The Xunta auctions the mobile phone mast of the Emergencies headquarters

The Department of Presidency, Justice and Sports has opened the tender for the private use of the tubular mast and the technical spaces of the headquarters of the General Directorate of Emergencies and Interior, at rúa Roma 25-27, in the Fontiñas neighborhood of Santiago de Compostela. The call is made public through the Order of November 6, 2026, published in the Official Gazette of Galicia (DOG) no. 216, of November 11, 2026, under file 2026/1 public domain concession. The minimum annual fee set is 15,000 euros and the deadline for submitting offers is thirty calendar days.

The procedure is based on Law 11/2022, of June 28, general telecommunications law, which obliges administrations to facilitate locations and spaces where operators can install their infrastructures, and on article 45 of the same regulation, which recognizes the right to occupy the public domain necessary for public networks. The competence to grant the concession corresponds to the head of the department according to article 48.1 of Law 6/2023, of November 2, on the heritage of the Autonomous Community of Galicia, although the Order of June 12, 2024 delegates it to the Technical General Secretariat; the document is signed by Francisco Javier Abad Pardo, technical general secretary, by virtue of that delegation.

The Xunta justifies the call based on the need to improve the availability of telecommunications infrastructures, guarantee the maintenance of the mast, and organize the use of an autonomous public domain asset under a competitive regime, while also ensuring the perception of a fee.

Mast, machine room and basement conduits

The object of the concession includes three elements located on the plot and in the administrative building:

• Tubular mast located on the plot, the main element of the concession.
• Space of 10 m² in the basement of the building, intended as a machine area.
• Space for the installation of cables that will connect the machine area with the antennas on the mast.

The location is rúa Roma 25-27, Fontiñas, Santiago de Compostela. The asset is registered with property number 20960, folio 68, book 201, volume 1178, and cadastral reference 9084701NH3498C0001KY. The property remains under public ownership and is of a public domain nature: the concession does not transfer ownership nor alter the legal qualification, and the infrastructure’s exclusive purpose is the installation of mobile telephony equipment.

The successful bidder will assume the installation, maintenance, conservation, and operation, as well as municipal and sectoral authorizations, and will be liable to third parties. They may sign voluntary shared-use agreements with other operators, but will require prior authorization from the department.

Minimum fee of 15,000 euros and ten years of validity

The economic and temporal conditions of the contract are as follows:

• Minimum annual fee: 15,000 euros, improvable upwards; offers below this figure are excluded.
• Review: annual according to the variation of the total national combined CPI.
• Duration: ten years from the day following formalization, extendable for two additional periods of five years.
• Definitive guarantee: 30,000 euros.
• Civil liability insurance: minimum of 3,000,000 euros, with a sub-limit of 600,000 euros per victim.
• Reversion: upon termination, dismantling of the antennas and restoration of the space, with fixed works remaining the property of the Xunta without compensation.

The fee is considered public law income and may be demanded via executive action with late payment interest.

Thirty-day deadline and opening of offers in January

Applications must be submitted electronically through the Electronic Tendering System of the Xunta de Galicia (Silex), with a deadline of thirty calendar days from the day following its publication in the DOG, that is, starting from November 12, 2026. Bidders must present three electronic envelopes: administrative documentation, technical report, and economic proposal.

• Opening of envelope B (technical documentation): January 11, 2027, at 10:00 AM.
• Opening of envelope C (economic proposal): January 18, 2027, at 10:00 AM.
• Award criteria: up to 90 points for the offered fee and up to 10 points for the technical quality of the proposal.
• Maximum resolution period: three months from the day following the opening of envelope C.

The Tendering and Bidder Selection Committee will be chaired by the General Sub-directorate of Interior and Security and composed of representatives from the General Vice-secretariat, the General Legal Advisory, and the General Audit, with the Security Service acting as secretary. To request economic accreditation, the turnover of the best of the last three financial years must reach the minimum fee.

A public asset to deploy mobile telephony

The call converts a passive element of the regional emergency headquarters into an asset with market value for the telecommunications sector. The location in the Compostela expansion area and the existence of an already constructed mast reduce installation costs and administrative deadlines for operators, while the Xunta obtains a minimum annual income of 15,000 euros and transfers the maintenance and operational responsibilities to the concessionaire for a decade. The opening of offers next January will reveal how many operators are competing for a space that the Administration declares to be scarce in cities.

Source: Official Gazette of Galicia, no. 216, of November 11, 2026, section III. Other provisions, p. 56542 (official reference: CVE-DOG 9pzarqd1-pyd3-6n95-w9x0-98yg89q0q2x2).