Osakidetza has awarded the contract to prepare the detailed design, supervise construction and coordinate health and safety for the new Centro de Salud Oinaurre in Irun The Basque Government’s official statement is dated 7 October 2026. The total investment in construction and equipment is put at €11.2 million.
The site is a plot on Calle Arrabatenea in the Oinaurre district. Around 3,500 square metres of gross floor area are planned on a plot of approximately 7,200 square metres. The catchment area covers around 25,000 residents of the Belaskoenea, Elitxu-Lapize, Poblado Urdanibia, Anaka and Ventas districts.
The published documents provide for 27 consultation rooms for general medicine and nursing, as well as 10 rooms for maternal and child care. Four multi-purpose rooms are planned for functional tests, wound care, emergencies and blood tests, with a further four consultation rooms – including one for optometry – completing the facilities. Osakidetza also plans to bring new professional roles into primary care, including psychology, physiotherapy, optometry and advanced practice nursing.
The timetable provides for the design work to be completed in the final quarter of 2026. Construction is due to start in 2027, with the centre scheduled to open in 2030. The project is part of the Plan Director for OSI Bidasoa 2025–2035 and is part of Osakidetza’s region-wide 2025–2032 infrastructure programme. In Irun and Hondarribia, projects under way at the same time – including the future Centro de Salud Irun Berria, a centre to strengthen primary care on Alarde street and the new surgical area at Hospital Bidasoa – amount to more than €51 million.
With the award, Osakidetza is taking another step towards implementing the Pacto Vasco de Salud, which prioritises modern, accessible healthcare infrastructure as a building block for stronger primary care. The contract has been awarded to BELDARRAIN SLP, an architecture and engineering firm based in Gipuzkoa with experience in healthcare construction. The firm has worked, among other projects, on the new surgical block at Hospital de Zumárraga, extensions and modernisations at Hospital Universitario de Araba as well as the extension and refurbishment of the Centro de Salud de Ordizia are also involved.
Completing the design on time, the subsequent construction tender and the recruitment of additional specialists remain central to delivering the project. All information is based on official statements and publicly available tender documents.
Editor: Clara Simonichek (Article created with AI assistance).