The Las Palmas de Gran Canaria City Council has reported the filing of two contentious appeals affecting the deadline for submitting bids for the Solid Waste Collection service. This situation could lead to a possible suspension of the procedure by the competent body, although the corporation hopes this will not occur.

The tender, with a budget of nearly 157 million euros, has been pending since 2022. The appeals have been filed by an integrated services company and by the trade union organization UGT Servicios Públicos de Gran Canaria.

Municipal sources have explained that the appellants have requested a precautionary suspension, a measure that has not yet been adopted by the court. For now, the procedure continues normally, and the deadline for submitting bids has not been interrupted, as, according to the City Council, it is common for suspensions not to be granted in such situations.

The possible suspension or delay in the awarding of the service would imply the extension of the emergency contract, which was awarded to a company in October due to the health risk situation faced by the Gran Canaria capital. This emergency contract costs approximately two million euros per month.

The union's appeal focuses on the contract's financing, arguing that labor costs have not been correctly calculated, which could force companies to reduce expenses at the expense of workers. It is pointed out that the annual personnel cost is set at 8.77 million euros, with absenteeism and vacation replacement parameters that do not align with the reality of the service, where actual absenteeism is significantly higher.

For its part, the private company's appeal denounces alleged breaches of the Public Sector Contracts Law, pointing out weaknesses in the tender's clauses, such as the scoring system, the alleged indeterminacy of criteria, the requirement of solvency that restricts company participation, and the eight-year term of the contract, which could limit market competition.