Torrevieja awards public lighting maintenance contract for €3.02 million
SICE will provide the service for four years, with round-the-clock cover, weekly night-time inspections and a maximum 48-hour response time for routine repairs.
Torrevieja Town Council has awarded Sociedad Ibérica de Construcciones Eléctricas (SICE) a four-year contract to maintain the municipality’s public lighting, at a cost of €3,022,515.72, including VAT. Announced on 23 October 2026, the contract covers streets, green spaces, the exterior lighting of municipal buildings and ornamental features.
The service will provide round-the-clock cover and on-call staff. The contract requires night-time inspections three times a week and sets a maximum response time of 48 hours for routine repairs. If a fault poses a risk to people or property, action must be taken immediately.
The award is equivalent to €755,628.93 a year. The tender documents provided for a possible one-year extension in addition to the initial four-year term; the council’s announcement specifies a four-year award. Festive lighting is excluded from this service and is managed under a separate contract.
SICE must provide at least 11 staff and five vehicles: two light vehicles, two platform trucks and a crane lorry. It must also have premises, a garage and a warehouse in Torrevieja. The service is to include 1,083 lights in sector 20-La Hoya once the council takes over that infrastructure and processes the relevant contract modification.
The tender was approved by the Local Government Board on 20 June 2025. The estimated annual budget was €872,147.89, including VAT, with planned expenditure of €4,360,739 over four years and a possible extension. The planned work included preventing faults, repairing installations and remotely managing control panels to adjust switching times to sunrise and sunset.
The council said at the time that 1,000 lighting points had already been upgraded, reducing installed capacity from 250 to 73 kilowatts. The award announced now sets the maintenance framework for the next four years and specifies the minimum resources and response times for the service across the municipality.
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