Urban Tree Assessment and Forest Management Plan Service

The City of Saint Paul, Minnesota, is seeking a vendor to provide an urban tree assessment and forest management plan service. The city's parks forestry division is responsible for the maintenance, planting, and long-term resilience of the public urban forest, which serves as a critical component of the city's infrastructure and natural ecosystem. This initiative aims to sustain the urban forest against threats such as invasive pests and diseases, shifting climate conditions, air and water pollution, soil compaction, constrained growing environments, and limited management resources. The requested scope of work includes developing a framework for continued public engagement and creating a vision statement collaboratively with community input and parks forestry staff. The selected vendor must also provide recommendations for annual targets to enable ongoing tracking of progress toward plan goals, including quantifying the number of trees or acreage to be planted. While the plan focuses on public resources, it must account for the fact that privately owned trees form the remainder of the city's urban forest. Eligible bidders must be onshore organizations based in the United States. The agency requires the performance of the work to be conducted offsite. The agency has not disclosed a specific budget and is looking for proposals to determine the cost. Bidders must submit all questions regarding this opportunity no later than July 7, 2026.