Regional Governance Facilitation and Development Services

The buyer requires an onshore USA organization to provide offsite regional governance facilitation and development services for a government authority in Maine. The selected vendor must independently facilitate a collaborative regional governance-development process and identify shared interests, concerns, and areas of disagreement. Additionally, the vendor must help participating counties evaluate governance, financial, ownership, and operational alternatives, develop a recommended governance framework, and document consensus alongside unresolved policy issues. The vendor's scope includes assisting county representatives and legal counsel with recommended legislative revisions, drafting a Governance Agreement or Memorandum of Understanding, and providing a final report with recommendations for county commissioners and legislative delegations. Finally, the vendor must support participating counties in establishing a practical implementation path. The buyer seeks proposals for the budget and requires all questions by September 4, 2026.