Skip to main content

Direct award of auction no. 1/2023 of the Regional Customs and Industrial Property Department. Excise Duties of Catalonia

Public Auction No. 1/2023 was held on November 8, 2023, at the Regional Customs and Excise Department of Catalonia located at Passeig de Josep Carner No. 27, Barcelona, and the lots listed in the corresponding annex having not been awarded or having been waived, it is announced that the direct award procedure is open. The goods are stored and available for inspection from January 15 to 19, 2024, by appointment at the listed premises and under the conditions set out in Annex I. All lots listed in Annex I are considered commercial shipments, so anyone wishing to bid on them must be registered under the section IAE that corresponds to the type of good they wish to bid on.

The bases that will govern this direct award procedure will be the following:

Bids must be submitted in person for each lot for which you wish to bid in a sealed envelope to the Barcelona Administrative Contraband Offences Processing Unit, located at Passeig de Josep Carner No. 27, Barcelona. The deadline for submitting bids will be from January 15 to 19, 2024, from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

In said envelope, which may only contain the lot number for which the bid is being made and the indication “DIRECT AWARD”, only Annex II that accompanies this call for tenders will be included and which will contain the name and surname, company name or full name, NIF , address, telephone number and contact email and the lot number for which the bid is being made, as well as the bidder's position, which will be stated by indicating the amount in numbers and letters. This annex must be signed by the interested party or his duly accredited representative. In the direct award procedure there will be no minimum starting price.

If bids are submitted in which there is a discrepancy between the amount expressed in numerical form and that expressed in words, the amount expressed in letters shall prevail.

The price of the award of the goods will include customs duties and other taxes arising from the import.

After the deadline for submission of bids, within a maximum of FIVE WORKING DAYS, the Direct Award Committee will meet to verify the bids that have been submitted.

The award will be made to the most advantageous economic offer.

Once the direct award has been concluded, minutes will be drawn up and published on the website of the State Tax Administration Agency so that anyone can verify the amount for which each lot has been awarded in said procedure.

The successful bidders will be notified of a notice of award of the corresponding lot, which will indicate the amount for which it has been awarded, granting them a period of FIFTEEN BUSINESS DAYS from the day following notification of said communication, to proceed with the payment of the auction price. Failure by the successful bidder to pay the auction price within the established period will result in the loss of the right to award the lot. In this case, the lot in question will be sold at a future auction.

Payment of the award will be made to account number ES77 2100 0510 1502 0019 5409 of the State Tax Administration Agency at “Caixabank”.

The successful bidder shall be responsible for all charges, levies and taxes of any kind, type or nature (whether from a public or private entity) that fall on the auctioned contracts, or on any of the physical or legal operations that may result. Specifically, the Property Transfer Tax must be paid.

The costs necessary for the removal of the awarded goods from the place where they are stored will also be at your expense.

The containers in which the goods are located are not part of the lot and the costs of transferring and removing them will be borne by the successful bidders.

To collect the awarded lots, the following documents must be submitted to the Barcelona Administrative Contraband Offences Processing Unit:

  • Supporting document of the payment to the Tax Agency’s account no. ES77 2100 0510 1502 0019 5409 in “La Caixa”.
  • Proof of the successful bidder's registration in the corresponding section of the Tax on Economic Activities that enables him/her to purchase and sell the awarded assets.
  • Original and photocopy of the payment letter for the Tax on Property Transfers and Documented Legal Acts.
  • Where applicable, proof of representation of the successful tenderer.

Once the above conditions have been confirmed, the aforementioned unit will issue a certificate of the act of awarding the assets at auction.

In all matters not provided for in this announcement, the regulations governing auction 1/2023 held at this Regional Customs Office and II. EE. of Catalonia on November 8, 2023 will apply.