The Long Creek Watershed Management District ("LCWMD") is seeking proposals from qualified service providers to provide pavement sweeping services in the Long Creek Watershed. Long Creek is a freshwater urban stream system in southern Maine. The Long Creek Watershed is approximately 3.45 square miles and is located in the municipalities of Portland, South
Portland, Westbrook, and Scarborough. The Long Creek Watershed. LCWMD is a quasi-municipal, special purpose district established as a separate legal entity and instrumentality and as a body corporate and politic under the laws of the State of Maine. LCWMD was formed to provide the structure for the cooperative implementation of the Long Creek Watershed Management Plan ("Watershed Management Plan"). Implementation of the Watershed Management Plan is required of permittees under the General Permit -- Post Construction Discharge of Stormwater in the Long Creek Watershed ("Long Creek General Permit") issued by the Maine Department of Environmental Protection on April 15, 2015. The Watershed Management Plan lays out a course of action toward improving water quality in Long Creek and meeting water quality goals. The pavement sweeping services that are the subject of this RFP are being carried out as a requirement of the Watershed Management Plan. Comments and/or questions concerning this Request for Proposals ("RFP") must be received by LCWMD's Executive Director, Peter Carney, via email to 3T4pcarney@restorelongcreek.org34T, by phone to (207) 894-4320, or delivery to Long Creek Watershed Management District c/o CCSWCD, Pavement Sweeping Services RFP - Questions, 35 Main Street, Suite 3, Windham, ME 04062, no later than 4:00 PM on January 4, 2024. LCWMD anticipates awarding agreements for the work under this RFP in January 2024, with work beginning in April 2024. Agreements awarded under this RFP will be for services to be performed in the 2024 and 2025 calendar years. By submitting a proposal in response to this RFP, proposers affirm that unit prices included in their proposal will remain in effect, without modification, escalation, or adjustment, through December 31, 2025, if an agreement is awarded. Scope of Pavement Sweeping Services. The pavement sweeping services for which the successful proposer (hereinafter "Service Provider") will be responsible includes pavement sweeping for pavement managed by LCWMD in the Long Creek Watershed (hereinafter the "Pavement Sweeping Services"). The work will take place on multiple parcels owned and/or operated by permittees under the Long Creek General Permit. LCWMD's authority to access these parcels is through "Participating Landowner Agreements" between LCWMD and each permittee under the Long Creek General Permit. The parcels include retail, commercial, industrial, residential, and government properties. The swept areas are primarily comprised of parking areas and access drives, but also include a limited amount of curb lines on public roads.
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