Request For Proposals For Growing Contract For Native Plant Material

Clean Water Services (District) wishes to enter into a three-year contract to purchase native plants for use in its watershed enhancement projects. Interested contractors must submit proposals.

Everything we do at Clean Water Services aims to protect public health while enhancing the natural environment of the Tualatin River Watershed. We are a water resources management utility that combines science and nature to clean water and return it to the Tualatin River, so it can be used again. We work in partnership with others to safeguard the river’s health and vitality, ensure the economic success of our region, and protect public health for nearly 600,000 residents in urban Washington County.

The selected contractor(s) will be required to obtain the seed used to grow the plant material, and to deliver or arrange for delivery of the plant material to the District’s plant material facilities in Washington County, Oregon

District will award more than one contract. The highest-scoring contractors submitting the most advantageous and responsive proposals will be eligible for the award of a contract containing species in the stock type (species-stock type) at the price proposed by the contractor. District’s reserves the right to determine the number of contracts awarded based on the number and quality of proposals received.

Proposal Documents Due: 3:00:00 p.m. local time, Friday, July 17, 2026

Contractors are required to attend a preproposal conference. The preproposal conference will be held virtually on July 1, 2026 from 10:00 am to 10:30 am, PST. using this Microsoft Teams Link: https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/210300458160553?p=xx2CNewB6ecogWAhpl

District will not consider a proposal from a Contractor that does not attend the pre-proposal conference