2020

LVM Announces a Tender for Soil Preparation by Making Soil Elevations and Maintenance of Drainage Systems

JSC “Latvia’s State Forests” (LVM) performs forest planting works, by restoring almost 10 000 ha of forest land annually with high-quality planting materials. Understanding the importance of soil preparation works in wet mineral soils and peat soils, as well as the need to maintain forest drainage systems, LVM hereby announces tender “Soil Preparation by Making Soil Elevations with an Excavator and a Rotating Soil Elevator and Daily Maintenance of Forest Drainage Systems in 2020 – 2024”.

The subject of the tender is the preparation of soil for reforestation and afforestation by forming elevations (uplifts) with a rotating soil elevator, as well as an excavator equipped with a standard or special bucket for making soil elevations.

LVM offers to conclude one-year or longer-term contracts by arranging an open tender. The total scope of works in the tender: soil preparation with an excavator with a bucket in an area of 3023 ha and soil preparation with a rotating soil elevator in an area of 2790 ha. Proposals should be submitted in the EIS by 01.06.2020; 12.00.

“The conditions in the forest, where the trees grown in nurseries end up, are different. Planning and selection of an appropriate type of soil preparation is a key precondition for successful reforestation. With the right choice and soil preparation, young forest will grow faster and better, without additional investment in planting and maintenance. In places where there is a lot of moisture, the most suitable way of soil preparation is the formation of elevations with an excavator and a rotating equipment for making elevations,” says Lauris Ropājs, LVM Forestry Quality Manager.

Soil preparation is one of the preparations that takes place before reforestation. High-quality soil preparation contributes to better planting material growth. After the preparation of soil and completion of planting works, distinct rows of trees are formed with a similar distance between the seedlings, which in the future facilitates agrotechnical tending, protection of trees against animal damage and tending of young trees.