Marbella opens €6m tender for beach-cleaning machinery and specialist vehicles

The contract would replace an arrangement in place since 2024 and cover work on beaches as well as public riverbeds, streams and undeveloped plots.

Costa Now newsroom4 November 2026 at 13:09

Marbella opens €6m tender for beach-cleaning machinery and specialist vehicles

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AT A GLANCE

The tender has a base budget of €6 million, including VAT.
The proposed contract covers machinery and specialist vehicles with operators, replacing an arrangement in place since 2024.
Equipment could be used on beaches, riverbeds, streams and undeveloped public plots.
The deadline for bids is 27 November 2026.

WHY IT MATTERSThe tender is intended to increase the council’s capacity to clear algae from beaches and carry out other public-space work. The equipment would be available for deployment when conditions and the needs of particular locations require it.

Marbella City Council has opened a tender for machinery and specialist vehicles with operators to support beach maintenance and the removal of the invasive alga Rugulopteryx okamurae.

The €6 million budget, including VAT, covers heavy and light vehicles, industrial machinery and specialist equipment that could be deployed as needed. The council says the resources are intended to speed up cleaning, collection, loading and transport, and to help it respond to exceptional incidents or urgent work.

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The contract would replace the one in force since 2024. The council says the equipment could also be used to clean riverbeds and streams and to work on undeveloped public plots. Bids can be submitted until 27 November 2026.

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