The City Council tenders the construction and management of a sports complex with an indoor swimming pool and tennis, paddle tennis and petanque courts.

The specifications require the provision of landscaped areas, parking areas and discounts on rates for residents of Estepona. The previous concessionaire breached the contract and the Consistory terminated the award and has seized the financial guarantee submitted by the company.

The Estepona City Council continues with its commitment to continue providing the city with new sports facilities. In this sense, it has opened the bidding procedure for the concession for the construction and operation of a new complex that will have a heated pool and tennis courts, paddle tennis or petanque. The facilities will be located on a municipally-owned plot in the Camino de las Mesas sector, between the streets Netherlands, France and Avenida Puerta del Mar.

The tender includes the concession of private use for the construction and operation of the sports complex on a plot of 11,150 square meters of land. Last year, the City Council plenary gave the green light to the allocation of the compatibility of the sports use of these soils.

The proposals for bidding must comply with a specific program of needs set by the City Council, which includes a building to house at least a 25.00 x 25.00 meter heated pool and, optionally, a children’s pool (teaching and splash). It must have a grandstand with a seating capacity of at least 200 people.

The complex will be accompanied by a minimum of 6 racquet courts, of which at least 4 will be for paddle tennis and 2 for tennis, which will have synthetic resin and clay courts respectively, with transparent enclosures and in each case complying with NIDE 1 PDL and NIDE 1 TEN regulations. The project also contemplates an outdoor space for other sports or activities, including at least two petanque courts.

The building must house the bathrooms, changing rooms, offices and service premises necessary for the operation of the facility and, optionally, recreation and meeting rooms, classrooms for theory classes, gymnasium, sporting goods store and food and beverage and restaurant facilities.

All this will be completed with a parking lot for at least 40 vehicles. The remaining open spaces and those generated in the parking area should be landscaped, with trees larger than the building (which should surround it) and capable of providing shade for the vehicles. The plant species should be easy to maintain and consume little water and energy. The bidder must maintain all areas for the duration of the concession.

Construction and maintenance

The successful bidder will assume the financing of all the works to be carried out on the plots, upon presentation of the project for approval by the City Council. He must also assume the costs of operation and maintenance of the facilities, make the constructed works and facilities available to the City Council once they have been completed, in order to verify that they are in accordance with the approved project, and open the facilities to the public and keep them open for use during the term of the concession.

The maximum term of the concession will be 50 years. The minimum annual fee, which will be updated annually, will be 22,440 euros plus any applicable taxes.

The construction work must begin on the day following notification of the granting of the building permit, and must be completed within a maximum period of 12 months.

The best fee offered, the minimum discount of 20% of the price offered to Estepona residents for the use of the facilities, the largest number of tennis, paddle and multi-purpose courts, the free transfer of two courts to the Town Hall for public use, as well as the improvements proposed in terms of trees and parking, and the installation of photovoltaic panels or other clean energy systems for the self-sufficiency of the facility will be valued at the time of the award.

The Estepona City Council revoked the previous concession in view of the breaches of contract by the company awarded the contract, and therefore proceeded to the seizure of the amounts provided as a guarantee, which have been paid into the municipal coffers.