30/06/2015

The contract is for 15 years and a total of 111 million euros

The temporary joint venture between Sacyr subsidiary Valoriza Servicios Medioambientales and Gesum for road cleaning and waste collection services in the city of Guadalajara kicks off tomorrow, July 1. The contract is for 15 years and a total of 110.7 million euros.

The bid submitted by Valoriza and Gesum was the highest valued both technically and economically; the services offered feature a Quality Assurance System and Technological Model to place the city at the forefront of the world's smart cities. The new service includes the development of existing underground containers and the extension of this container system in various parts of the municipality, as well as on the Avenida del Ejército and Avenida de Castilla, in order to improve the aesthetics of highly traveled streets.

The consortium will also incorporate machinery with reduced emissions into the collection and cleaning service: electric and hybrid for inspection and auxiliary machinery and vehicles, and gas-powered for garbage trucks. The investment the consortium will make over the duration of the concession will exceed 10 million euros.

With this contract, the joint venture will serve a population of 85,000 and provide highly specific cleaning and waste collection services with frequencies and treatment types tailored to the characteristics of each area of the city.

Portfolio in excess of 2.8 billion euros.

This new contract enables Valoriza Servicios Medioambientales to strengthen its position in waste collection and street cleaning services, where it currently operates in over 700 municipalities and boasts a portfolio in excess of 2.8 billion euros, with contracts in Madrid, Coslada (street cleaning and green area maintenance), Fuenlabrada, Las Rozas, Alcalá de Henares, San Fernando de Henares, Guadarrama, A.P. de la Bahía de Algeciras, Toledo, Cádiz, Soria, Sant Cugat del Vallés (Barcelona), Lérida, Puerto de la Cruz (Tenerife), Arona (Tenerife), Vilanova i la Geltrú (Barcelona), Plasencia (Cáceres), Miranda de Ebro (Burgos), Haro (La Rioja) and Baza (Granada), among others.

N.P_ Road cleaning and waste collection services in Guadalajara
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