The state continued its public works tender in 2023. According to the report published by the SEOPAN employers’ association, which brings together the leaders of Spanish construction companies, different managements Competitions worth 28 billion 160 million euros. it’s a figure Similar to 2022, only 0.1% lowerTenders continue at their highest level in the last fifteen years for the second consecutive year.
Broken down by administration, the General State Administration is the only institution that increased its tender volume by 31.6% compared to the decrease in autonomous communities and municipal councils. Contract volume decreased by 17.3% and 8.6% respectively. In terms of volume, different ministries program the most infrastructure investment; total of 10,580 million euros, 37.6% of contracts; This was followed by local administrations with 34.2 percent of the total, with 9 billion 637 million people, and regional administrations with 28.2 percent, with 7 billion 943 million people.
Low Ecological Transition Only
Within the General Administration of the State, only the Ministry of Ecological Transition and Demographic Challenge reduced its tenders public works, -14.4% to 746 million. Within the scope of the organization, the General Directorate of Coastal and Marine Sustainability reduced its contracts by 76.4 percent, while the General Directorate of Water, Hydrography Confederations and State Water Unions opened tenders in a similar volume to the previous year.
On the contrary, the Ministry of Transport and Sustainable Mobility (formerly the Ministry of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda) operates mainly through public companies and head offices: ADIF tendered 4.145 million units, a similar figure for 2022; General Directorate of Highways, 1.546 million, 82% more; AENA, 593 million, 84% more; Port Authorities, 1.242 million, 151% more; and the State Land Transportation Infrastructure Association initiated contracts worth 148 million, an increase of 2,745% compared to the previous year.
The remaining ministries also increased the amount of tendered contracts to 2 billion 19 million euros. the figure is almost 75% higherConsidering that 1.157 million were approved in the previous year, according to the report of the employers’ association, which brings together companies such as Ferrovial, ACS, FCC, Grupo San José, OHLA or Sacyr, among others.
Communities reduce their tenders
Although the autonomous communities reduced the total volume of public works tenders, not all of them did so: Cantabria increased its contracts by 41% to 167 million in 2023. The Junta de Andalusia also did this; almost 31% to 1,407 million, Aragon by 22.5% to 185 million, and Junta de Castilla y León by 12.5% to 682 million.
The biggest decrease was in the Community of MadridIn 2022, it moved from being the community that received the most public works tenders with 2.195 million to the fourth region, after Catalonia, Andalusia and the Valencian Community, with only 684 million, almost 69% less. Sharp declines were also recorded in Navarra (-64%), Asturias (-56%), the Balearic Islands (-49%), La Rioja (-45%) and Extremadura (-29%).
Non-capital municipalities
Municipalities without provincial centers were the municipalities that reduced the volume allocated to public works the most, by almost 1.2 billion: 4 billion 261 million euros were tendered, 22% less. On the contrary, the number of contracts of municipalities, which are the capitals of their provinces, increased by 4 percent to 3 million 317 million, and the number of assemblies and assemblies increased by 3 percent to 1 billion 405 million. Other local governments made tenders worth 652 million, an increase of 23.3 percent compared to 2022.
Ports and waste treatments
Last year the state greatly increased its investment in ports, more than doubling the volume: tenders were held 1.201 million contracts compared to 488 million in the previous year. Investments in waste treatment infrastructure and administrative and industrial equipment also increased significantly, reaching 266 million.
On the contrary, different administrations have reduced their contracts for health and sports equipment, treatment plants and desalination plants, dams and reservoirs. According to the statistics published by SEOPAN last year, although the funds allocated to highways, railways and parks and gardens have increased, they remain unchanged.