The infrastructure serving the fishing sector in southern Gran Canaria ensures its operational maintenance standards. The Provincial Directorate of the Social Institute of the Navy (ISM) in Las Palmas has completed the specific award of Lot 4, corresponding to the Arguineguín Local Directorate, a high-activity port hub for the artisanal fishing fleet and the nautical sector in the southern region of the island. The administrative procedure, processed through a simplified open procedure, fulfills the regulatory requirement to preserve hygiene and control water pollution in public buildings serving the public. The Arguineguín Local Directorate plays a critical role in the municipality of Mogán, providing social and healthcare services, managing Social Security benefits, and processing training for maritime professionals. Preventive maintenance of these facilities is especially important given the climatic conditions of the southern part of the island, where high seasonal temperatures increase the demands for technical inspections of water distribution networks.
The public tender was awarded to Con&Pla Servicios Canarios, SL, a small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) headquartered in Los Realejos, Tenerife. The contracting authority awarded the contract based on a set of technical and economic criteria, with the financial offer accounting for 70% of the total score, supplemented by 18% for operational incident management and 12% for the descriptive report of the sanitization and laboratory analysis procedures.
The formalization of this service, which received only one commercial proposal in the local SME segment for the southern portion, has been completed. The resolution notice, signed by the provincial director of the ISM in Las Palmas, José Julián Suárez Suárez, concludes the internal review process after the final file was submitted to the Public Sector Procurement Platform, thus ensuring the uninterrupted continuity of the technical service at the assistance offices along the Gran Canaria coast.
Proper maintenance of the Arguineguín Local Directorate reinforces the institutional presence on the Mogán coastline, a fishing enclave that coexists with the development of its tourism sector. The health inspection services at the offices of the Social Institute of the Navy ensure the safety of regular users, primarily retired sailors, shipowners, and crews of the inshore fleet who come daily to regularize their fishing permits and undergo mandatory medical examinations, preventing deficiencies in critical facilities from affecting the continuity of this essential public service.
