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<p class="MsoNormal">Greetings OUR SHORE Community,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Sharing the Request for Proposals for nature-based engineering design services to assist communities. Proposal submissions due June 19, 2026. See below for more information.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>State of Maine<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Maine Office of Community Affairs<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>RFP# 202604081<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Nature-based Engineering Design Services for Communities<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The State of Maine is seeking proposals for engineering services to develop 30% preliminary designs for nature-based and hybrid strategies to help Maine communities to increase the resilience of their priority public properties.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">A copy of the RFP and all related documents can be obtained through Vendor Self Service (VSS):
<a href="https://mevss.hostams.com/PRDVSS1X1/AltSelfService">https://mevss.hostams.com/PRDVSS1X1/AltSelfService</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Proposals must be submitted to the Office of State Procurement Services, via Vendor Self Service (VSS). Proposal submissions must be received no later than 4:00 p.m., local time, on June 19, 2026. Proposals will be opened the following
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<p class="MsoNormal">Best,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Nathan<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Nathan Robbins<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Climate Change Specialist<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.maine.gov/dep/index.html">Maine Department of Environmental Protection</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">207-592-6590 | <a href="mailto:Nathan.P.Robbins@maine.gov">Nathan.P.Robbins@maine.gov</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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