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were based on contributions from the city's major service contracts, which had been processed at
the same time. The synergies and advantages derived from the use of a common platform include:

1 Funding for mobility and lighting, along with the contract for the 010 information and non-
emergency telephone assistance to citizens that financed the launch of the platform.

2 The rest of the city's main contracts would finance their own integration with the project.

Given the administrative complexity of this solution in the Spanish public procurement system, a
firm commitment was made to have an urban platform with its own financing through a specific
public contract designed to build the city's data infrastructure. Despite the administrative difficulty
of this solution and its compatibility with the Spanish public procurement system based on
past experiences, it was decided to proceed, and the contractual agreements were carried out
successfully.

The third file, CON21 2016/0053 separated the contracting of the platform from urban service
contracts. The necessary financial resources were provided entirely from the municipal budget
without any type of aid or subsidy. The final award to the joint venture alliance (or UTE) set up by
the company Indra along with the local company Sumainfo, was EUR 1 786 633.05 (VAT included).
With an initial four-month basic implementation phase of the Sofia2 platform and another four
more for the full development of the additional capabilities and functionalities, a development and
maintenance phase of the platform was entered into for the four-year contract period.

The new strategy of separating the awarding of the contract for the platform from the vertical
services contracts also included a common contract for the developments necessary for the
integration of urban services and municipal IT systems into the platform.

The amounts of these contracts have been charged to the IT budget, currently under the General
Directorate for Technological Modernization.

The ability to share information from the platform with entrepreneurs, researchers, and others,
and the collaboration projects with the students of Computer Science and the University Master's
degree in information technology at the University of La Rioja do not include revenue for the city
council.

Smart Logroño provides facilities, along with direct and indirect improvements in communication
with citizens while creating synergies and savings between integrated urban services. It also
provides common tools to improve data management, the generation of added value, and building
capacities for analysis and decision making. In addition, it complements the management of
municipal systems with spatial data and indicators while facilitating the monitoring of municipal
activity. There is no monetary assessment of the advantages it brings, but undoubtedly it makes a
significant contribution to the transformation towards a smart and sustainable city management
model.

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