This is a service / maintenance or supply contract in Saint Albans, Vermont. Contact the soliciting agency for additional information.

Northwest Regional Planning Commission (NRPC), a Clean Water Service Provider (CWSP) for two major watersheds in Vermont, is issuing this Request for Qualifications (RFQ) for services as described below. The NRPC seeks to prequalify and contract with Contractors to provide services to the CWSP for a three-year period as envisioned by the Clean Water Service Delivery Act. NRPC is seeking contractors for design, construction/implementation, operation & maintenance, and inspection, reporting & verification. Prequalified Contractors may be selected to provide services to the NRPC and/or its CWSP Subgrantee Project Implementors/Managers through a simplified bid process. (Note: NRPC recently published a separate RFQ aimed at natural resource conservation districts, watershed groups, land conservation organizations, and municipalities to serve NRPC as Subgrantee Project Implementors/Managers of non-regulatory water quality projects.) Services will address water quality improvement via non-regulatory projects. The NRPC may extend or renew contracts that it awards. Contract extensions will be based on performance for the prior contract period and availability of funds. Provision of services may commence upon engagement as a pre-qualified CWSP Contractor and extend through December, 2025. Work will be funded using state funds primarily. All requirements associated with those funds and any others used will be followed. This solicitation of proposals in no way obligates NRPC to award a contract. All potential Project Contractors are required to provide their pre-qualification proposal by the deadline noted at the top of this page. Mailed submittals with postmarks on or before the deadline date will be accepted and reviewed. To be considered responsive to this RFQ, each proposal must provide all information requested below. A confirmation email will be sent of receipt of the proposal. Questions regarding this RFQ should be directed to dpierce@nrpcvt.com; please use "RFQ question" in the subject line. NRPC will post a list of questions and answers linked to the NRPC RFP portal. Questions will be accepted until 12:00 p.m (noon) November 18, 2022, to ensure all parties have adequate time to review the answers. Once the proposals are discussed and ranked, Fee schedules will be reviewed. The NRPC reserves the right to seek clarification of any proposal submitted and to select contractors that best promote the public interest. The selection committee will make every effort to announce final decisions by December 16, 2022. All proposals become the property of the NRPC upon submission. The cost of preparing, submitting and presenting a proposal is the sole expense of the contractor. The NRPC reserves the right to reject any and all proposals received as a result of this solicitation, to negotiate with any qualified source, to waive any formality and any technicalities or to cancel the RFQ in part or in its entirety if it is in the best interest of the NRPC. This solicitation of proposals in no way obligates NRPC to award a contract. NRPC will engage Contractors via an initial contract. That contract will set the stage for Contractors to perform work pursuant to specific Task orders. Tasks orders will be issued after the completion of an abbreviated bidding process.