Betanzos puts market stall 7b up for tender with a fee of 766 euros

The Betanzos City Council is tendering the public domain concession for the private use of stall 7b of the Municipal Food Market, located on Rúa Pescadería, intended for retail food sales and hospitality. The specifications, signed by Mayor María Barral Varela on November 3, 2026, are published in the Official Gazette of the Province of A Coruña number 214, dated November 9, 2026, with announcement number 2026/7195 and file 2024/C006/000011. The minimum fee that bidders must offer is 766.56 euros per year.

The concession is granted under a competitive bidding regime and open procedure, in accordance with Article 93.1 of Law 33/2003 on the Patrimony of Public Administrations, and the competent body to award it is the Local Government Board of the Betanzos City Council. The property is classified as a public domain asset, therefore the fee is collected as a tax, according to Article 80.7 of the Regulations on Assets of Local Entities and Article 20 of Legislative Royal Decree 2/2004. In addition to the specifications, Law 9/2017 on Public Sector Contracts and Law 5/1997 on Local Administration of Galicia are applicable.

Ten years of concession, with two extensions

The duration of the enabling title is 10 years from the formalization in an administrative document, with a maximum extension of two years structured in two periods of one year each. The extension is automatic and mandatory for the concessionaire provided they fulfill the contract obligations and there is no motivated cause of public interest, and it must be agreed upon three months before the occupation.

The concession is terminated upon the expiration of the term, the disappearance or desafectation of the asset, by waiver, redemption or judicial resolution, and also by the failure to obtain adherence to the Mariñas Coruñesas and Lands of Mandeo Biosphere Reserve brand or by the breach of the main conditions of the submitted proposal.

Upward fee and scoring by price, proposal and brand

The minimum fee is set at 766.56 euros per year for lot 7b, may be improved upwards, and is not subject to VAT. Offers lower than this amount are automatically excluded. Payment is made by bank transfer within the first fifteen days of each calendar year.

• Fee: up to 65 points, valuing the highest annual economic offer.
• Management plan proposal for the stall: up to 15 points.
• Gastronomic and/or product proposal: up to 10 points.
• Improvements in revitalization, sustainability and local suppliers: up to 5 points.
• Adherence to the Mariñas Coruñesas and Lands of Mandeo Biosphere Reserve brand: 5 points; the commitment to adhere grants 2 points.
• Definitive guarantee: 5% of the annual fee offered.
• Civil liability insurance: minimum 100,000 euros.
• Multi-risk insurance for the property: minimum 80,000 euros.

Hospitality use and shared obligations in the market

Stand 7b, identified in the plan as 1.03b, is reserved for hamburgers and meat-based preparations, local products, international beers, or analogous uses; the sale of other beverages besides water, soft drinks, and beer is not permitted. The space includes a warehouse and is delivered only with a sink and a mobile front counter, with sanitation, plumbing, electricity, and fume extraction already installed; any other equipment must be authorized by the city council and paid for by the successful bidder.

The concessionaire is obliged to join the market’s merchants’ association and to collaborate in the cleaning of common areas, in revitalization through cultural and musical offerings, in the maintenance of the website mercadobetanzos.com, in the management of the municipal smart lockers, and in the contracting of a single delivery company. In the case of hospitality, the minimum opening time begins at 12:00 hours, with the possibility of breakfast shifts from 08:00, and they may only close two days per week, except Saturdays, Sundays, and local holidays, on which opening is mandatory.

Thirty days to submit offers

The deadline for submitting proposals is thirty calendar days from the day following the publication of the tender notice in the Official Gazette of the Province, ending at 14:00 hours. Offers are preferably submitted electronically through the Public Sector Contracts Platform, in three envelopes (A, B, and C), although those who are not obliged to interact electronically may deliver them to the General Registry of the Betanzos City Council, at Praza de Galicia number 1. Interested parties may request a visit to the facilities by calling 981 770 011 during the first ten days of the period.

The tender comes at a time when the local government seeks to reactivate a public commercial building in the historic center. For freelancers and small food and hospitality businesses, the procedure opens the possibility of operating a premises in the public domain for a decade, with a starting fee of 766.56 euros per year excluding VAT, although with own investment in equipment and obligations regarding hours and participation in the merchants’ association.

Source: Official Gazette of the Province of A Coruña, number 214, November 9, 2026, Local Administration, pp. 1-18 (official reference: notice 2026/7195, file 2024/C006/000011).