The Insular Water Council delegates the contracting of sanitation for the west

The Governing Board of the Insular Water Council of Tenerife (CIATF), meeting in an ordinary session held on September 3, 2026, has agreed to delegate its powers as the contracting authority to the Vice Presidency of the CIATF regarding file no. 197/2025, relating to the operation, maintenance, and conservation services of the regional sanitation and urban wastewater regeneration system of western Tenerife. The announcement is published in the Official Gazette of the Province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, number 111, dated September 16, 2026 (document 1884405, page 26274).

The delegation is made public in compliance with the provisions of Art. 9.3 of Law 40/2015, of October 1, on the Legal Regime of the Public Sector, without prejudice to Article 206 of the Regulation on the Organization, Operation, and Legal Regime of Local Entities, approved by Royal Decree 2,568/1986, of November 28. The announcement warns that the publication is carried out before the minutes containing the corresponding agreement are approved, and subject to the terms resulting from said approval.

A preliminary step to the tendering of the service

The delegation of powers constitutes the administrative procedure prior to the processing of the contracting file for the service, which covers the operation, maintenance, and conservation functions of the regional sanitation and urban wastewater regeneration system of the west of the island. With this decision, the governing body of the CIATF transfers the status of contracting authority to the Vice Presidency, concentrating the management of the procedure within this body.

The service affects the hydraulic purification and regeneration infrastructures of western Tenerife, a strategic area for the management of the integrated water cycle on the island, both due to its environmental dimension and its impact on the supply and reuse of water resources.

Key data of the announcement

• Issuing body: Governing Board of the Insular Water Council of Tenerife.
• Recipient body of the delegation: Vice Presidency of the CIATF.
• File: no. 197/2025.
• Object: operation, maintenance, and conservation service of the regional sanitation and urban wastewater regeneration system of western Tenerife.
• Date of agreement: September 3, 2026.
• Signature of the announcement: the manager Javier Davara Méndez, on September 9, 2026.

Regulatory framework and publication

The publication is carried out in accordance with Art. 9.3 of Law 40/2015, which regulates the publicity of administrative acts, and invokes the proviso of Article 206 of the Regulation on the Organization, Operation, and Legal Regime of Local Entities, which allows for the advance publication of the agreement subject to the approval of the minutes. The announcement appears in the announcements section of the provincial bulletin, under the heading of the Insular Water Council of Tenerife.

The delegation of powers regarding procurement is a common mechanism in the insular administration to streamline the processing of files of great technical and economic scale. In this case, the sanitation and regeneration service of western Tenerife constitutes a key piece to guarantee the correct operation of the treatment plants and the reuse of regenerated water in the region, with direct implications for the environment and for the island’s water infrastructure sector.

Source: Official Gazette of the Province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, number 111, September 16, 2026, p. 26274 (official reference: document 1884405).