Remote Off-Grid Cashless Payment Kiosk

The State of Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry, Bureau of Parks and Lands is issuing a Request for Proposals (RFP 202604075) for the installation, setup, and service of a remote off-grid cashless payment kiosk system designed to collect fees at Maine State Parks. The primary deliverable is a secure, cashless payment collection system with an initial deployment at Quoddy Head State Park in Lubec, Maine, which receives approximately 82,000 annual visitors. The kiosk must accept credit and debit card payments, operate with both solar-powered and hard-wired power options, and function reliably in harsh Maine weather conditions including sub-zero temperatures, high humidity, salt exposure, and precipitation; bidders unable to provide both power options will be excluded from consideration. Required qualifications include PCI DSS version 4.0.1 compliance, point-to-point encryption for cardholder data, offline transaction processing capabilities, detailed revenue reporting functionality, phone support, staff training, and a one-year parts warranty. The evaluation criteria allocate 25 points to Organization Qualifications and Experience, 50 points to Proposed Services, and 25 points to Cost Proposal, with cost scoring based on a mathematical formula awarding 25 points to the lowest bid for initial setup, installation, and one year of annual service fees calculated on 82,000 visitors at $3 per person. Questions must be submitted by June 5, 2026, at 4:00 p.m. local time, and proposals are due June 19, 2026, at 4:00 p.m. local time via the Vendor Self Service system. The initial contract period runs from July 1, 2026, through October 15, 2028, with two optional renewal periods extending through October 15, 2031.

The RFP does not specify set-aside designations or restrictions on organization types eligible to respond. The State currently uses Elavon as its credit card processor, and selected vendors must integrate with this existing payment processing infrastructure. Cost proposals must include separate itemized breakdowns for delivery, installation, setup, annual service fees, and optional cellular or satellite modem purchase and fees for each device type; annual service fees must be structured as either a percentage of collected revenue or a specified dollar amount per transaction and automatically deducted from revenue rather than invoiced separately. The solicitation does not identify an incumbent vendor or current contractor, suggesting this represents a new service offering for the State. No specific budget range or award value is provided in the RFP, though the State anticipates awarding a single contract with Quoddy Head State Park serving as a pilot location; expansion to additional park locations will depend on the kiosk's performance and revenue collection results, with no guarantee of future installations beyond the initial site.