The document establishes the subrogation of the 36 service workers and establishes their labor optimization with important social measures such as salary increases and family conciliation
The San Bartolomé de Tirajana City Council is about to put out to public tender the Surveillance, lifeguard, rescue and first aid Service on the tourist beaches of the municipality for the next four years for an amount close to 5,5 million euros.
The new contract is legally temporary for two years with a base bidding budget of just over 2,8 million euros, but adds the possibility of establishing another two years of extension subject to an interannual inflation of 3%, so the The cost of the service would be established at €5.437.721,36 for four years.
The new contractual document for this service “represents a before and after for the pioneering social measures it contains, aimed at dignifying the important work carried out by lifeguard and rescue professionals on our beaches, a fundamental value that we highlight due to the importance they have for the entire municipality,” says the Councilor for Security and Emergencies, José Carlos Álamo Ojeda.
Among these innovative measures, the sixth deputy mayor highlights the significant increase in the salary table, above the agreement, of approximately 30%, with annual increases of between 2,2 and 3%; the payment of the transport bonus of 2,8 euros per day; the payment of payroll as a conditioning reason for termination; the establishment of specialized training courses for the permanent technical updating of personnel and, among others, "the establishment of a work environment that contemplates paid leave and family conciliation that will ultimately result in an optimization of services." The increase in personnel costs, including Social Security, is set at €224.850,15 and transport bonuses at €24.897,60.
The document also requires that the new contract be subrogated at a cost of €747.079,55 for the 36 workers who currently provide this surveillance and lifeguard service (24 lifeguards, 3 boat skippers, 3 service managers, 2 drivers, 1 coordinator and 3 health emergency technicians).
The purpose of the contract is that the beaches of Las Meloneras, Maspalomas, Playa del Inglés, El Cochino, Las Burras and San Agustín have a surveillance, lifeguard and rescue service 8 hours a day, every day of the year, from 10.00:18.00 a.m. to 63.072:XNUMX p.m. For this, it is established that the professional staff must complete XNUMX hours annually.
12 drones
To provide the service, the contractor is also required to make a total investment of €734.300 in material resources, which for improvement and modernization include the acquisition of 12 drones for aerial surveillance, two 4x4 vehicles, two stretcher cars, 6 jet skis, an ambulance, four quads, medical supplies, chemical toilets, and flags and buoys, among others. In addition, for the uniformity of the service personnel, an investment of around 7.800 euros is stipulated in swimsuits, t-shirts, sunglasses, caps, footwear and sun cream.
The contract for the current surveillance, lifeguard and rescue service on the beaches of San Bartolomé de Tirajana has expired since 2017. That year, a new set of technical specifications was prepared with the new improvements and the financial amount necessary for its tender, but it was paralyzed by the entry into force of the decree of the Government of the Canary Islands that regulated the measures for the application of the rules and instructions for human safety and the coordination of ordinary emergencies and civil protection on the beaches and other maritime bathing areas of this community autonomous.
“That tender file was paralyzed to try to adapt it to the requirements demanded by the decree of the Canary Islands Government, but during the last legislature, from 2019 to 2023, not a single piece of paper was moved in relation to the new contracting of the service, generating its current precarious situation and, furthermore, with a deplorable state of its facilities and infrastructure due to its lack of maintenance. The file for the new tender was resumed last June, and has required periodic meetings and having the important opinion of those who know the service and its current problems,” says José Carlos Álamo.
