When the tender documents ask for it, this is how they ask: delivery in IFC, coordination under ISO 19650, a common data environment, security compliant with Spain's National Security Framework. And when they do not ask for it yet, the calendar is running all the same.
Works contracts from that figure upwards are tendered at intermediate BIM level.
From that figure upwards, initial BIM level.
What today is initial level and intermediate level becomes more demanding on that date.
It applies to works, to concessions, to site supervision, to technical assistance and to project design.
This comes from Spain's BIM Plan for public procurement, approved by the Council of Ministers. Thresholds in force according to the update of 1 January 2026.
For many engineering firms, design practices and contractors, meeting that means one of three things:
Hiring a profile that barely exists in the market.
Building an in-house structure that never pays for itself.
Not bidding at all.
I take on the information management of your contracts: requirements, coordination, common data environment, quality control of the models and of what gets delivered. Your team carries on doing engineering.
Fernando Calle, civil engineer. Six years of information management and BIM coordination on landmark infrastructure projects: HS2, Sydney Metro West, desalination in Adelaide, Red Sea and Trojena.
Coordination under ISO 19650, model federation, quality control, IFC 4.3, COBie, data dashboards. Awarded for R&D contributions in automation and artificial intelligence.
I now do the same from ONTOS, with my own automation underneath: that compresses the work and is what lets one person handle what used to take a team.
You can check the track record on my LinkedIn profile.
BIM readiness check, free of charge. You send me a tender document or the last project you delivered. Within 48 hours you get a one-page document with:
If it is useful, we carry on. If not, the assessment is yours to keep.
If you prefer email directly: hola@ontosdigital.es