RFP - Community Engagement and Stewardship Services

Clean Water Services (District) invites qualified consultants to submit proposals to provide community engagement and stewardship services. A description of the services included, and the Proposal requirements and timelines are in District’s Request for Proposals (RFP). Interested consultants must submit a Proposal to be considered. The intent is to enter into multiple Price Agreements.

Proposals are to be submitted electronically to Kris Duffe, Procurement Specialist, via Equity Hub’s Bid Locker (Bid Locker)
at https://bidlocker.us/details/4824_Rfp___Community_Engagement_And_Stewardship_Services, by 4:00:00 p.m., PST, on May 5, 2025. Before a Proposal is submitted, you will need to register with Bid Locker at https://bidlocker.us/Home/bidlockerus. There is no cost to register. Any Proposals received after the specified time will not be considered. District will not accept Proposals by mail, facsimile or email. Late Proposals will not be considered for award. Proposals will not be publicly opened or read aloud. The RFP document may be downloaded from Bid Locker at https://bidlocker.us/details/4824_Rfp___Community_Engagement_And_Stewardship_Services. It is the consultant’s responsibility to refer daily to Bid Locker’s website to check for any available amendments or addenda, response to inquiries or questions, cancellations, or notices of intent to award, and any and all information regarding this opportunity. It is not District’s responsibility to notify participating consultants by email or by any other means of any of the above. Copies of this advertisement can be obtained on the Bid Locker website or District’s website at https://dynamic.cleanwaterservices.org/Bids.

If problems are experienced downloading the RFP, please contact Kris Duffe at duffek@cleanwaterservices.org. A pre-proposal conference will be held on Microsoft Teams, on Thursday, April 10, 2025, at 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Attendance is voluntary for consultants planning to submit a proposal. District may reject any Proposal not in compliance with all prescribed procedures and requirements, and may cancel the solicitation or reject, for good cause, any or all Proposals upon a finding that it is in the public interest to do so.