The Provincial Council of Alicante tenders the private security for its centers and events

The Plenary of the Provincial Council of Alicante approved the procurement file A5O-189/2026 for private security services at centers and events of the provincial corporation and other entities. The award will be carried out through an open procedure, with the evaluation of proposals and determination of the best offer based on several award criteria. The agreement is published in the Official Gazette of the Province of Alicante no. 217, dated November 13, 2026, in section III of Local Administration, with the official reference 8700/2026.

The agreement and its administrative framework

The file appears as the eighth item on the agenda of the Plenary in an ordinary session held on October 7, 2026, the extracts of whose agreements are collected in the provincial gazette. The deciding body is the Plenary of the Provincial Council of Alicante, and the contractual object is titled “Private security service at centers and events of the Most Excellent Provincial Council of Alicante and other entities.”

The published extracts do not detail the tender amount, the execution deadlines, nor the breakdown of the evaluation criteria; the agreement is limited to approving the file and establishing the open procedure with a plurality of criteria as the method of award.

Open procedure and scope of the contract

The contract is not limited to the buildings of the provincial institution: the title expressly includes the centers and events of the Council of Alicante and other entities, which expands the object to specific events in addition to the ordinary surveillance of facilities.

Characteristics of the file according to the published agreement:

• File number: A5O-189/2026.
• Object: private security service at centers and events.
• Scope: Provincial Council of Alicante and other entities.
• Award method: open procedure.
• Evaluation: several award criteria, with determination of the best offer.
• Deciding body: Plenary of the Provincial Council of Alicante, in the session of October 7, 2026.

Readjustment of the current MARQ contract

In the same plenary session, and as the seventh item, the readjustment of the execution and financing annuities of the predecessor contract, A5O-109/2023, also titled “Private security service at centers and events of the Most Excellent Provincial Council of Alicante and other entities,” was approved.

The readjustment affects the contractual portion of the MARQ, the Provincial Archaeological Museum of Alicante, awarded to PROTECCIÓN MÁXIMA, SL. The corporation justifies the measure based on the need to “resolve the imbalance produced between the originally established annuities and the real needs in economic terms” required for the normal development of the work. The coincidence of both matters in the same Plenary positions the readjustment as a prelude to the new contract.

Impact for companies in the sector

The announcement opens a surveillance contract with a broad scope to security companies in the province: provincial facilities, museums, and events organized by the Provincial Council and linked entities. The chosen formula, an open procedure with several criteria, allows any operator who proves the solvency requirements and the authorizations required for the provision of private security services to participate.

The Plenary also addressed other economic management issues, including credit modification number 12/2026 of the provincial budget, for 1,540,388.45 euros, and the approval of the 2025 General Account, without the published extracts linking these operations to the security file.

For readers, the relevance lies in the calendar: the provincial corporation is replacing a contract still in execution and is doing so with official publicity in the bulletin, which marks the formal starting point for the submission of bids by the province’s business fabric.

Source: Official Gazette of the Province of Alicante, no. 217, of November 13, 2026, section III. Local Administration, official reference 8700/2026 (file A5O-189/2026).