Overview
- On November 20, Spain’s contract appeals tribunal (TACRC) provisionally suspended the procurement for drafting the rehabilitation project for Valencia’s Palacio de las Comunicaciones until it resolves the COACV appeal.
- The notification arrived as the contracting committee convened its first session, which was to open administrative envelopes, and the meeting was called off.
- Two consortium bidders had entered the competition, ERRE Arquitectura and Green Geometries Architects, according to the regional government.
- The tender, issued October 1 and valued at €1,952,735, seeks the design for converting the former central Post Office into a Sorolla museum under an agreement with The Hispanic Society of America.
- The architects’ college contests the specifications, arguing the criteria and timelines privilege speed over quality, and the 2026 opening goal may slip as the loan contract for the artworks has not yet been signed.