The Councilor for Strategic Development, Sustainability, Energy, Parks and Gardens of the Las Palmas de Gran Canaria City Council, Gemma Martínez Soliño, has presented the characteristics of the new tender for the conservation of garden areas, dog parks, and urban trees. This contract, replacing a decade-old one declared void, aims to be more agile, modern, and ambitious.
The new contract, with a duration of four years extendable by one more, increases the investment by 20 million compared to the previous one, reaching 96,803,701.83 euros. It is structured into two lots for the comprehensive maintenance of green spaces and a third, newly created lot, focused on quality control. A key novelty is that no company can bid for both comprehensive maintenance lots to prevent the concentration of management.
The first lot, with a budget of 47.5 million euros, will cover the lower part of the city (Vegueta-Cono Sur-Tafira, Centro, and Puerto-Canteras-Guanarteme), encompassing 1.27 million square meters. The second lot, for the upper part of the city (Ciudad Alta, Tamaraceite, and San Lorenzo), will have 47.8 million euros for an area of approximately 1.40 million square meters.
The third lot, dedicated to quality control, will have an investment of 1.3 million euros, responding to the municipal aspiration to know the state of the city's green infrastructure in real-time, a pioneering initiative.
Following its approval, the tender will be published on the public sector's Procurement Platform, after passing through the Official Journal of the European Union. Companies will have 30 calendar days to submit their proposals, and the new contract is expected to begin operating in November, with funding already reserved for the final months of the year.
The councilor highlighted that the new contract is a "tailor-made suit" that meets municipal ambitions, expanding the maintenance area from 245 to 265 hectares. It will care for 62,205 specimens (37,383 trees and 23,822 palm trees), in addition to 12,734 tree pits and flowerbeds. Almost half of the investment, around 47 million, will be allocated to personnel, increasing the workforce to 331 people and including the new gardening agreement with improved labor conditions. The machinery fleet will be entirely new and adapted to new technologies, including electric options.
