Transportes licita for 17.7 million euros a road maintenance contract in the province of Burgos

• The duration of the contract is three years, with the possibility of extension for another two years, and is part of the program of conservation and exploitation of the State Road Network. • It includes actions such as accident monitoring and attention, winter road, tunnel control and communications service or the maintenance of facilities. • The specifications include conditions to promote the improvement of energy efficiency and the reduction of emissions of the activity of the General Directorate of Roads.

Madrid, April 16, 2024

The Ministry of Transport and Sustainable Mobility has signed a service contract for the conservation and operation of state roads in the province of Burgos, with a base tender budget of 17.7 million euros (VAT included). Soon, the corresponding announcement will be published in the Official State Gazette (BOE).

The duration of the contract is three years, with the possibility of an extension of two years and an additional one of a maximum of nine months. It includes requirements to promote energy efficiency and emission reduction and is part of the program of this Ministry to maintain the conditions of circulation, road and safety in the State Road Network (RCE), ensuring that it is accessible in the appropriate conditions to all citizens.

The works will be aimed at the maintenance and conservation of 131,813 km of roads in sector No. 1 (including 40,120 km of motorway), covering several sections of the roads BU-11, BU-11R, BU-30, BU-30R, A-1, A-62, N-234, N-234A, and links of the A-1 with BU-30, BU-30 with A-62, BU-30 with BU-30R and BU-30 with BU-11.

Next to the related roads, the contract will cover the execution of the surface rehabilitation works of the firm in the BU-30 from km 0 to 4 and the A-62 from km 7,600 to 8,900.

Reduce emissions

Within the strategy of reducing emissions and improving energy efficiency, the tender documents of the conservation and exploitation contracts (COEX) of the State Road Network include objectives of mitigation and compensation of the carbon footprint, which means that companies must include in their offers the calculation of the carbon footprint that they will generate during the execution of the contract in each stretch of the road.

They will also commit to presenting a decarbonization plan in the first six months of the contract with emission reduction and compensation measures to achieve a carbon neutral balance within five years of the contract’s inception. The compensation can be done through the absorption projects registered in the Carbon Footprint, Compensation and Carbon Dioxide Absorption Projects, under the Ministry for Ecological Transition and Demographic Challenge, or through other options. This plan will also be included within the valuation criteria.

The aim is to reduce CO2 by 71,640 tons per year, which, according to calculations made by the General Directorate of Roads, generates the regular operation and maintenance and operation of the State Road Network and reinforces the orientation towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to which this Ministry is committed.

Conservation model characteristics

The model of mixed contracts (services and works) for the execution of conservation and exploitation operations in the State Road Network aims to offer a comprehensive service of mobility to the user, improve the state of the road and network and optimize public resources.

Through them, works are carried out to help the roads and ordinary conservation of the roads, to allow the infrastructure and its functional elements to have the best possible conditions of circulation and safety. It includes actions such as: schedule of status information and programming, operating aid and road safety studies and maintenance of road elements with adequate levels of quality.

Since 2022, energy efficiency measures have been incorporated into service facilities, such as self-consumption, renewable heating systems, energy saving measures in lighting or the implementation of electric vehicles.