The renovation of the entities' premises in Barceloneta rises to 1.48 million

The Governing Commission of the Barcelona City Council approved, in the session of November 5, 2026, the modified project for the renovation works of the community center premises at Passeig Joan de Borbó, 44, in the Barceloneta neighborhood, for an amount of 1,484,086.17 euros, VAT included, provided it is executed by the same contractor. The agreement, which exhausts the administrative route, is published in the Official Gazette of the Province of Barcelona on November 13, 2026, with the official reference CVE 202610167721. The document bears the file code (1BD2026_287) and is signed by the general secretary, Jordi Cases i Pallarès.

The action affects a premises distributed across a basement floor, ground floor, and mezzanine floor of the building at Passeig Joan de Borbó, 44, and is a municipal initiative. The approval is framed within articles 42 and 43 of Decree 179/1995, of June 13, which approves the Regulations for works, activities, and services of local entities (ROAS). The file incorporates the technical report from the Works Management, the technical report from the Technical Infrastructure Directorate of BIMSA, and the legal report from BIMSA, which the agreement considers reproduced.

The modified project is preceded by the budget definitively approved by the Governing Commission on May 29, 2025, which set an execution budget per contract of 1,440,970.81 euros, VAT included, within the Budget for Administrative Knowledge (PCA). That ceiling is the reference the file uses to measure the actual scope of the modification.

An 8.42% cost overrun over the signed contract

The approved amount is not the initial tender price, but the result of adding the already awarded contract and the proposed modifications, along with the associated expenses. The breakdown contained in the agreement is as follows, with 21% VAT included in all figures:

• Contract price with the lowest bid from the awardee: 1,333,032.80 euros.
• Amount of proposed modifications: 112,241.81 euros.
• Subtotal of contract plus modifications: 1,445,274.61 euros.
• Associated expenses: 38,811.56 euros.
• Total of the modified project: 1,484,086.17 euros.

The two percentages that determine the magnitude of the change are:

• An increase of 8.42% over the contract signed by the awardee.
• An increase of 2.99% over the maximum modification amount foreseen based on the execution budget per contract approved in May 2025.

Change of use in the basement and adjustment of installations

The approved modifications are specified in two lines of work. On one hand, the change of use of the basement floor; on the other, the adaptation of the installations to the actual initial state of the property. These are, therefore, adjustments to an already existing executive project and not a newly commissioned renovation.

The stated objective of the renovation is to enable the property as a premises for organizations for the Barceloneta neighborhood, in the Ciutat Vella district. The file does not detail in this announcement which organizations will occupy the facility nor the execution schedule of the works.

Communication, publication, and means of appeal

The agreement is not limited to the technical approval of the modification. It also orders:

• Communicating the decision to the parties interested in the procedure.
• Publishing it in the Official Gazette of the Province of Barcelona, the Municipal Gazette, and the Edicts Board of the Barcelona City Council.

Against the agreement, which exhausts the administrative route, an optional appeal for reversal may be filed before the body that adopted it within a period of one month from the day following its publication or notification. Alternatively, a contentious-administrative appeal may be filed before the Contentious-Administrative Section of the Court of First Instance of Barcelona within a period of two months from the day after notification. The appeal for reversal must be resolved and notified within one month; if there is no express resolution, the presumed dismissal opens the door to the contentious route starting the following day.

The operation is relevant for the neighborhood organizations, which gain a municipal space in the middle of a renovation process, and for municipal spending, which assumes an additional cost of 112,241.81 euros on a contract of 1.33 million. With an 8.42% increase, the margin is still within the 2.99% ceiling over the maximum planned modification, according to the reading of the file.

Source: Official Gazette of the Province of Barcelona, November 13, 2026, Local Administration, Barcelona City Council (official reference: CVE 202610167721).