Municipal tender sets out green build to curb urban dust
A new municipal tender seeks design-and-build green infrastructure to reduce urban dust, underscoring a broader public-sector push on cleaner air.
A new municipal tender seeks design-and-build green infrastructure to reduce urban dust, underscoring a broader public-sector push on cleaner air.
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Lovech Municipality has launched a procurement to design and build urban green infrastructure to reduce dust emissions and improve air quality. The Green Infrastructure Project in Lovech, published in October 2025, combines the development of a working project with construction works. It aligns with a wave of municipal contracts across Bulgaria that focus on green measures to tackle secondary dust and fine particulate matter in cities.
The notice sets a clear objective: use green infrastructure to cut dust emissions in urban areas. The buyer asks for both a working project and construction delivery. That design-and-build scope suggests an intent to move quickly from planning into implementation, while keeping a single contractor accountable for how designs translate into works on the ground.
The approach mirrors recent municipal activity elsewhere. In September 2024, the Municipality of Plovdiv issued a contract for an investment project and supervision of green infrastructure aimed at improving city air (link). In October 2024, a Burgas tender centred on landscaping and building irrigation systems to lower fine particulate pollution by strengthening urban greenery (link).
The common goal is consistent: reduce dust and improve urban air quality. What changes is the delivery package. Lovech is looking for a combined working design and construction. Other buyers have added activities such as author supervision, external expert support, or wider project management, depending on local needs and capacity.
Across the recent tender stream, public buyers have mixed design, construction, supervision and expert assistance in different ways.
In September 2024, Obshtina Pleven’s contract covered land preparation, vegetation planting and post-planting care, building in maintenance from the outset (link). Plovdiv, by contrast, sought both an investment project and supervision alongside construction, signalling a stronger emphasis on oversight during implementation.
In January 2025, Sofia municipality sought engineering services to deliver green infrastructure across multiple urban projects, with a focus on cutting secondary dust emissions (link). In October 2025, Obshtina Pernik called for a technical investment project and author supervision for works that include irrigation systems, again targeting dust dispersion in urban spaces (link).
Some buyers have outsourced project management and specialist support. In November 2025, the Municipality of Kardzhali sought external expert assistance for a green infrastructure project aimed at mitigating secondary dust, including landscaping, irrigation and planting (link).
Lovech’s choice of a design-and-build pathway fits comfortably within this spectrum. The buyer’s emphasis on a “working project” points to the need for practical, constructible designs, while the construction component places delivery responsibility with the same contractor. Given the clear air quality objective, the municipality will also need to track outcomes. The notice does not set out monitoring tools, but the focus on dust reduction makes performance management an obvious task once planting is in place.
Although Lovech’s notice summarises scope at a high level, similar tenders show what green infrastructure for dust control typically includes:
The urban focus varies. In May 2025, Asenovgrad’s tender targeted street greening, public open-access spaces and inter-block areas to reduce dust and broader air pollution (link). Sofia’s January 2025 notice referred to multiple projects across the municipality, reinforcing that dust control often needs a network of small and medium interventions rather than a single site (link).
These specifications point to a practical insight for Lovech’s procurement: delivery success will depend not only on planting and hard landscaping, but also on establishment, irrigation and maintenance during the early years. Pleven’s inclusion of post-planting care and Pernik’s author supervision show how buyers are trying to lock in performance once the works are complete.
The Lovech tender lands amid a steady run of Bulgarian procurements with the same environmental goal. Taken together, they show a shift towards green infrastructure as a core tool for managing urban air quality, especially secondary dust.
In September 2024, Burgas, Plovdiv and Pleven were all active, each framing green works as a means of reducing airborne particulates or dust. By November 2024, Vidin had added a focus on species selection. Through 2025, the agenda has continued: Sofia’s multi-project engineering scope in January, Asenovgrad’s neighbourhood greening in May, and, most recently, external expert-led management in Kardzhali in November 2025.
The trend is not confined to Bulgaria. In April 2025, the municipality of Lugoj in Romania tendered for park rehabilitation and modernisation with an eye to urban regeneration and sustainable urban environments (link). While objectives differ by place, the direction is consistent: cities are using green infrastructure to shape healthier urban conditions.
For Lovech, the next test will be translating a working project into durable works that deliver measurable reductions in dust. The notice does not specify monitoring methods, but the air quality aim means performance tracking will matter. Similar tenders indicate where the criteria may land: plant species selection (Vidin), irrigation systems (Burgas), author supervision (Pernik), and early-years maintenance (Pleven).
Suppliers with strengths in integrated design-and-build, horticulture, and irrigation will recognise the opportunity. So will teams that can manage author supervision and project controls. As more municipalities pair construction with explicit oversight or expert assistance, contractors that can evidence delivery and post-completion performance should be well placed.
In short, the Lovech procurement adds momentum to a clear municipal trend. Watch for how the buyer balances construction scope with supervision and maintenance, and whether the final contract embeds the monitoring and management that air quality outcomes demand.
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