Rayet Group, owned by businessman Félix Abánades, a historic figure in the real estate market in Spain, will fight to carry out the development of Alovera Beach, the largest artificial urban beach in Europe that will be located 50 kilometers from Madrid.
As confirmed by company sources elEconomista.es, If necessary, they will present allegations and appeal the decision of the Alovera City Council Contracting Board which has proposed to vacate the award of the project to which only Grupo Rayet has submitted.
The company denounces that there is a clear “lack of rigor in the process. They are not being as neat as they should be.” Specifically, the Contracting Board of the Alovera City Council proposed last July to declare the award of the project void, considering that the offer presented by Rayet Medio Ambiente “is not admissible in accordance with the criteria that appear in Law 9/2017, of November 8, on Public Sector Contracts and in the Particular Administrative Clauses”.
The reason why it is proposed to leave this contest void is that according to the City Council, the Abánades company has excluded from its proposal several facilities that were planned in the preliminary investment project. Specifically, the report points out that the children’s area of the artificial beach, the restaurant-general store, a gym and a parking lot for events, among other sections, have been cancelled.
From Rayet they are in total disagreement with the decision of the hiring board. Thus, they explain that “the document states very clearly that the technical project is indicativeas long as the fundamentals of the project are respected and we comply with them,” they say.
Thus, a beach and a lagoon continue to be planned “as well as the necessary provisions for these.” In addition, they highlight that some of the infrastructures indicated in the Contracting Board report are going to be done in a second phase or will be modified. As an example, instead of one large restaurant space, the new approach projects several smaller restaurant spaces.
Regarding the “irregularities” that Rayet points out in it, they explain that the technical project “did not achieve the necessary score.” Despite this, “they decided to continue with the process and when they opened the economic proposal, they gave us 100% of the points, so our offer exceeds the minimum points to be awarded,” they conclude.
What will the largest urban beach in Europe be like?
As explained in 2017, the Rayet group will invest around 16 million euros to promote the largest artificial urban beach in Europe in the town of Alovera.
Powered by Crystal Lagoons This artificial turquoise lagoon will have an area of 25,000 m2 and 15,000 m2 of beach. The complex will be developed on 105,000 square meter land owned by the City Council. of Alovera and which are currently the focus of waste dumping.
With direct access from the A2, so as not to congest the urban center of Alovera, this complex will represent an absolute regeneration of the area and will be a very important support for the rest of the residential projects that are now under development in this area.
As announced at the time, the large leisure park will have five distinct but integrated areas. Thus it would be composed of a artificial lagoon and beachwith sports and entertainment equipment, slide towers and children’s pools, sailing school and water sports (kayaking, sailing and paddle surfing, among others).
Likewise, restaurant services were planned with an establishment overlooking the beach with capacity for 1,000 people. In addition, a large parking lot with more than 1,000 spaces was proposed.
Named Alovera Beach, The complex will be developed within sector l-15 Las Suertes, south of the old town of Alovera and linked to the residential developments of the municipality, and “will also serve to regenerate a very degraded environmental area with the creation of a green park following the project,” explained Abánades.
