Valle Amblés delegates the waste contract to its Board of Directors

The Assembly of the Valle Amblés Commonwealth agreed on September 17, 2026, to delegate to the Governing Council the exercise of the contracting body’s authority for the urban solid waste (USW) collection service and the management of the recycling center. The agreement was made public in the Official Gazette of the Province of Ávila no. 220, dated November 13, 2026, under official reference 2220/26, and with an expressly declared purpose: “to provide the procedure with agility.”

The decision affects one of the contracts with the greatest economic weight managed by the supra-municipal entity, to which the municipalities of the valley entrust garbage collection and the operation of the recycling center. The announcement does not detail the contract amount or the bidding calendar, details which do not appear in the published text.

From the September agreement to the November announcement

The announcement is signed by the president of the commonwealth, Diego Pascual Gutiérrez, in Muñogalindo on November 3, 2026, ten days before its publication in the provincial gazette. The Assembly session in which the agreement was adopted was an ordinary session held on September 17, 2026.

The weight of the service in the administrative life of the valley is evident in the gazette itself: the BOP of Ávila no. 182, dated September 21, 2026, included the garbage tax census of the Valle Amblés Commonwealth corresponding to the first semester of 2026, within the edict of public exhibition and collection by the Autonomous Collection Agency of the Provincial Council of Ávila (1873/26).

Which acts the Governing Council now assumes

The delegation is not limited to the award: it comprises “the generality of acts and resolutions inherent to the procedure from the start of the file until its completion with the formalization of the contract.” In practice, the Governing Council takes over the entire administrative itinerary of the tender, with these milestones:

• The initiation and processing of the contracting file.
• The approval of the specifications and the expenditure under the terms permitted by the enabling regulation.
• The resolution of procedural incidents and the award.
• The formalization of the contract that closes the file.

The Assembly retains ownership of the authority and only transfers its exercise, a common formula to avoid having every step of the file wait for a new convening of the commonwealth plenary.

The invoked regulatory support

The announcement is supported by a regulatory block that the text itself lists, and which delimits the scope of the delegation:

• Article 61.2 of Law 9/2017, of November 8, on Public Sector Contracts.
• Article 4.1 of Royal Decree 1098/2001, of October 12, approving the General Regulation of the Law on Contracts of Public Administrations.
• Article 22 of Law 7/1985, of April 2, Regulating the Bases of the Local Regime.
• The Second Additional Provision, paragraphs 2 and 10, of Law 9/2017, the exercise of which is assumed by the Governing Council.
• Article 9.3 of Law 40/2015, of October 1, on the Legal Regime of the Public Sector, which mandates the publication of delegations of competence.

Why it matters

The delegation opens the door to processing, through a single body and without plenary waits, a contract that affects the daily lives of the residents of Valle Amblés: waste collection and the operation of the recycling center are the two services with the highest visibility and recurring cost for the association of municipalities. The announcement does not set bidding deadlines, meaning the actual timeline of the contract will depend on the actions the Governing Council adopts from now on, without the need to go through the Assembly.

Source: Official Gazette of the Province of Ávila, no. 220, November 13, 2026, Local Administration (official reference: 2220/26).