Ramiras puts out to tender the concession of the café-bar of the Picouto social center

The Ramirás City Council has opened the process to grant the public domain concession for the café-bar of the Picouto cultural, youth, and social center. The call for participation was published in the Official Gazette of the Province of Ourense on October 20, 2026, within section IV for local entities, and establishes a period of 15 business days for interested parties to submit their offers. The announcement is signed by the mayor, Isabel Gil Álvarez, and carries the reference R. 2.497.

The text bases the call on article 96 of Law 33/2003, of November 3, on the heritage of public administrations, the precept that regulates the granting of private use concessions over public domain assets. In the case of a municipal property such as the Picouto cultural, youth, and social center, this figure allows for the temporary transfer of the operation of a publicly owned space to an individual or a company, under the conditions set out in a specifications document.

The publication is limited to opening the call for participation: the announcement does not detail the minimum fee, the surface area of the premises, nor the duration of the concession, but instead expressly refers to the specifications document to learn the full conditions of the grant. That document is, therefore, the one that sets the solvency requirements, the improvements that can be offered, and the award criteria.

Fifteen business days to submit offers

The deadline for submitting proposals is 15 business days counted according to the provisions of the bases. Offers must be formalized following the standardized models appearing in the specifications, as the announcement does not admit alternative formats.

• Deadline: 15 business days for the submission of offers.
• Form: models established in the specifications of the call.
• Procedure: public domain concession for private use of a municipal public domain asset.
• Calling body: Ramirás City Council, through the Mayor’s Office.

The bases, in the contractor profile and the electronic office

The local government indicates two consultation points for the specifications: the Corporation’s contractor profile, hosted at www.contratosdegalicia.gal, and the municipal electronic office. Both channels are available so that interested hospitality operators can review the conditions before preparing the documentation.

The processing also occurs at a time when the Ramirás City Council has already published the 2027 labor calendar for the municipality in the same gazette, which sets as local holidays February 9 (Shrove Tuesday) and November 11 (Saint Martin), dates that may condition the activity of the establishment during the first year of operation.

An opportunity for the local hospitality sector

The call for applications opens the possibility for a restaurateur or a small business to assume the management of the café-bar of a municipal facility for collective use, using a formula that guarantees private use while maintaining public ownership of the property. For the residents of Picouto and nearby parishes, the award determines the existence of a hospitality service linked to the social center, a space that hosts cultural and youth activities.

The interest of the call for the hospitality sector depends on the economic conditions set by the tender, which are not included in the announcement and must be consulted in the contractor profile. In any case, the deadline is short: anyone wishing to apply must gather the documentation and submit the offer within 15 business days following the publication.

Source: Official Gazette of the Province of Ourense, October 20, 2026, section IV. Local Entities (official reference: edict 352970, R. 2.497).