The Zorrotzaurre Contracting Board has awarded the contract to draw up the project for the strengthening of the riverside quays on the Bilbao river estuary within the Zorrotzaurre Execution Unit 1. The winning company offered 90,508 euros (VAT included) to undertake the work and has a period of 4 months to deliver the project. 8 offers were presented after the call for tenders with a budget set at 102,850 euros (VAT included).

The Bilbao City Council has rescinded the contract for the works to open up the Deusto canal held by the Temporary Consortium formed by Exvasa, Viuda de Sainz, Balzola and Urssa and awarded in February 2014 after the call for tenders and a favourable decision from the Legal Advice Commission of the Basque Country. The decision to rescind was taken due to the Temporary Consortium’s refusal to comply with the demand from the City Council to restart the Works that were stopped months earlier due to differences between the Consortium and the City over the cost of the contract. The…

Public exposition of the Urbanisation Project of the Execution Unit 1 of the Integrated Action 1 of Zorrotzaurre, which was initially approved on July 27th 2016, finished on September 30th with 21 allegations presented. Of those, 4 were presented by municipal groups, 3 by companies, 2 by neighbours’ associations, 1 by a sectorial association and the 11 remaining ones by members of the public. The Contracting Board, once they have analysed the documents, will draw up a report for the Bilbao City Council with their recommendations for acceptance or not of the different proposals presented. The City Council will take…