Marbella tenders €6m machinery contract for beaches and waterways

The four-year contract would provide a fleet of up to 57 types of machinery for coastal maintenance, invasive seaweed removal and work on streams and rivers.

Costa Now newsroom2 November 2026 at 17:28

Marbella tenders €6m machinery contract for beaches and waterways

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AT A GLANCE

The four-year contract is valued at €6 million, with an option for a fifth year.
The planned fleet comprises up to 57 types of hired machinery and vehicles, supplied with drivers.
Work includes seaweed removal, beach restoration and maintenance of 21 streams and four rivers.
The tender replaces a previous contract that has expired.

WHY IT MATTERSThe contract is intended to give municipal services equipment for routine beach and waterway maintenance as well as faster responses to weather-related damage and seaweed accumulation.

Marbella has put out to tender a four-year contract to hire machinery and vehicles, with drivers, for maintaining its coastline and waterways. The contract is valued at €1.5 million a year, or €6 million over four years, with an option to extend it by one year.

The fleet could include up to 57 types of equipment. The planned work covers removing the invasive seaweed Rugulopteryx okamurae, reshaping and restoring beaches, moving sand and maintaining the 21 streams and four rivers in the municipality. The equipment is also intended to help crews respond to storms, heavy rain, landslides and embankment collapses.

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The tender replaces an expired contract. No award date or start date is provided in the available information.

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