Orihuela tenders €57,439 contract to repair electrical systems at 13 municipal sites

Orihuela Town Council has put out to tender a €57,439.05 contract to repair defects identified at 13 municipal transformer stations. The work will affect facilities serving schools, sports centres and public buildings in different parts of the municipal area. Companies can submit bids until 22 October 2026.

Tender file 30663/2026 sets a budget of €47,470.29, plus €9,968.76 in VAT. Published on 6 October, the tender is being run under an abbreviated simplified open procedure and is not divided into lots. Price accounts for up to 80% of the score, and a shorter completion period for up to 20%.

The contract provides for 45 working days of work from the signing of the site handover and setting-out record. Companies may offer to reduce this period by up to seven days. Municipal documents allocate €39,891 in construction costs across the 13 sites, with the largest share—€8,000—going to the Teatro Circo transformer station, and €5,800 to the CDM in Orihuela Costa.

The list of sites also includes the Conservatorio and Auditorio, Glorieta Gabriel Miró, the Oriol and Antonio Sequeros centres, Artes Aplicadas-Pabellón, Villar Palasí, Desamparados and La Aparecida schools, El Palmeral, the Local Police station, Palacio del Agua and the La Murada sports centre. At Desamparados, the work includes pruning trees close to an electrical installation to restore safe clearance distances.

Statutory inspections carried out in 2026 by TÜV SÜD ATISAE rated the installations as conditional. The reports identify defects in protection systems, relays, wiring and earth connections, as well as emergency and safety equipment requiring repair or replacement. The work includes, among other measures, replacing fuses and relays, correcting mechanisms and connections, and carrying out electrical tests.

Transformer stations adjust voltage to supply connected buildings and services. According to municipal documents, these installations provide power not only to public buildings and schools but also to services such as street lighting and drinking-water pumping. The tender groups the repairs into a single contract covering a network spread across the municipality.

Royal Decree 337/2014 requires periodic inspections of high-voltage installations at least every three years. Where an inspection identifies serious defects and gives a conditional rating, the regulations set a deadline for putting them right of no more than six months.

Once the bid submission period closes, the Town Council will need to complete the contract award and formalities. The completion period will begin with the site handover and setting-out record; the planned repairs and the corresponding checks will then be carried out at each site.

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