Adif tenders railway sidings for the Murcia-Almería logistics connection

Adif Alta Velocidad has tendered the supply and transport of railway turnouts to connect the Murcia–Almería high-speed line with the logistics activity zone of Murcia. The tender notice is published in the Official State Gazette (Boletín Oficial del Estado) on Monday, September 21, 2026, within section V of public sector procurement notices, with the official reference BOE-B-2026-30437 and file number 3.26/20830.0184. The estimated value of the contract amounts to 702,388.48 euros.

The tender is promoted by the Presidency of Adif Alta Velocidad, a public law body under the control of a state authority attached to the Ministry of Transport and Sustainable Mobility, located at calle Sor Ángela de la Cruz, 3, Madrid, with NIF Q2802152E. The operation is part of the deployment of the Mediterranean high-speed corridor and the connection of the new railway infrastructure with the logistics nodes of the Region of Murcia.

Contract details

• Object: supply and transport of railway turnouts for the connection of the Murcia–Almería high-speed line with the logistics activity zone of Murcia.
• File: 3.26/20830.0184.
• Estimated value: 702,388.48 euros.
• CPV Code: 34946220 (switches, frog points, switch rods and other elements for crossing and changing tracks).
• Main place of delivery of supplies: ES620.
• Contract duration: 12 months.
• Procedure: open, without admission of variants.
• Award criterion: price, with a weighting of 100%.
• Execution conditions: social considerations and the contractor’s submission to data protection regulations.

Calendar and submission of bids

The deadline for the receipt of bids or requests to participate ends at 1:00 PM on October 19, 2026. Submission is electronic, via the Adif bidders’ platform (elicitadores.adif.es), and the specifications are freely, directly, completely, and gratuitamente accessible on the contracting profile hosted on the Public Sector Procurement Platform.

The opening of the economic bid envelope will take place on October 28, 2026, at 10:00 AM, in a private act in Madrid. Bidders are required to maintain their bid for four months. The notice was sent on September 16, 2026, and was previously published in the Official Journal of the European Union on September 16, 2026, with the identifier 2026/S 179-00636852. The document is signed by the president of Adif Alta Velocidad, Luis Pedro Marco de la Peña.

Background: other turnouts of the corridor

This is not the first tender for railway turnouts linked to this line. The Official State Gazette (Boletín Oficial del Estado) has published several similar procedures in recent months:

• August 19, 2025: supply and transport of turnouts for the track assembly of the Vera–Almería section, file 3.25/20830.0120, with an estimated value of 4,454,472.27 euros and a bidding deadline until September 22, 2025.
• January 17, 2026: correction of errors in the announcement of turnouts for the construction of a maintenance base for the Lorca–Almería section, file 3.25/20830.0241.
• April 17, 2026: tender with the same object as the announcement now published, file 3.26/20830.0009, with a bidding deadline until May 18, 2026.

European funding and right of appeal

The contract may be co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) within the 2021-2027 framework, and is covered by the Agreement on Government Procurement. The competent body for appeal procedures is the Central Administrative Tribunal for Contractual Appeals, with a submission period of 15 days.

The tender reinforces the connection between the Murcia–Almería high-speed line and the Murcian logistics platform, a necessary link for the new line to serve freight traffic and not only passenger traffic. For companies in the railway sector, the announcement opens a one-month window to bid for a specialized supply contract, with award based on price and execution planned over twelve months.

Source: Official State Gazette, no. 233, September 21, 2026, Sec. V-A. Announcements. Public Sector Procurement, p. 49397 (official reference: BOE-B-2026-30437).