The Community tenders the "Vías" housing project for homeless people

The Community of Madrid has tendered the contract “Housing pathways, itineraries, and social support for integration,” aimed at people experiencing homelessness, with a base tender budget of 2,164,245.60 euros and an estimated value of 4,918,740 euros. The call is signed by the Technical General Secretariat of the Ministry of Family, Youth, and Social Affairs via a resolution dated September 16, 2026, published in the Official Gazette of the Community of Madrid (BOCM) no. 232, of September 29, 2026 (reference BOCM-20260929-31). Interested companies and entities have until October 6, 2026, to submit their bids.

The announcement is processed in accordance with Law 9/2017, of November 8, on Public Sector Contracts, with urgent processing and an open procedure, without division into lots and with a plurality of award criteria. The file, number 046/2027 (A/SER-035447/2026), is managed by the Procurement Division of the Technical General Secretariat, located at O’Donnell Street, number 50, Madrid, and contact email contratacion@madrid.org. The place of execution is the province of Madrid (code ES300).

The contract is 40% co-financed by the European Social Fund Plus 2021-2027, and the announcement was sent to the Official Journal of the European Union on September 17, 2026. As this is a contract subject to a special appeal in procurement matters, the competent body to resolve it is the Administrative Tribunal for Public Procurement of the Community of Madrid.

Intensive social support from housing

The object of the contract is to establish the conditions for the different modalities of the project for people experiencing homelessness and in a situation or risk of social exclusion, in order to initiate processes of recovery, empowerment, and personal autonomy. The service seeks social inclusion through intensive and flexible support starting from housing placement.

The specifications are inspired by the Housing First, Housing Led, and Rapid Rehousing (Early Intervention) methodologies. The CPV nomenclature codes are:

• 85311000-2: social assistance services with accommodation.
• 85312000-9: social assistance services without accommodation.

Deadlines, amounts, and guarantees

The economic and temporal breakdown of the contract is as follows:

• Estimated value: 4,918,740.00 euros.
• Taxable base: 1,967,496.00 euros.
• VAT (10%): 196,749.60 euros.
• Total amount: 2,164,245.60 euros.
• Execution period: 24 months, from January 1, 2027, to December 31, 2028.
• Extension: permitted, with a maximum term of 60 months including the extension.
• Provisional guarantee: not applicable.
• Definitive guarantee: 5 per 100 of the final offered price, excluding VAT.

Award criteria and submission of bids

The award will be resolved based on a plurality of criteria: those related to costs (tender price) account for up to 49 points, and the qualitative criteria evaluable automatically through the application of formulas, up to 51 points. Variants are not permitted, and the offer remains binding for two months from the day following the opening of the proposals.

Submission is electronic via the Licit@ system, on the Public Procurement Portal of the Community of Madrid, and the documentation is divided into two envelopes: number 1, for administrative documentation, and number 2, containing the economic proposal and the documentation for the criteria evaluable by formulas. The opening of bids will be held via videoconference using Microsoft Teams at 1:00 PM on October 16, 2026, and those interested in attending must identify themselves 48 hours in advance. Additional information regarding the specifications may be requested six days prior to the submission deadline.

The resolution is signed by Antonio Benito Martínez, head of the Procurement Division, by delegation of signature from the Technical General Secretariat (Resolution 464/2024, of January 25).

The tender opens a stable financing channel for the third sector and social service companies in the region, which will have a contract of nearly two years, extendable up to five, to deploy housing-based inclusion itineraries. The support of the European Social Fund Plus and the urgent nature of the processing underscore the growing weight of policies for the care of homeless people on the regional agenda.

Source: Official Gazette of the Community of Madrid (BOCM), no. 232, September 29, 2026, section I.D Announcements, pp. 140-142 (official reference: BOCM-20260929-31).