The new contract could be awarded this month.
The Board of Governors has ratified the decree last Thursday that decided to initiate the procedure to agree on the withholding of the payments of the invoices of the company that provides the service of home help, due to the non payment of the wages of its workers , To which he owes five payrolls.
The agreement was adopted with the intention of guaranteeing the basic labor right of the worker to the perception of punctual of his remuneration and to avoid the damage that for the City would suppose the joint and several liability in the event that such default persisted at the end of the contract .
In addition, it serves the public interest superior represented by the right of users to receive this service.
The procedure is set in motion once it has been established that the successful bidder did not appear in the second act of mediation and the municipal services found that the situation of an indefinite strike since March 7 means that 45% Are not receiving the services assigned, except those included as minimum services.
On the other hand, the procedure for the award of this contract continues its processing.
The contracting table agreed yesterday to request the documentation to the company that presented the most valued technical and economic offer, so that the file could be approved by the Board of Governors this same month.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia