The Servicio Extremeño de Promoción de la Autonomía y Atención a la Dependencia (Sepad) has stated that it expects to put in place new tendering processes to bring the convalescent centers of Piornal, Guareña, Brozas, Herrera del Duque and Tejeda de Tiétar up and running.
Thus, this Thursday, it was conveyed by the managing director of Sepad, Estrella Martínez, during her appearance before the Health and Care for Dependency Commission of the Assembly of Extremadura, where she set out the administrative status of these facilities, whose scheduling is prior to 2023.
Martínez pointed out that the projects have been conditioned by "technical difficulties" and by the increase in construction costs, factors that have forced the consideration of "new contracting procedures".
In this context, she emphasized that the draft of the General State Budget of Extremadura for 2027 includes an allocation of more than 68 million euros charged to the Recovery and Resilience Mechanism (MRR), aimed specifically at financing these infrastructures.
Regarding the implementation timelines, the Sepad official referred to a resolution from the Ministry of Finance published in the Official State Gazette on September 12 of last year, in which certain measures of flexibility are set out in order to complete expenses linked to actions funded with MRR funds, provided that the conditions established in that regulation are respected.
In addition, Martínez explained that during the month of October she held meetings with the mayors of the five localities involved to inform them of the current status of the projects and of the administrative steps that are expected to be taken from now on.
On the other hand, she noted that the convalescent centers of Jerez de los Caballeros, Llerena and Torrejoncillo are in various phases of processing prior to the start of the works, as the Board indicated in a press release.