Justice tenders banking services for judicial accounts for 38.7 million

The Contracting Board of the State Secretariat for Justice has opened a tender for the banking services of the Judicial Deposit and Consignment Accounts, a contract with an estimated value of 38,743,261.40 euros and a duration of 30 months. The announcement, processed under file ASE/2026/023, is published in the Official State Gazette (Boletín Oficial del Estado) no. 243, dated October 1, 2026, in section V-A of public sector procurement announcements (p. 51452), with the official reference BOE-B-2026-31699. The deadline for the receipt of bids or requests to participate ends at 2:00 PM on November 3, 2026.

The framework: state competence over judicial funds

The contract provides continuity to a structural service of the Administration of Justice: the opening and management of accounts in which judicial bodies and the Public Prosecutor’s Office maintain deposits and consignments in cash, effects, or securities. Its legal regime stems from Royal Decree 467/2006, of April 21, which regulates these deposits and consignments and assigns the Ministry of Justice the task of designating the credit institution providing the service, following selection by tender.

This framework is based on the Constitutional Court Judgment 50/2006, of February 16, which ruled in favor of the State regarding the ownership of the competence to set the conditions and contract the management of these accounts, as well as to collect the generated interest. The now-published tender adds to the immediate precedents of the same body: the prior notice sent to the Official Journal of the European Union on September 25, 2026, and the publications identified as 2026-001853147 (March 31, 2026) and 225171-2026 (April 1, 2026).

Object, amount, and required services

The announcement details the essential characteristics of the contract:

• Object: banking services for Judicial Deposit and Consignment Accounts.
• Estimated value: 38,743,261.40 euros.
• Duration: 30 months.
• CPV Codes: 66110000 (banking services), 72316000 (data analysis), and 72600000 (IT support and consultancy).
• Main place of performance: Spain.
• Procedure: open, without admission of variants.
• Allocation of means: public teller service for the management of accounts in 227 locations, judicial headquarters, and on the islands of Menorca, Ibiza, Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, La Palma, Gomera, and El Hierro (seven islands), in addition to an operational support team, data analysis, and report preparation.

Solvency, criteria, and calendar

Bidders must prove an annual turnover equal to or greater than 12,914,420.47 euros referring to the best of the last three completed financial years, and a list of works of a similar nature whose accumulated annual amount in the year of highest execution reaches 5,871,699.25 euros and 155,030.30 euros depending on the service. Additionally, they must hold a current administrative authorization granted by the European Central Bank, following a proposal from the Bank of Spain, and be registered in the entity registries of the Bank of Spain, in accordance with Law 10/2014, of June 26, and Royal Decree 84/2015, of February 13.

The weighting of the award criteria is distributed as follows:

• Remuneration offered for the management of the banking management service for Judicial Deposit and Consignment Accounts: 80%.
• Improvement in the minimum specific experience of the profiles assigned to the contract: 10%.
• Economic offer for services of an administrative nature: 10%.

The opening of the bids will take place on November 4, 2026, at 10:00 AM at the headquarters of the Ministry of the Presidency, Justice and Relations with the Courts, at 21 San Bernardo Street in Madrid, in private sessions. Bidders are obliged to maintain their offer for two months. Offers shall be submitted in Spanish, and electronic submission, electronic invoicing, and electronic payment are permitted. The competent body for contractual appeals is the Central Administrative Tribunal for Contractual Appeals.

The announcement was signed in Madrid on September 28, 2026, by the president of the Contracting Board of the State Secretariat for Justice, Fernando Viqueira Fernández.

Impact

The tender affects the financial infrastructure of the entire Administration of Justice: the successful entity will manage, for two and a half years, the funds deposited in courts and tribunals across 227 sites and seven islands, with an estimated value exceeding 38.7 million euros. The 80% weight assigned to the remuneration offered for banking management makes the economic proposal of the credit institutions the decisive factor of the competition.

Source: Official State Gazette, no. 243, of October 1, 2026, section V-A (Announcements. Public Sector Procurement), page 51452 (official reference: BOE-B-2026-31699).