Fish.pdf

This is a Request for Quotations (RFQ) issued by the State of Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife (IFW) through the Office of State Procurement Services for the procurement of two electrofishing boats with trailers as a bundled purchase. The solicitation seeks two complete turnkey systems: a 16-foot flat-bottom aluminum electrofishing boat equipped with a 40 HP Yamaha four-stroke outboard motor, electrofishing equipment, and tandem axle trailer for IFW's Ashland Regional Office, and a 20-foot shallow-V aluminum electrofishing boat equipped with a 150 HP primary Yamaha motor, 25 HP kicker motor, electrofishing equipment, and tandem axle trailer for IFW's Jonesboro Regional Office. All equipment must be delivered as fully installed, wired, tested, and operational systems with all delivery costs included in the bid price under Free on Board (FOB) Destination terms. Electronic quotation submissions are required through the State of Maine's Advantage Vendor Self Service system with a deadline of 4:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on February 24, 2026. Delivery must occur within twenty-four months of order acceptance, with staggered delivery acceptable, and vendors must provide a boom truck for off-loading at delivery locations with minimum two business days' notice before delivery.

The primary evaluation criterion is price, with award being made to the lowest-priced qualified bidder meeting all specifications. All equipment must be new, unused, and free from defects, with bidders permitted to submit equivalent items with supporting documentation for equivalency approval by IFW. The RFQ does not identify any set-aside designations for disadvantaged enterprises, minority-owned businesses, women-owned businesses, or other restricted respondent categories, and no incumbent vendors or current contractors are referenced. The solicitation does not establish a specific budget range or award value; pricing will be determined by competitive quotations submitted by responding vendors. The State reserves the right to negotiate additional unit purchases at the bid price for up to six months following award and reserves the right to make no award if deemed not in the State's best interest. The State is exempt from federal, state, and local taxes, and all quotations must be submitted excluding these taxes.