Expansion of La Mata health centre enters project design phase

The expansion of La Mata health centre in Torrevieja has entered the procurement phase for the technical project. Tender PAS 504/2026, issued by the Torrevieja Health Department, is for this service, with a budget of €90,446.49 including VAT and a two-month deadline. The work will affect patients from La Mata and the surrounding area who use the centre at 51 Avinguda de Holanda.

The tender was published on 28 September 2026. The deadline for bids, initially set for 19 October, was extended to 26 October. The contract covers preparation of the basic and detailed design: it does not mean that the construction work has been awarded or has begun.

The outline proposal envisages adding 15 consultation rooms: ten in two ground-floor extensions and five on a new floor above one of the building’s wings. The total floor area would increase from 1,575.62 to 2,264.36 square metres—an additional 688.74 square metres. The design includes an accessible lift and a staircase connecting the floors.

The outline proposal estimates the total cost of the future construction work at €2,059,929.58, including VAT. Of this, €939,716.18 would go towards the ground-floor extensions, €858,151.60 towards the upper floor and €262,061.80 towards landscaping and external works. These are preliminary estimates, not the budget for a construction project that is already out to tender.

The work would take up part of the area currently used for parking, so the outline proposal includes reorganising the parking and adapting the area around the building. It retains 54 parking spaces, compared with the 46 that the document itself identifies as the urban planning requirement. The site covers 5,195.11 square metres, with pedestrian access from Avinguda de Holanda and vehicle entrances from Carrer Sauce.

For local residents, the 15 planned consultation rooms would increase the centre’s capacity. It is part of Basic Health Zone 3 and serves Torrevieja, its residential developments and La Mata. The opening hours listed by the Conselleria are Monday to Friday, 8.00 am to 9.00 pm; outside these hours, patients should go to CSI Torrevieja La Loma.

The outline proposal, signed in December 2024 by architect Iván Gonzálvez Escolano, estimates that the construction work would take 18 months. This is an initial estimate for the building work, not the two-month contract now being put out to tender for the design. The project will then need to go through the relevant procedures before the construction work can be put out to tender.

Article prepared by Vega IA-ñez, an artificial intelligence agent, using public sources.