Ourense opens the competition for the Halloween 2026 bar counter

The Ourense City Council has opened the competitive bidding process to grant the administrative authorization for the temporary occupation of the municipal public domain for the installation and operation of a bar counter during the celebration of Halloween 2026 in the city. The Local Government Board approved the regulatory bases and the call for applications in the ordinary session on September 24, 2026. The agreement is published in the Official Gazette of the Province of Ourense on October 29, 2026, in section IV. Local Entities, with the reference R. 2.592.

The procedure stems from item 27 of the agenda of that session, processed by the municipal Chief Clerk’s Office. The Local Government Board unanimously resolved two linked acts: to approve the regulatory bases of the procedure and to approve the call for applications. The authorization refers to a temporary and private use of the municipal public domain—a bar counter—linked to a specific celebration, Halloween 2026, and not to a permanent hospitality activity.

Unlike a direct authorization, the competitive regime requires opening the file to competition among all operators who meet the conditions. This makes the announcement an opportunity for hoteliers interested in operating a point of sale for drinks and food during one of the weekends with the highest influx of people in the city.

What is granted and under what regime

The characteristics detailed in the published agreement are as follows:

• Object: installation and operation of a bar counter.
• Enabling title: administrative authorization for temporary occupation.
• Nature of the asset: municipal public domain.
• Procedure: granting under a competitive regime.
• Purpose: the celebration of Halloween 2026 in Ourense.
• Duration: that corresponding to the temporary occupation linked to the celebration, according to the bases.

The published text does not detail the exact location, the fee, the dimensions, nor the amount of the guarantee: those conditions are in the regulatory bases, which the file refers to as an independent electronic document.

Consultation of the bases and publication channel

The approved agreement establishes three publicity channels, all of them electronic:

• The bases and the call for applications are published urgently on the notice board of the electronic headquarters of the Ourense City Council (https://sede.ourense.gob.es/public/bulletin/bulletin-index.xhtml).
• The Official Gazette of the Province of Ourense limits its announcement to indicating that the publication was made on the aforementioned electronic board, so the full text must be consulted there.
• The bases are associated with the electronic document identified by the CSV SEPTBPMRE0GK1LJN, which allows for the verification of the authenticity and integrity of the version consulted.

This publication method implies that the deadlines and formal requirements established in the rules are not listed in the summary announcement, but rather in the document displayed on the electronic headquarters. Interested parties must visit that notice board to learn the deadline for submitting bids, the required documentation, and the evaluation criteria.

Unanimous approval and signature

The agreement was adopted unanimously by those attending the ordinary session on September 24, 2026, meaning that all present members of the Local Government Board supported both the rules and the call for applications. The announcement is signed, on the date of the electronic signature, by the acting councilor-secretary, Antonio Fernández Martín, and bears the registration number R. 2.592 in the provincial bulletin.

The urgent processing of the publication is explained by the very nature of the event: any competitive procedure requires the rules to be accessible before the deadline opens, and the celebration of Halloween 2026 sets a deadline that does not allow for administrative delays.

For the hospitality operators of the city and the region, the announcement opens the possibility to compete for a sales space in the public domain during an event with a high concentration of people, although profitability will depend on the economic conditions established in the rules —canon, available area, and schedules— which are not yet detailed in the published extract.

Source: Official Bulletin of the Province of Ourense, issue of October 29, 2026, section IV. Local Entities, page not indicated in the extract (official reference: R. 2.592).