Madrid 112 tenders eleven turntable ladders for the fire department for 12.65 million

The Madrid 112 Security and Emergencies Agency has opened the tender for the supply of eleven automatic turntable ladder (AEA) units destined for the Fire Department of the Community of Madrid, with an estimated value of 12,650,000 euros. The call is published in the Official Gazette of the Community of Madrid number 250, dated October 20, 2026, through a resolution dated October 8, 2026, from the agency itself (official reference BOCM-20261020-41, pages 471 to 473).

The announcement is based on ordinary processing and an open procedure, without division into lots and without the admission of variants. The department processing the file is the Sub-directorate General for Economic Management and Contracting, located at calle Alcalá number 4, second floor, Madrid, and the contract is identified by reference number A/SUM-009727/2026.

A budget of 15.3 million including VAT and four years of validity

The estimated value of the contract amounts to 12,650,000.00 euros, a figure that coincides with the net amount of the base tender budget. With VAT applied, the total amount reaches 15,306,500 euros, according to the published breakdown:

• Net amount: 12,650,000 euros.
• VAT: 2,656,500 euros.
• Total amount: 15,306,500 euros.

The planned duration of the contract is 48 months, and the supply falls under CPV code 34144211-0, corresponding to trucks with turntable ladders. The delivery location is in the Community of Madrid (NUTS code ES300), and the contract is not linked to projects funded by European Union funds.

Price and qualitative criteria: 70 and 30 points

The award will be resolved using a plurality of criteria, in accordance with section 10 of the characteristics table of the specific administrative clauses specifications. The weighting distribution is as follows:

• Price: up to 70 points.
• Qualitative criteria: up to 30 points.

Economic, financial, technical, and professional solvency will be accredited according to section 8 of the same characteristics table. No specific authorization is required, and special execution conditions are established in section 14 of the specifications. Proposals shall be submitted in two envelopes: number 1 with the administrative documentation and number 2 with the economic proposal and the documentation relating to the criteria evaluable by the application of formulas.

Calendar: offers until November 12

The deadline for the receipt of offers ends on November 12, 2026. Submission will be carried out exclusively by electronic means through the Public Procurement Portal of the Community of Madrid, where the specifications are also available for free, direct, complete, and open access. The subsequent milestones are:

• Evaluation of administrative documentation: November 16, 2026, at 10:00 AM.
• Opening of the economic offer and formula-based criteria: November 24, 2026, at 10:00 AM.
• Bid validity period for the bidder: two months.

Both sessions are non-public acts, and their results will be communicated to the bidders through the publication of the corresponding minutes on the procurement portal. Electronic submission of bids and electronic invoicing are permitted, but electronic orders are not.

Prior notices and appeal process

The file has advertising precedents: a prior notice in the Official Journal of the European Union on July 6, 2026, another in the Official Gazette of the Community of Madrid on July 14, 2026, and a third on the contracting profile of the Community of Madrid on July 6, 2026. The submission of the notice to the Official Journal of the European Union took place on October 8, 2026.

A special appeal in procurement matters may be filed against the call for tenders before the Administrative Tribunal for Public Procurement of the Community of Madrid, within a period of 15 business days, and a contentious-administrative appeal before the Contentious-Administrative Chamber of the High Court of Justice of Madrid, within a period of two months. The resolution is signed by the Director General of Economic and Personnel Management, Virginia Sanz Mejías, by delegation of the Director of the Madrid 112 Security and Emergencies Agency in accordance with the Resolution of December 17, 2024, published in the regional gazette on January 2, 2025.

The renewal of eleven turntable ladders directly affects the intervention capacity of the Fire Department of the Community of Madrid in high-altitude rescues and fires in multi-story buildings; therefore, the contract conditions the emergency service throughout the region for the next four years. With an estimated value of 12.65 million euros, this is the largest equipment operation for the department announced in this edition of the gazette.

Source: Official Gazette of the Community of Madrid, no. 250, of October 20, 2026, section I.D (Notices), pp. 471-473 (official reference: BOCM-20261020-41).