<div dir="ltr">Request for Written Quotes (RFQ) for Planning Services<br>Local Hazard Mitigation Plan (HMP) Update with Climate Vulnerability Element<br><br>Issued:  October 23, 2023<br>Proposals Due: December 1, 2023 at 10:00 AM<div><br></div><div><p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif" style="">The<span style="letter-spacing:-0.2pt"> </span>Town<span style="letter-spacing:-0.2pt"> </span>of
Mansfield,<span style="letter-spacing:-0.25pt"> </span>Massachusetts,<span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt"> </span>acting<span style="letter-spacing:-0.2pt">
</span>through<span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt"> </span>its<span style="letter-spacing:0.05pt"> </span>Town<span style="letter-spacing:-0.2pt"> </span>Manager,<span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt"> </span>is<span style="letter-spacing:3.85pt"> </span>soliciting<span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt"> </span>responses<span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt"> </span>from<span style="letter-spacing:-0.2pt"> </span>qualified<span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt"> </span>consultants<span style="letter-spacing:-0.2pt"> </span>for<span style="letter-spacing:0.1pt"> </span>a Hazard<span style="letter-spacing:3.45pt"> </span>Mitigation<span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt"> </span>Plan Update with a climate<span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt"> </span>impact<span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt"> </span>element<span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt">
</span>in alignment<span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt"> </span>with<span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt"> </span>the state’s<span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt"> </span>Municipal<span style="letter-spacing:4.65pt"> </span>Vulnerability<span style="letter-spacing:-0.2pt"> </span>Preparedness<span style="letter-spacing:-0.2pt"> </span>(MVP)<span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt"> </span>program.<span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt"> </span>Therefore,<span style="letter-spacing:-0.3pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt"> </span>objective<span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-0.25pt"> </span>this<span style="letter-spacing:-0.25pt"> </span>project<span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt">
</span>is<span style="letter-spacing:-0.25pt"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing:-0.3pt"> </span>have<span style="letter-spacing:-0.3pt"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing:3.55pt"> </span>plan<span style="letter-spacing:-0.25pt"> </span>that:</font><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"> </span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in"></p><ul><li><font face="arial, sans-serif">Meets<span style="letter-spacing:-0.3pt"> </span>all<span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt"> </span>requirements<span style="letter-spacing:-0.4pt"> </span>by<span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt"> </span>FEMA/MEMA<span style="letter-spacing:-0.25pt"> </span>for<span style="letter-spacing:-0.2pt"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt"> </span>certifiable<span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt"> </span>Hazard<span style="letter-spacing:-0.2pt"> </span>Mitigation<span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt"> </span>Plan,<span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt"> </span>and</font></li><li><font face="arial, sans-serif">Meets<span style="letter-spacing:-0.3pt"> </span>best<span style="letter-spacing:-0.2pt"> </span>practices<span style="letter-spacing:-0.25pt"> </span>for<span style="letter-spacing:-0.35pt"> </span>hazard<span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt"> </span>identification<span style="letter-spacing:-0.2pt"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-0.25pt"> </span>mitigation<span style="letter-spacing:-0.2pt"> </span>related<span style="letter-spacing:-0.25pt">
</span>to<span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt"> </span>climate<span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt"> </span>action<span style="letter-spacing:4.35pt">
</span>plan<span style="letter-spacing:-0.25pt"> </span>development<span style="letter-spacing:-0.25pt"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt"> </span>aligned<span style="letter-spacing:-0.25pt"> </span>with<span style="letter-spacing:-0.2pt"> </span>any<span style="letter-spacing:-0.35pt"> </span>Municipal<span style="letter-spacing:-0.3pt"> </span>Vulnerability<span style="letter-spacing:-0.3pt"> </span>Preparedness<span style="letter-spacing:3.55pt"> </span>guidelines.</font></li></ul>

<p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif">This<span style="letter-spacing:-0.25pt"> </span>project<span style="letter-spacing:-0.2pt">
</span>is<span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt"> </span>intended<span style="letter-spacing:-0.2pt"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing:-0.2pt"> </span>be<span style="letter-spacing:-0.2pt"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt"> </span>single,<span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt"> </span>integrated<span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt"> </span>plan<span style="letter-spacing:-0.2pt"> </span>meeting<span style="letter-spacing:-0.25pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt"> </span>FEMA/MEMA<span style="letter-spacing:2.55pt"> </span>requirements<span style="letter-spacing:-0.25pt"> </span>of Hazard<span style="letter-spacing:-0.3pt"> </span>Mitigation<span style="letter-spacing:-0.2pt"> </span>Plans<span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt"> </span>also<span style="letter-spacing:-0.2pt"> </span>seamlessly<span style="letter-spacing:-0.2pt"> </span>integrating<span style="letter-spacing:-0.25pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt"> </span>materials<span style="letter-spacing:-0.25pt">
</span>from<span style="letter-spacing:-0.2pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:4.35pt"> </span>Mansfield <span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt">MVP</span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.25pt"> </span>Prioritization<span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt"> </span>Plan<span style="letter-spacing:-0.25pt"> </span>process<span style="letter-spacing:-0.2pt"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-0.25pt"> </span>other<span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt"> </span>related<span style="letter-spacing:-0.25pt">
</span>climate change resiliency planning or action.<span style="letter-spacing:-0.25pt"> </span></font></p>

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<p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif">The<span style="letter-spacing:-0.2pt"> </span>expectation<span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt"> </span>is<span style="letter-spacing:-0.2pt"> </span>that <span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt">at </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-0.2pt"> </span>end<span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-0.2pt"> </span>process,<span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt">
</span>Mansfield will<span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt"> </span>come away<span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt"> </span>with<span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt"> </span>single<span style="letter-spacing:3.15pt"> </span>integrated plan<span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt">
</span>document<span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt"> </span>that<span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt"> </span>functions<span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt"> </span>as<span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing:-0.2pt"> </span>working<span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt">
</span>blueprint<span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt"> </span>for the
implementation of<span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:2.75pt"> </span>actions<span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt"> </span>applicable<span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt"> </span>for<span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt"> </span>all<span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt"> </span>hazards<span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt">
</span>and vulnerabilities.</font></p><p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></p><p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></p><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font><br><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div style="border:0px;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:black!important"><b style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Garamond,serif;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,51,0)!important">Sarah L. Raposa, AICP</span></b><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:11pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"> </span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:12px">(she/her/hers)</span><br></div><div style="border:0px;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:black!important"><p style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;margin:0px"><span style="border:0px;font:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit">Director of Planning & Development </span></p><p style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;margin:0px"><span style="border:0px;font:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit">Mansfield, MA</span></p><p style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;margin:0px"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:10pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Corbel,sans-serif;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><a href="mailto:sraposa@mansfieldma.com" target="_blank">sraposa@mansfieldma.com</a> | </span><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:9pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">508.851.6457</span><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:10pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Corbel,sans-serif;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"> </span><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:11pt;line-height:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"> </span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div>