have been shortlisted to undertake ‘one of London Underground’s biggest and most complex projects’, LU announced on April 24, a package of works to increase capacity at Bank station including a new southbound running tunnel for the Northern Line. The prequalified bidders are:

• BFK Joint Venture (BAM Nuttall, Ferrovial SA, Kier);
• CVC JV (Costain, Vinci Grands Projets, Vinci Construction);
• Dragados SA;
• MBA JV (Morgan Sindall, Balfour Beatty, Alpine Bemo Tunnelling).

Work to be completed by 2021 at what is currently LU’s fourth-busiest interchange, used by 96 000 passengers during the morning peak, includes a new ticket hall in King William Street providing lift access to the Northern Line and the Docklands Light Railway.

the four strong bidding groups will be able to use their significant global infrastructure experience at Bank.

We are using the new Innovative Contractor Engagement procurement process for the first time with this project’, said LU Capital Programmes Director David Waboso. ‘This process should improve our relationship with the contractor market and get the benefits of early contractor involvement while developing major design and build contracts.

Full story: Railway Gazette International