Bulgaria – Tree-cutting services – Почистване на сервитут на ВЛ 220 kV Равногор, обслужван от управление МЕР „Пловдив“, отдел Пазарджик

The subject of this procurement is a service including the clearing of the servitude zone (servitude), affecting land properties in forest and non-forest (urban, agricultural, protected, disturbed areas for restoration) territories of the overhead power line (Overhead Line (OHL)) 220 kV Ravnogor, part of the transmission network of Bulgaria. The 220 kV Ravnogor OHL was commissioned in 1968, represents the link between PAVEC Orpheus and substation Aleko and is serviced by the Management of the Distribution System Operator (DSO) Plovdiv, Department of Pazardzhik from pole No. 1 to pole No. 85. The 220 kV Ravnogor OHL has a nominal voltage of 220 kV, with one set of poles with a triangular arrangement of the phase conductors. The route of the 220 kV Ravnogor OHL designated for clearing passes through different categories of territories, including mountainous or rugged terrain, some of which lack roads, and access with machinery is difficult. The clearing of the servitude is an activity that includes: - removal of trees, shrubs and branches in the servitude, on land properties in forest territories, representing a clearing; - removal and pruning of individual trees, shrubs and branches in the servitude on land properties outside forest territories; - removal of the cut wood mass to the left and/or right boundary of the servitude, so that the strip between the outermost conductors is freed; - felling and transport of timber to a temporary storage (timber harvesting). The clearing of the servitude (clearing) is necessary in connection with the requirements of Article 765 of the National Technical Requirements for Electrical Installations and Ordinance No. 16 of 2004 for the servitudes of energy facilities, through the removal of trees, shrubs and shoots and the removal of the cut trees, branches, shrubs, shoots, tops, waste, dry wood mass and unusable timber outside the clearing, the requirements of the State Grid and other subordinate regulatory documents.