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PS-06/21 Advertisement Request for Proposals for Growing Contract for Native Plant Material

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REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS

FOR GROWING CONTRACT FOR NATIVE PLANT MATERIAL

CLEAN WATER SERVICES

Proposal Documents Due: 3:00:00 p.m. local time, Friday, July 17, 2026

Clean Water Services (District) wishes to enter into a three-year contract to purchase native plants for use in its watershed enhancement projects. Interested contractors must submit proposals.

Proposals for this Request for Proposals (RFP) must be submitted to Marcela Erceg, Procurement Specialist, electronically via Equity Hub’s Bid Locker at https://bidlocker.us/details/6258_Request_For_Proposals_For_Growing_Contract_For_Nativ e_Plant_Material (Bid Locker) by 3:00:00 p.m., local time, Friday, July 17, 2026. Late proposals or proposals that are faxed, mailed or emailed will not be accepted. Before Contractors can submit their proposals, they will need to register with Bid Locker at https://bidlocker.us/Home/bidlockerus. There is no cost to register. Proposals will not be opened publicly nor read aloud.

The Request for Proposals (RFP) may be downloaded from Bid Locker. It is the Proposer’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 Proposers 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 you experience problems downloading the RFP or wish to make arrangements to view a copy of the RFP or ask any questions regarding document distribution, Proposers may contact Marcela Erceg at ercegm@cleanwaterservices.org.

Contractors are required to attend a preproposal conference. The preproposal conference will be held virtually on July 1, 2026 from 10:00 am to 10:30 am, PST. using this Microsoft Teams Link: https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/210300458160553?p=xx2CNewB6ecogWAhpl

District will not consider a proposal from a Contractor that does not attend the pre-proposal conference.

Contractors need not be licensed under ORS 468A.720 (regarding licensing of contractors on projects involving asbestos abatement).

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.