Active SLED Opportunity · WASHINGTON · CITY OF BELLINGHAM
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The City of Bellingham seeks a consultant for annual monitoring and management recommendations of heron colonies, including event-based disturbance observation, via an RFP due May 26, 2026.
The City of Bellingham is inviting all interested parties to respond to this RFP by submitting their electronic proposal. The City of Bellingham is interested in contracting with a consultant to complete annual monitoring of the identified heron colonies (to date: Post Point and Little Squalicum Park) for up to five years beginning in October 2026 as well as a management recommendations document for the Little Squalicum Park colony, similar in scope to the Post Point Heron Colony Management Recommendations Update (Eissinger 2019). It also requires some event-based observation to monitor for disturbance (e.g. Ski to Sea). Work may be completed in multiple phases and services may extend to additional colonies if they form during the contract term. The Interested parties may view the solicitation documents on the City of Bellingham website at https://cob.procureware.com/ . Questions can be addressed to the Purchasing bids email at bids@cob.org The Purchasing Office at must receive the electronic bids proposals through the City Bid portal ‘’Procureware’’ https://cob.procureware.com/ no later than 11:00 AM on May 26, 2026 . The Electronic sealed bids proposals will be opened and read after the 11:00 AM deadline. The City reserves the right to postpone making the award for a reasonable length of time, to reject all bids/quotes/proposals or parts of bids/quotes/proposals as may be in the best interest of the City.
SLED stands for State, Local, and Education. These are solicitations issued by state governments, counties, cities, school districts, utilities, and higher education institutions — as opposed to federal agencies.
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