IMGEMA delegates to its Presidency the reform of access to the Botanical Garden

The Governing Council of the Municipal Institute for Environmental Management of the Botanical Garden of Córdoba (IMGEMA) agreed on October 14, 2026, to delegate to its Presidency the procurement of a mixed works and supplies contract to renovate the entrance area and install an access control system at the facilities of the Botanical Garden and the Children’s City. The agreement is published as an edict in the Official Gazette of the Province of Córdoba No. 212, corresponding to Tuesday, November 3, 2026, within the section for other entities, under the official reference BOP-A-2026-3583. The delegation affects procurement file no. 0034_GE01_2026_01070 and bears the signature of the head of the organization, María Encarnación Pozanco López.

IMGEMA is a local public administrative agency that manages the Botanical Garden of Córdoba and its associated facilities, including the Children’s City. Its Governing Council acts as the Institute’s contracting body, meaning that any relevant tender must pass through this collegiate body or through an express delegation of its powers. The edict published now formalizes the latter path for a contract affecting the very facade of the premises: the renovation of the entrance area and the installation of an access control system.

A mixed works and supplies contract

The object of file no. 0034_GE01_2026_01070 is defined in the agreement as a mixed works and supplies contract, a formula that combines the material execution of the works with the supply and installation of the necessary equipment. The edict does not detail the tender amount, the execution period, or the planned award procedure, details which do not appear in the published text.

The territorial scope of the contract extends to two facilities dependent on IMGEMA:

• The Botanical Garden of Córdoba, whose entrance area will be subject to renovation.
• The Children’s City, which will receive the same access control system.

Three files and a single session

The session of the Governing Council on October 14, 2026, was not limited to this contract. On that same day, the collegiate body approved two other delegations to the Presidency, published in consecutive edicts in the same gazette:

• File no. 0034_GE01_2026_00947, for supplies with installation and renovation works for the nursery and greenhouse system of the gardening and trades area of IMGEMA (p. 15747, reference BOP-A-2026-3582).
• File no. 0034_GE01_2026_01386, for the concession of the installation and operation service of automatic vending machines for hot and cold drinks and solid products (vending) at IMGEMA and at the Children’s City (p. 15749, reference BOP-A-2026-3584).

The three files share the series numbering 0034_GE01_2026, which confirms that they are processed under the same internal procurement procedure of the Institute.

Limits of the delegation

The agreement specifies that the Presidency assumes only the “delegable powers” of the Governing Council as the contracting body. This wording preserves the competencies that local government and public sector procurement regulations reserve non-delegably to the collegiate body, which thus maintains ultimate ownership over acts that cannot be transferred.

The edict is signed in Córdoba on October 21, 2026, by María Encarnación Pozanco López and does not include an appeal, public information period, or allegations process, as it is an act of internal organization referring to a specific file. The publication in the Official Gazette of the Province of Córdoba occurs thirteen days after the signature and twenty days after the session in which the agreement was adopted.

Impact for visitors

The renovation of the entrance and access control are the first visible works that IMGEMA tenders using this delegated formula for its two most crowded venues, the Botanical Garden and the City of Children, spaces for citizen use and environmental outreach in the city. The delegation to the Presidency avoids the need to convene the Governing Council for every processing act of the file and concentrates the responsibility for the tender in the president of the organization.

Source: Official Gazette of the Province of Córdoba, no. 212, November 3, 2026, section VIII Other Entities, page 15748 (official reference: BOP-A-2026-3583).