The Free Trade Zone put out to tender the works on May 12 with a budget of 109,679.39 euros (VAT not included) and an execution period of two months
This action has the objective of achieving permeability and truck traffic between the plot of the old tobacco factory and the Free Trade Zone.
The deadline for submitting offers for the works for the demolition of part of the fence that separates the Free Trade Zone from the old Altadis closed last Tuesday, May 24, with the result of eight companies presented.
The Consortium put out to tender the works on May 12 to begin the integration of the Altadis lands, once they are already officially incorporated into the tax precinct after authorization by the Ministry of Finance and Public Administrations last March.
The works, with a budget of 109,679.39 euros (VAT not included) and a completion period of two months, aim to achieve permeability and traffic between the plot of the old tobacco factory and the Free Zone, with the demolition of part of the fence that separates both spaces. This will also enable the entry and exit of trucks, which is necessary for the activity to be carried out by future users of the facilities.
Once the eight offers have been received – most of them companies from Cádiz – they are being evaluated at a technical level, so the works will be awarded in the coming days.
It should be remembered that, in order to speed up the deadlines, the Free Trade Zone has already requested the corresponding construction license from the City Council, so the start of the work will be in the coming weeks.
With this work, Zona Franca advances in phase I of the procedures to carry out the expansion of its facilities in Cádiz, where it has formed an important business and industrial focus with 486,881 m2, with the addition of 156,881 m2 at 330,000 m2 that made up its historic customs facility. Subsequently, the perimeter fence will be completed, the connection of supplies to the Consortium network, the evacuation network and the surveillance system, among others, will be addressed.
It should be noted that of the 156,881 m2 incorporated, 106,355 m2 were acquired from Altadis in June 2015, in addition to 38,707 m2 that it already had its own Free Trade Zone in that area and that they were leased to the tobacco company; and 11,819.45 m2 coming from the concession of the Port Authority of the Bay of Cádiz, after the signing of the agreement with the Free Trade Zone in August of last year.