Moncofa voids the tender for the day center bar

The Moncofa City Council has voided the tender to award the concession for the private use of the bar-cafeteria at the municipality’s Day Center. The withdrawal is formalized by decree of the Mayor’s Office and published in the Official Gazette of the Province of Castellón number 114, dated September 22, 2026, in the Local Administration section, under official reference 04145-2026-U. The announcement is signed by the mayor, Wenceslao Alós Valls, in Moncofa on September 21, 2026.

A procedure annulled one week after being called

The announcement published this Tuesday is limited to communicating that it has been agreed to publish the withdrawal decree of the reference procedure on the Public Sector Contracts Platform, “for the reasons stated therein.” The file carries the same administrative identification as the initial call:

Announcement reference: 04145-2026-U
Municipal management code: GESTIONA 4767/2026
File number: Expte. 26/04/2019
Object: concession of the Day Center bar-cafeteria
Issuing body: Moncofa City Council (Mayor’s Office)

The procedure documentation remains available to interested parties in the municipal contractor profile, accessible at the electronic address https://moncofa.com/es/perfil-de-contratante/licitaciones/.

The original call: open procedure and 30 business days

The withdrawal comes barely a week after the same city council called for the tender. The Official Gazette of the Province of Castellón number 111, dated September 15, 2026, published the tender announcement to award the concession for the private use of the Day Center bar through an open procedure and ordinary processing, with reference 04066-2026-U.

The conditions set at that time were as follows:

Deadline for submission of bids: 30 business days from the day following the publication of the announcement in the BOP of Castellón.
Receipt of proposals: until 1:00 PM on the business day following the closing of the deadline.
Submission: exclusively electronic, through the Bid Preparation and Submission Tool of the Public Sector Procurement Platform, with mandatory prior registration.
Allegations and observations: via the mechanisms of Law 39/2015, of October 1, on the Common Administrative Procedure of Public Administrations, addressed to the Moncofa City Council, at Plaza Constitución number 1, 12593 Moncofa.
Public information: the deadline for submitting proposals coincided with the period of public exhibition of the project and the bidding terms.

That announcement was signed by the mayor on September 14, 2026, one day before its publication.

A hospitality contract pending a new tender

File 26/04/2019 has already accumulated several years of processing, according to the numbering appearing in both announcements. With the withdrawal, the award procedure is rendered null and void, and the bar-cafeteria service of the Moncofa Day Center returns to square one: the city council must call for a new tender if it wishes to award the operation of the premises.

The announcement does not detail the specific reasons for the withdrawal, which refer to the full text of the decree published on the Public Sector Contracts Platform and in the municipal contracting profile.

Impact for residents and bidders

The decision directly affects potential bidders who were already preparing offers under the September 15 call, as the procedure is annulled before the 30-business-day deadline expired. For the users of the Moncofa Day Center, the withdrawal delays the launch of the bar-cafeteria service, which will remain without an active operating contract until the new tender is resolved.

Source: Official Gazette of the Province of Castellón, no. 114, September 22, 2026, Local Administration (official reference: 04145-2026-U).