Starting Friday, November 13, employees of the Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority (AAA) will have no vehicles to travel to serve customers, because the contract to rent its fleet has been suspended. In a letter from Fleet Department director Kevin A. Peña Piñeiro to operations vice president Ismael Robles Maldonado, all personnel were informed that use of all light vehicles rented by the AAA is suspended until a new rental contract is formalized and takes effect.
The letter says the decision responds to the need to comply with the corresponding administrative and contractual processes, and that the units may not be used, operated or disposed of until a new official authorization is issued. Directors, supervisors and personnel in charge of the units were asked to take the necessary measures to ensure compliance and to relay the directive to all employees under their supervision.
Once the new contract is formalized and resumption of service is authorized, an official communication will be issued. Senator Juan Oscar Morales, speaking on the radio program Pega’os en la Mañana, questioned the suspension and asked for explanations about how services that depend on these vehicles will be provided. He said the AAA president will have to explain the matter, noting he does not know which company the new light-equipment rental contract would go to, and that renting vehicles at the AAA has been proven to be cheaper.