Regional administration seeking expert support for green upgrade
A regional authority is procuring specialist project management help to deliver energy efficiency, renovation and green infrastructure at a key public building.
A regional authority is procuring specialist project management help to deliver energy efficiency, renovation and green infrastructure at a key public building.
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The regional administration for Veliko Tarnovo region (Oblastna administratsiya – oblast Veliko Tarnovo) is seeking external project management expertise to steer energy efficiency, sustainable renovation and green infrastructure upgrades to its own administrative building. The move points to a wider shift in Bulgaria’s public sector, where authorities are buying in specialist support to manage a growing pipeline of green investment projects.
Published on 22nd December 2025, the contract notice for Project Management Expert Assistance sets out a clear brief: provide “expert technical assistance” to support project management activities tied to three strands of work at an administrative building in Veliko Tarnovo:
The wording of the notice places the emphasis on project management and technical assistance rather than on direct construction works. The administration appears to be looking for experts who can bolster its in-house capacity as it plans and delivers improvements to the building’s performance and surroundings.
The notice does not spell out contract value, duration or detailed tasks. Even so, the emphasis on technical assistance indicates that the administration wants extra capacity as it plans and delivers improvements to the administrative building in line with its energy efficiency, renovation and green infrastructure objectives.
The Veliko Tarnovo contract sits alongside a growing number of Bulgarian tenders that separate project management and consultancy from construction. In August 2025, Obshtina Vidin launched Consultancy Services for Urban Development, seeking expert support for project management across education, social services, energy efficiency and tourism initiatives.
In November 2025, Obshtina Blagoevgrad followed with Project Management Experts for Urban Development. That procurement aims to strengthen project management teams for a regional programme including park renovations, new social services, community centre upgrades, educational facilities and urban mobility planning.
In December 2025, Obshtina Petrich issued Project Management Support for Petrich Municipality. Here the municipality wants expert technical assistance for organising, managing and reporting project activities under a Regional Development Program, with a clear brief to ensure compliance with the grant agreement and applicable regulations.
Obshtina Plovdiv has taken a similar tack. Its October 2025 notice, Management of Energy Renovation Projects, seeks organisation and management services for multiple energy renovation projects in the Trakia district. The focus there is on coordination, reporting and compliance with financial and transparency requirements.
Other municipalities are commissioning more specialist consultancy around energy renovation itself. In September 2025, Obshtina Pleven published Consulting Services for Energy Renovation, including preparation of investment compliance reports and oversight of construction for multiple residential buildings.
Taken together, these procurements show how Bulgaria’s public bodies are building a market for ESG-aligned advisory services. Recurring tasks include:
The Veliko Tarnovo administration’s decision to commission dedicated project management assistance for its own building fits within this pattern. It underlines that sustainability goals are no longer seen as a narrow technical issue, but as a management challenge that cuts across finance, procurement and urban development.
Behind the demand for project management lies a much larger construction and engineering pipeline. Throughout 2025, Bulgarian municipalities have been tendering design, build and supervision services for energy renovation and efficiency upgrades, particularly in multi-family residential buildings.
In July 2025, Obshtina Pernik advertised Engineering for Energy Efficiency in Pernik, covering design, construction and supervision of efficiency measures in four multi-family residential buildings. The project aims to improve energy consumption, accessibility and living conditions.
Similar engineering-led tenders have followed. Obshtina Haskovo’s December 2025 Sustainable Energy Renovation Engineering seeks design, construction and supervision services for multiple residential buildings at various locations. In the same month, Obshtina Harmanli issued Engineering for Energy Renovation Projects for the energy renovation of four multi-family residential buildings, again covering project development, construction and supervision in line with Bulgarian regulations.
Obshtina Slivnitsa’s November 2025 Sustainable Energy Renovation Project also focuses on engineering execution of energy efficiency measures in three residential buildings, while Obshtina Targovishte’s Energy Renovation Project pairs design, construction and author’s supervision for a multi-family building.
Some authorities are experimenting with procurement design to structure this work. Obshtina Kyustendil’s October 2025 notice, Energy Efficiency Measures in Kyustendil, limits each bidder to two separated positions, explicitly to encourage competition across the energy efficiency programme.
The renovation drive extends beyond housing. In August 2025, Obshtina Veliko Tarnovo launched Energy Efficiency Renovation for Kindergarten, an engineering contract for major renovation and efficiency improvements at the St. St. Cyril and Methodius kindergarten, aiming to enhance energy characteristics, cut costs and restore operational capabilities.
Cultural infrastructure is also in line for modernisation. The Nikola Vaptsarov Drama Theatre in Blagoevgrad is the subject of the Development of Theatre Investment Projects, published in September 2025. That contract covers the preparation of working investment projects and author supervision, with a stated focus on energy efficiency measures and creating a sustainable cultural development hub.
Public administration buildings feature as well. In November 2025, Obshtina Varna advertised Energy Efficiency Project for Varna, seeking an engineering contractor to design, build and supervise efficiency measures for an administrative building in the Vladislav Varnenchik district as part of a national initiative for sustainable energy renovation.
Against this backdrop, the Veliko Tarnovo regional administration’s new call for project management assistance sits alongside the wider national push on energy renovation. By commissioning expert support, the administration is positioning its own administrative building project to be planned and overseen with similar rigour to the construction contracts now moving through the market.
Several of these projects are explicitly tied to broader funding and policy frameworks. Obshtina grad Dobrich notes in its August 2025 notice, Sustainable Energy Renovation Projects, that its residential energy renovation programme is funded by the Recovery and Resilience Mechanism. Other municipalities, including Blagoevgrad and Petrich, reference regional programmes, while Varna’s administrative building scheme forms part of a national initiative for sustainable energy renovation.
This mix of national and programme-based funding is mirrored in the procurement language, which stresses grant agreements, regulations, technical and safety standards, and financial and transparency requirements. The type of expert technical assistance now being procured in Veliko Tarnovo is intended to help manage these obligations alongside the technical aspects of energy renovation.
For ESG-focused consultancies and engineering firms, the notices point to three overlapping opportunity areas:
The breadth of current notices points to advantages for firms that can work across these boundaries and demonstrate experience with Bulgarian regulations and programme requirements.
The Veliko Tarnovo regional administration has set out only the broad contours of its Project Management Expert Assistance contract. Details of the chosen supplier’s remit, and of any subsequent design-and-build tenders for the administrative building, will be important signals of how the region intends to deliver on its energy efficiency and green infrastructure aims.
More broadly, the flow of recent notices suggests that energy renovation, sustainable urban development and related project management services are now established themes in Bulgarian public procurement. How authorities balance in-house capacity with external expertise, and how they package engineering and consultancy services, is already shaping the market.
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