Bidder Opportunities

Request for Proposals for Consultant Services for Videographer Services

“Empowering People. Restoring Nature.” Video Campaign

The Chesapeake Bay Trust seeks videographer services to film and edit a compelling storytelling campaign to visualize the Bay Trust’s tagline, “Empowering People. Restoring Nature.” The Bay Trust’s mission is to engage and empower diverse groups to take actions that enrich natural resources and local communities of the Chesapeake Bay region. As a nonprofit, grantmaking organization, the Bay Trust achieves its mission by awarding $20-30 million in grant funding each year to hundreds of nonprofits and community organizations throughout the region for hands-on projects that are ensuring cleaner, greener, healthier Chesapeake, Coastal Bays, and Youghiogheny watersheds for years to come. The goal of the video campaign is to visualize this mission, showing how the Bay Trust is empowering people to restore nature.

The campaign will feature ten (10) different one-minute videos to highlight the diversity of projects and communities supported through grantmaking and other initiatives. The videos should capture content in a natural and authentic way to illustrate the impact of the Bay Trust approach to environmental conservation.

Deadline for proposals is Monday, September 13, 2024 at 4:00 PM EST. 

This opportunity is currently OPEN.

To view the full Request for Proposals (RFP), click here.

Proposals must be submitted by email to dmc@cbtrust.org.

Request for Proposals for Contractual Services – 2025 Environmental Literacy Forum Civic Engagement Training

The Chesapeake Bay Trust and partners seek a qualified contractor who will provide an engaging and interactive two day training on civic engagement during the 2025 Environmental Literacy Forum, to take place at the National Conservation and Training Center in Shepherdstown, West Virginia January 7th-9th, 2025.

Every two years, the Forum Planning Partners (the Trust, Regional Outdoor Learning Network Initiative Network Advisory Team, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and the Chesapeake Bay Program Education Workgroup) coordinate an Environmental Literacy Forum, which brings together leaders in the formal and non-formal environmental literacy field from Chesapeake Bay watershed states. The Forum focuses on advancing practitioner knowledge and skills to support the conditions to realize environmental literacy goals and outcomes. Some of the goals of the upcoming Forum are to 1. Increase the knowledge and skills of networks and environmental literacy partners on how they can engage and activate school system decision-makers to reach an ultimate goal of sustainable funding for environmental literacy programming, 2. Share best practices in civic engagement and community organizing efforts, and 3. Provide guidance on increasing self-efficacy for effective stakeholder education and engagement.

Deadline for proposals is Monday, September 16, 2024 at 4:00 PM EST. (EXTENDED)

This opportunity is currently OPEN.

To view the full Request for Proposals (RFP), click here.

Proposals must be submitted through the Trust’s online application system linked below.

Request for Proposals

TO PROVIDE OUTREACH AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR THE CHESAPEAKE CONSERVATION AND CLIMATE CORPS PROGRAM

The Chesapeake Conservation and Climate Corps Program (https://cbtrust.org/chesapeake-climate-corps/) is one of the Trust’s flagship programs which promotes and protects the environment by providing young adults with opportunities to gain career skills and become more engaged through meaningful community service. The Corps is a one-year term of stipend-supported service that places young adults (ages 18-25) with nonprofits or government agencies to serve full-time in the environmental field. Throughout the year this program provides young professionals with experience, leadership and professional development training, mentorship, and a support network of young environmentalists. Positions offered by host organizations are in the fields of environmental restoration, climate change, community engagement, environmental education, sustainable agriculture, energy conservation, and forestry.

The purpose of this Request for Proposals is to identify a qualified contractor to increase awareness of and engagement in the Chesapeake Conservation and Climate Corps and provide support for eligible young adults through the application process and their potential placement within the Corps program.

This opportunity is currently OPEN.

To view the full Request for Proposals (RFP), click here.

Proposals must be submitted no later than 4pm on Thursday, October 3rd, 2024.

Proposals must be submitted through the Trust’s online application system linked below.

CANCELLED: Request for Proposals (RFP)

CONTRACTUAL SERVICES FOR TREE CARE PROVIDERS TO MAINTAIN THE TREES PLANTED BY THE CHESAPEAKE BAY TRUST URBAN TREES GRANT PROGRAM

On June 24th, the Chesapeake Bay Trust issued a Request for Proposals to engage one or more contractors to provide maintenance to a subset of the trees planted two years ago as part of the Urban Trees Grant Program created by the 2021 Tree Solutions Now Act.  Unfortunately, the Fiscal Year 2025 Urban Trees Grant Program budget was reduced by $2.5 million on July 17, 2024, as part of state-wide budget cuts in light of the state’s fiscal condition. (See Moore proposes nearly $150 million in budget cuts – Maryland Matters.)  As a result, we regret that we must cancel the RFP for “Contractual Services for Tree Care Providers to Maintain the Trees Planted by the Chesapeake Bay Trust Urban Trees Grant Program.”  We understand that some interested parties may have already started preparing proposals, and we understand how much time goes into proposal preparation.  We regret that this state-wide set of reductions has affected this program.

Request for Qualifications for Tree-Planting Service Providers

The purpose of this Request for Proposals (“RFQ”) is to develop a list of qualified tree service providers that can support various technical aspects of a tree planting project in underserved urban areas with, e.g., (site identification, tree species selection, procurement, obtaining services, and managing contractors). Ultimately, the goal is to provide groups applying to the Chesapeake Bay Trust Urban Trees Grant Program with resources and support in a number of areas as related to their tree planting efforts.

Deadline for proposals is ROLLING.

This opportunity is currently OPEN.

To view the full Request for Qualifications (RFQ), click here.

Proposals may be submitted to Lianna Gomori-Ruben at lgomori-ruben@cbtrust.org.