San Bartolomé de Tirajana tenders the concession for the integrated water cycle

The San Bartolomé de Tirajana City Council has opened for public consultation the preparatory documentation for the concession of the municipal service of drinking water supply, sewerage, purification, and reuse. The agreement was adopted by the Plenary in an ordinary session on October 29, 2026, while addressing item 3.6 of the agenda, and is now published in the Official Gazette of the Province of Las Palmas number 136, dated November 13, 2026, with reference 2305620 (announcement 3.123). Interested parties have thirty calendar days to consult the report and the feasibility study and to submit observations.

What is being submitted for public consultation

The plenary agreement initially approved the report-memorandum on the convenience and opportunity of continuing with the indirect management system of the service and the economic-financial feasibility study of said indirect management. Both documents, prepared by the Study Commission, are displayed for a period of no less than one month and, in any case, thirty calendar days counting from the day following the publication of the announcement.

In parallel, the sixth pronouncement opens a second procedure regarding the contract costs:

• Twenty business days of public consultation for the municipal proposal on the cost structure and price revision formula.
• Full consultation of the proposal in the Official Gazette of the Province of Las Palmas and on the municipal electronic office.
• Possibility of submitting allegations regarding that cost structure and the revision formula.

Indirect management and case background

The Plenary agreed to initiate the procedure to determine the form of management by service concession, justifying the choice “in view of the needs of the water supply and sewerage and the criterion of sustainability and efficiency established in article 85.2 of Law 7/1985.” The chosen formula is, therefore, indirect management, and the agreement ratifies the appointment of the members of the Study Commission provided for in article 97.1 of the TRRL.

This commission is composed of the Mayor-Presidency, in their capacity as a member of the corporation, and the public employees who hold the head positions of the Government Areas of Presidency, Human Resources, Culture, Equality, Youth, Education and Procurement Assistance, and Health, Trade, Primary Sector, Roads and Works, Parks and Gardens.

The scope of the service includes four linked provisions: domestic drinking water supply, sewerage, purification, and reuse, all of which refer to the municipality of San Bartolomé de Tirajana.

How to file allegations and what comes next

Observations and allegations must be addressed to the City Council of San Bartolomé de Tirajana and expressly identify file 2024/021193. They may be submitted via the municipal Electronic Registry or through any of the means provided for in article 16.4 of Law 39/2015, of October 1. The documentation can be consulted on the municipal Notice Board, accessible through the electronic office.

Once the deadlines have closed, the processing will follow these steps:

• Certification of the result of the public information process and incorporation into the file.
• Report from the Comptroller’s Office regarding the repercussions of the concession on budgetary stability and financial sustainability (article 7.3 of Organic Law 2/2012 and third additional provision.3 of Law 9/2017).
• Submission to the Plenary of a reasoned proposal for the definitive approval of the report and the feasibility study, with or without allegations.
• Drafting of the tender specifications and collection of the documentation from Instruction 1/2024, of October 1, of the Public Procurement Advisory Board of the Canary Islands.
• Mandatory report from said body, as provided for in article 9.7 of Royal Decree 55/2017, of February 3, prior to the approval of the specifications.

The announcement specifies that these acts are procedural in nature, do not decide the merits of the matter, nor cause helplessness; therefore, no autonomous appeal may be filed against them, without prejudice to the opposition that may be alleged in the final resolution (article 112.1 of the LPACAP). The document appears signed in the Town of San Bartolomé de Tirajana on November ten, two thousand twenty-six, by the Mayor-President, Marco Aurelio Pérez Sánchez.

The process affects all users of the municipality’s water service: it sets the economic conditions of the contract throughout its duration and defines how the integrated water cycle will be provided in an area under strong tourism pressure. The opening of the file for consultation is, for now, the only formal way for residents and operators to influence the model before the specifications are approved.

Source: Official Gazette of the Province of Las Palmas, number 136, of November 13, 2026, section I, pages 19607-19608 (official reference: 2305620, announcement 3.123, file 2024/021193).