RFQ 17A 250506-0246 Bid Prices.xlsx

This Excel document is a bid pricing spreadsheet for road salt procurement for select Maine municipalities and political subdivisions across multiple counties for the 2025-2026 winter season. The request for quotation (RFQ) 17A 250506-0246 covers road salt tonnage for 135 municipalities and four University of Maine campuses, with a total projected salt requirement of 155,272 tons distributed across 12 Maine counties including Androscoggin, Aroostook, Cumberland, Franklin, Hancock, Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln, Oxford, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Sagadahoc, Somerset, Waldo, Washington, and York.

The bid pricing document appears to be a comprehensive procurement effort allowing municipalities to participate in a collective purchasing agreement, with each municipality specifying its anticipated road salt requirements for the upcoming winter season. The document includes a 0% tariff surcharge option and lists detailed tonnage requirements for each participating municipality, ranging from as low as 35 tons (Portage Lake) to as high as 6,300 tons (Portland). The pricing is structured per ton, enabling municipalities to efficiently budget and plan for winter road maintenance while potentially benefiting from economies of scale through a unified procurement approach.