On behalf of Agawam, Granby, Northampton, Longmeadow, Ludlow, South Hadley, Southwick, West Springfield, and Westfield ("Participating Municipalities" hereafter), the Pioneer Valley Planning Commission (PVPC hereafter), through combined funding made available by Participating Municipalities, is seeking services from a qualified vendor with experience and expertise in design, construction, and operation of an integrated mobile data collection and mapping system that can easily integrate with EsriArcGIS for Desktop.

Under the recently issued final Massachusetts federal stormwater (MS4) permit, there are many new requirements related to mapping of storm drain systems as well as data collection and management, including use of data to define priority locations in the storm system infrastructure.  Participating Municipalities involved in this RFP are seeking to collaborate regionally in procuring services to develop, implement, and administer an online-mobile integrated data collection and mapping application.

A more detailed Request for Proposals (RFP) is electronically available through Mary Mazik at the PVPC.  Phone (413) 781-6045 or e-mail mmazik@pvpc.org, weekdays from 9 AM to 5 PM.  The RFP will be available from the time of this notice until the due date specified below.  The PVPC and Participating Municipalities will be the awarding and contracting authority and reserve the right to reject any and all proposals if it is deemed in the best interests of the PVPC or Participating Municipalities to do so. 

Completed proposals are to be submitted no later than 3:00 P.M. on Thursday, October 20  to Patty Gambarini at the Pioneer Valley Planning Commission, 60 Congress Street, Springfield, MA, 01104-3419.