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<strong><span style="font-size:18.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#202020">MVP Planning 2.0 Request for Responses is Now Live</span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#202020"><br>
</span><em><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#202020">Important note: RFR is for consultant services, not a grant RFR for municipalities</span></em><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#202020"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="paragraph" style="margin:0in;vertical-align:baseline"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The</span> </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><a href="https://resilientma.org/mvp/" target="_blank"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0563C1">Massachusetts Municipal
Vulnerability Preparedness (MVP) program</span></span></a></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue">,</span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> created
in 2017</span>, provides support for cities and towns in Massachusetts to identify climate hazards, assess vulnerabilities, and develop and implement action plans to improve resilience to climate change. As the program reaches its 5-year anniversary, the Commonwealth
of Massachusetts’ Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA) is looking to work with a partner</span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> team</span> to formulate </span>a planning process,
trainings, and resources for updating the MVP plans and the priority actions identified within them. We are looking to formulate an update process (nicknamed MVP Planning 2.0) that is accessible, inclusive, engaging, equitable, collaborative, and actionable.
Project tasks include stakeholder engagement, developing step-by-step guidance of the update process, and creating tools and trainings to go along with the refreshed approach. The MVP program is committed to centering environmental justice and equity in MVP
Planning 2.0 and is seeking to engage with a partner(s) that has expertise in this area as well as with climate resilience planning, creating engaging and accessible content, and working with local MA governments. <span class="eop"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.commbuys.com/bso/external/bidDetail.sdo?docId=BD-22-1042-ENV-ENV01-67445&external=true&parentUrl=close" target="_blank"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0563C1">The
Request for Responses (RFR) can be found here</span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><b><span style="color:#0563C1">,</span></b></span></a></span><span class="normaltextrun"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> and closes at
5pm on November 22, 2021.</span></b></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> Questions can be submitted through the </span></span><span class="spellingerror"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Commbuys</span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> “Bid
Q&A” or at the Bidders’ Conference (see the Procurement Calendar within the RFR). Responses</span> to questions are estimated to be posted to </span><span class="spellingerror"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Commbuys</span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> on</span> November
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#2F5395">Andrew Smith, AICP (he/him)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#2F5395"></span></b><span style="color:#2F5395">Greater CT River Valley Regional Coordinator<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#2F5395">Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness Program<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#2F5395">MA Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#2F5395">617-655-3874 | 436 Dwight Street, Springfield, MA 01103</span><b><span style="color:#2F5597">
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