Melilla tenders the purchase of a property for the Audiovisual Nursery 4.0

The Autonomous City of Melilla has opened the procedure to acquire a property of at least 320 square meters of useful surface area destined for the Business Incubator 4.0 Melilla – Content Creation. The tender announcement, processed by the Ministry of Economy, Trade, Technological Innovation, Tourism and Development under file 35570/2026, is published in the Official Gazette of the Autonomous City of Melilla (BOME) no. 6431, dated November 13, 2026. Interested owners may submit offers until December 10, 2026, at 11:59 PM.

The property must be urbanistically suitable for tertiary or administrative use and located within the municipal boundaries of Melilla, in the area delimited in the Particular Administrative Clauses Specifications (PCAP). The space is reserved for a business incubator specializing in the audiovisual, technological, and creative sectors, and must allow for the implementation of collaborative work zones, training spaces, an audiovisual production room, and a business incubation area, requirements detailed in the Technical Specifications Document (PPT).

The purchase is part of the operation “Business Incubator 4.0 Melilla – Content Creation,” which was selected as a beneficiary organization with the code VIMENMEL1 and was formalized through the DECA agreement published in BOME no. 6415, dated September 18, 2026 (reference BOME-A-2026-1046). The total budget planned for this operation amounts to 2,116,553.90 euros.

Characteristics of the property and the project

The specifications require a useful surface area of no less than 320 m² and a tertiary or administrative urban use. The facilities must cover:

• Collaborative work zones.
• Training spaces.
• Audiovisual production room.
• Business incubation area.

The announcement does not detail the maximum acquisition amount, which is specified in the contractual documentation published in the Contractor Profile.

Open procedure with publicity

The Ministry is processing the operation as a private patrimonial contract, excluded from the strict scope of the Public Sector Contracts Law, but has opted for the open procedure with publicity to guarantee maximum competition and transparency. Any natural or legal person who meets the requirements of the PCAP and the PPT may submit offers.

• Deadline for submission of offers: until December 10, 2026, at 11:59 PM.
• Publication: Contractor Profile of the Autonomous City of Melilla, hosted on the Public Sector Procurement Platform.
• File: 35570/2026.
• Signature of the announcement: José Luis Matías Estévez, Director General of Housing, Heritage and Urbanism, on November 10, 2026.

European co-financing at 85 percent

The operation is financed through the Spanish Pluriregional Program ERDF 2021-2027, under Priority P1A and Specific Objective 1.3 for strengthening the competitiveness of SMEs. The European co-financing rate reaches 85% of an eligible expenditure of 1,799,070.81 euros, while the Autonomous City of Melilla contributes 317,483.09 euros from its own funds, equivalent to 15%.

The agreement with the Fundación Instituto Cameral para la Creación y Desarrollo de la Empresa (INCYDE), registered in the Registry of Agreements under number CON202600233 and approved by agreement of the Governing Council on September 3, 2026 (number 2026000759), sets the execution of the operation between September 3, 2026, and September 3, 2029. The planned activities include the creation of the infrastructure, basic and technological equipment, personnel costs and external professional services, as well as dissemination, advertising, and revitalization actions.

The tender launches a project that has been in preparation for months and conveys a specific demand to the local real estate market: premises or buildings with tertiary use in Melilla capable of housing an audiovisual production and entrepreneurship center. For owners, the December 10 deadline is the key reference; for the local creative and technological sector, the purchase of the property is the preliminary step to the launch of a business incubator intended to host micro-SMEs, SMEs, entrepreneurs, and freelancers with European co-financing until 2029.

Source: Official Gazette of the Autonomous City of Melilla (BOME), no. 6431, of November 13, 2026, section I, page 5516 (official reference: BOME-A-2026-1265).