The Santander comarca puts 97 of every 100 euros of its open tenders into the Requejada-Suances road

The concession for the road between Requejada and Suances, 164.25 million excluding VAT, takes 97 of every 100 euros across the Santander comarca's ten live tenders, some 32 times the rest. Next comes the endoscopy unit that the Servicio Cántabro de Salud, Cantabria's public health service, is tendering at Valdecilla for 3.34 million. The city of Santander, Comillas and Santa María de Cayón bring assets to auction, and Laredo offers 140,000 euros to restore the Puebla Vieja, its historic old town.

Valdecilla, Cueto, Santoña and Noja complete the ten tenders still live alongside the Suances road

The Suances concession takes the comarca off the scale of the rest

The Suances concession accounts for 97 of every 100 euros. GESVICAN, Cantabria's public works company, keeps open until 30 November the concession to design, finance, build and operate the road between Requejada and Suances, tendered at 164,254,217.66 euros excluding VAT. The other nine tenders with works in the comarca add up to 5.15 million, so the concession is some 32 times all of them combined.
Valdecilla, Cueto and Náutica bring public works to Santander city. The Servicio Cántabro de Salud is tendering the endoscopy unit at Valdecilla for 3,341,698.67 euros excluding VAT until 9 October. Next come the coarse screening at the Cueto EBAR, the wastewater pumping station, 280,167.96 euros excluding VAT until the 13th, and the barriers at the Escuela de Náutica of the Universidad de Cantabria, 145,072.09 euros excluding VAT until the 19th.
Santoña has the only new municipal works of the week. Santoña town council is tendering the upgrade of several roads in the municipality for 661,157.02 euros excluding VAT, with bids until 13 October.
Polanco, Torrelavega, Cabezón de la Sal and Noja have medium and small works. Polanco is tendering two covered padel courts in La Mies de Requejada for 277,137.97 euros until 1 October, Aguas Torrelavega, the local water company, the electrical upgrade of the water cycle for 263,737.06 euros until the 16th and Cabezón de la Sal accessibility works in Domañanes for 148,747.06 euros until the 7th, all excluding VAT. Noja is looking for a life-size nativity scene and the light decorations for the square, for 34,221.42 euros between the two.
Two contracts covering all of Cantabria also reach the comarca. Still open are the maintenance of court buildings, for 518,016.99 euros excluding VAT until 19 October, and the signage for the Camino Lebaniego, the pilgrim route to Liébana, for 247,706.67 euros excluding VAT until the 13th. Only part of each falls in the comarca and they are not included in the total.

A house in Comillas, a rural plot at Santa María de Cayón and three urban properties in Santander city come up for bidding

The city of Santander has two new auctions. Up for auction are a home of 74 square metres built, 64 usable, in a 2012 building with a median CasasValue of 379,346 euros, and a 16 square metre commercial unit. They close on 15 and 14 October.
Comillas puts up a house with three storeys and an attic. The home in Comillas takes up the 100 square metre ground floor, two more floors and the attic of a house, and accepts bids until 15 October.
Santa María de Cayón auctions a rural estate. The notice for the estate in Santa María de Cayón gives no floor area. Bidding closes on 14 October.
Bidding continues on a 1962 home. The home of 71 square metres built, in a 1962 block with a median CasasValue of 121,253 euros, accepts bids until 8 October.

Access to the Parque Empresarial del Besaya tops six works with their builder chosen, 3.83 million tendered

ARRCE and Balpia will build the access to the Parque Empresarial del Besaya business park. The joint venture of the two builders takes the improved access from Puente San Miguel, in Reocín, tendered at 2,794,512.99 euros excluding VAT.
Santoña and Cartes finish off two squares. Servicios y Obras del Norte will build the Plaza del Paloma in Santoña, 443,006.90 euros, and Construcciones y Excavaciones Aníbal the Plaza del Gallo, in Santiago de Cartes, 168,646.21 euros, all excluding VAT.
Viveda connects its sewerage, Torrelavega picks its lighting and the IES Villajunco its windows. RIU will carry out the sewerage connection for the La Serna neighbourhood, in Viveda, tendered at 103,816.85 euros excluding VAT, TELNOR the Christmas lighting in Torrelavega, for 218,707.60 euros excluding VAT, and Carpinterías Metálicas Marla the window frames on the south façade of the IES Villajunco, a secondary school in the city of Santander, for 105,947.58 euros excluding VAT.
Three bigger works had their company earlier. UTE La Pozona de Miengo has the La Pozona dock, 3,025,717.93 euros, Servicios y Obras del Norte Calle El Palacio in Sancibrián, in Santa Cruz de Bezana, 613,347.11 euros, and SIECSA the Grupo Pedro Velarde housing estate, 1,868,994.60 euros, all excluding VAT.

Fifteen tenders worth 5.81 million still lack a contractor, from the San Mateo reservoir to the San Vicente breakwater

Some bids have been on the table for months

Two works worth over a million each await a company. The Cantabrian government is examining the bids for the Alto de San Mateo reservoir, in Santa Cruz de Bezana, 1,143,954.77 euros excluding VAT, and the west breakwater of the port of San Vicente de la Barquera, 1,032,545.45 euros excluding VAT.
Cabárceno, Sierrallana and the Ruth Beitia are under assessment. At the same stage are the Cabárceno fencing, 591,425 euros, the Day Hospital at Sierrallana, 499,800 euros, and the roofs over four tennis courts at the Ruth Beitia sports centre, 583,791.73 euros, all excluding VAT.
The western coast has a backlog of pending works. With bidding closed, still awaiting a company are the Plaza de Abaño in San Vicente de la Barquera, 289,255.84 euros, the surfacing of five streets in Comillas, 232,438.01, the La Hayuela road in Udías, 208,934.06, the mines trail in Alfoz de Lloredo, 68,462.24, the lift at the IES José Hierro, 124,950 euros, and the restoration of the carved stone gateway of Torre de Espina, in Ampuero, 48,568 euros, all excluding VAT.

Laredo opens 140,000 euros to restore the Puebla Vieja and seven more town councils announce grants

Only one grant this week pays for work on homes

Laredo shares out 140,000 euros for façades and roofs in the old town. Laredo's local executive board approved on 21 September grants for work on roofs, façades, entrance halls and structures in the Puebla Vieja, with 140,000 euros.
Torrelavega helps pay for electricity and internet at home. Torrelavega town council offers 98,000 euros in grants for energy and internet costs in the main home.
Camargo, Piélagos and Castañeda open grants for the school year. Piélagos offers 117,610 euros in scholarships and study grants. Camargo opens four calls for transport, education and school supplies totalling 112,250 euros, and Castañeda four for scholarships and studies worth 56,760 euros.
Santillana del Mar, Santa Cruz de Bezana and Argoños complete the list. Santillana del Mar shares out 25,500 euros for sport, Santa Cruz de Bezana 18,000 for culture and school supplies and Argoños 1,800 euros for deworming livestock.
SODERCAN, the Cantabrian regional development company, will give direct aid to new companies. Decree 68/2026 regulates the direct award, with no call to apply to, of the EMPRECAN and EMPLEA programmes for recently created companies, in three schemes: general, agricultural and fisheries.

Andamios Bahía Norte starts with 30,000 euros and Castro-Urdiales adds two companies

A scaffolding supplier opens in Santander city. Andamios Bahía Norte is set up with 30,000 euros to erect and hire out scaffolding, platforms and shoring, and also to build and refurbish buildings.
Castro-Urdiales gains an engineering firm and a fuel company. Aireus Refuge Systems starts with 3,000 euros for engineering services and building construction, and Carburantes y Servicios del Norte Petrodiz with 3,500 euros to run petrol stations.

Check the CasasValue of any building in the city of Santander, Torrelavega, Camargo or Castro-Urdiales on the map

From 22 to 29 September, the road between Requejada, in Polanco, and Suances takes the lion's share of the tendered amount, and Polanco is also tendering padel courts in La Mies. The city of Santander adds Valdecilla, Cueto, Náutica, the IES Villajunco and three assets on offer at auction. Comillas auctions a house and has street works pending a contractor, and Santa María de Cayón auctions an estate. Santoña, Cartes, Reocín, Santillana del Mar, Torrelavega and Miengo already have builders for their works. Awaiting a company are Santa Cruz de Bezana, Penagos, San Vicente de la Barquera, Udías, Alfoz de Lloredo, Noja, Camargo and Ampuero, and Cabezón de la Sal is tendering Domañanes. Laredo, Torrelavega, Piélagos, Camargo, Castañeda, Santillana del Mar, Santa Cruz de Bezana and Argoños announce grants and Castro-Urdiales adds two companies. Herrerías only appears for the Otero development works, settled weeks ago. Limpias and Riotuerto have no piece in this edition. This week brought no stories of their own for El Astillero, Colindres, Medio Cudeyo, Entrambasaguas, Marina de Cudeyo, Bárcena de Cicero, Ribamontán al Mar, Voto, Puente Viesgo, Val de San Vicente, Ribamontán al Monte, Guriezo, Liérganes, Meruelo, Arnuero, Valdáliga, Bareyo, Mazcuerras, Hazas de Cesto, Liendo, Solórzano, Ruiloba and Escalante.

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