The General Directorate of Highways, an organization affiliated with the Ministry of Transport and Sustainable Mobility, put the consortium formed by a subsidiary out to tender. ACS and construction company padecasaconstruction works Fuensaúco-Villar del Campo section of the A-15 motorway in NavarraIn the province of Soria, according to documents published on the State Contract Portal.
In particular, the former Ministry of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda had planned to invest 116.5 million euros in the works, but in the end this figure will be 99.18 million euros (including taxes) due to the discount offered to future winners in the economical offer. In particular, the discount offered was almost 15%.
Roads and Constructionsis a subsidiary of ACS and padecasa they have imposed on the other 16 offers in this contract., between consortiums of various companies and individual bids. The list of competitors includes the main construction and infrastructure companies in the country: Ferrovial, FCC, Acciona, OHLA, San José, Ortiz, Lantania, Sacyr, Puentes y Calzadas, Azvi, Comsa, Copasa or Copcisa and others.
According to published documents, The consortium of Vías y Construcciones and Padecasa presented the best technical offer, although it was not economical.. Specifically, the best offer was made by San José and Zarzuela, but was declassified because it was considered careless or assumed anomaly. Among those considered, only the monetary bid of the consortium of Copisa, Construcciones Murias and Construcciones Rubau exceeded the score of the bid that was eventually awarded. The victory of the temporary joint venture (UTE) of ACS and Padecasa was clear: it scored 99.99 points out of a possible 100.
Expansion of A-15
Construction of the section of the Navarra highway (A-15) between the towns of Fuensaúco and Villar del Campo, 15 kilometers of new roadAs Transport explained in a press release after publishing the tender last July, it will “strengthen the corridor connecting Madrid to Navarra and improve access to Soria and the Foral Community”.
The construction project includes: two weight diamond link: In Aldealpozo (km. 9.1) and Villar del Campo (km. 14.6). They will rise too three viaducts, 17 underpassestwo of which correspond to connecting structures and four steps higher. The ministry explained that all these structures will be made suitable for the passage of fauna “for environmental reasons” and “thereby guaranteeing the permeability and connectivity of living spaces”. In the same direction, the entire surface will be revegetated with species from this habitat.
Once fully operational, the A-15 will play a fundamental role in the corridor connecting Madrid to Navarra, thus improving access to the Foral Community of Soria and Navarra. On the other hand, the new study of ACS and Padecasa, Continuity of the Duero Highway (A-11) axisIt extends from Soria to Zaragoza and towards the Northeast of the Peninsula.