Aeropueros Españoles y Navegación Aérea (Aena) has confirmed this Friday that 10 companies have submitted the documentation required to provide the tower control service at 13 airports in the national network, including those of Lanzarote, Fuerteventura and La Palma. After the deadline for submitting offers to participate in the first phase of the tender, the companies interested are Saerco, Agrupación Navsa-LFV, Geci Española, Tower Traffic Services, Ferronats Air Traffic Services, Zenit Air Traffic Control, Etracontrol, UTE Sacyr Concesiones/NAV Portugal, Sevicios de Control de tránsito y navegación aérea and Letové Prevádzkové Sluzby Slovenskej Republiky.
All companies, except the latter, which only opts for the third lot, have shown their interest in opting for the three lots into which the 13 towers will be divided (lot 1: Alicante, Valencia, Ibiza and Sabadell; lot 2: Seville, Jerez, Vigo, A Coruña, Melilla and Cuatro Vientos, and lot 3: Lanzarote, Fuerteventura and La Palma).
Aena informs that from this Friday it will analyze the documentation submitted and only the companies that meet the established requirements of technical and economic solvency will be invited to participate in the second phase of the tender. It will be then when the selected companies have to submit an offer that includes both the technical conditions of service provision, (according to what Aena establishes in the tender documents), as well as an economic valuation.
In the second phase, companies must prove that they are certified, according to the requirements established in the European Regulations and that have been included in the Royal Decree regulating the certification procedure for civil air navigation service providers, approved on July 23. Within about five months, the suppliers will be selected for each of the lots, which will provide the service for five years, extendable for one more.
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