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RFI for Maritime Heritage Preservation Planning and Interpretation Service

Port Deposit, MarylandMaryland, USADue Saturday, October 24, 2026
Client
Port Deposit, Maryland
RFP Number
EXTRA-77848
Posted
10/10/2026
Category
Professional, Consulting, Administrative or Management Support Services
Budget
Looking for Proposals
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Description

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The Town of Port Deposit, Maryland, requires a continuing, long-term partner to provide maritime heritage preservation planning and interpretation services. The selected entity will help develop a project centered on the Port Deposit waterfront that includes research, documentation, archaeology, oral history, mapping, or archival work leading to the design of interpretive displays. Expressions of interest are open to US organizations, including cultural resources consultants, preservation professionals, historians, archaeologists, and academic institutions. All performance of the work will take place onsite. Applicants must submit expressions of interest digitally via email or online in PDF format by 4:00 PM on October 23, 2026, or no later than October 24, 2026. Submissions must include evidence of insurance naming the Town as a named insured, as well as information on relevant experience, availability, and schedule. The Town will evaluate proposals using qualifications-based criteria, emphasizing relevant experience weighted at 25%. Detailed scopes and fees will be negotiated under a potential contract term of up to three years with two two-year renewal options.

Key solicitation details

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The Town of Port Deposit is seeking expressions of interest from cultural resources consultants, preservation professionals, historians, archaeologists, and academic institutions to assist with maritime heritage preservation planning and interpretation centered on the Port Deposit waterfront. The project involves preservation planning that leads to the design of interpretive displays along Marina Park. The RFEI may serve as the basis for a contract of up to three years with t…

Issued by
Town of Port Deposit
RFEI Issued
October 8, 2026
RFEI Due (Page 1)
October 23, 2026 by 4:00 PM
RFEI Deadline (Page 4)
October 24, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Anticipated award
late November
Initial assignment completion date
December 1, 2026
How to submit
Electronic via email
Submission details
Submit in PDF format to Jamie Kendrick at [email protected]. Responses should not exceed five (5) pages, exclusive of brief resumes or project examples.
Contract term
up to three years with two two-year options for renewal by the Town
Estimated value
approximately $80,000
Place of performance
Port Deposit waterfront / Marina Park, Port Deposit, MD
Insurance and bonding
Evidence of insurance provided with proposal, listing the Town as a named insured.
Funding
National Maritime Heritage Grant Program, Maryland Historical Trust (MHT), 2 CFR § 200.320(b)(2)(iv), federal funds

How proposals are evaluated

Proposed Approach30%
Team25%
Relevant Experience25%
Understanding & Creativity20%

Scope of work

  • Archival and primary-source research
  • Historic resource or cultural landscape documentation
  • Mapping of waterfront resources
  • Targeted archaeological assessment
  • Oral histories collection
  • Development of an interpretive framework
  • Conceptual or final design of exhibits, panels, or digital interpretation
  • Creation of a research archive, resource inventory, or mapped database

Minimum qualifications

  • Cultural resources consultants, preservation professionals, historians, archaeologists, academic institutions, or interpretive professionals
  • Demonstrated relevant qualifications and expertise of the project lead
  • Demonstrated success on comparable preservation, maritime, archaeology, research, or interpretive work

Documents to include with the bid

  • Expressions of interest (max 5 pages)
  • Brief resumes
  • Project examples
  • Evidence of insurance with the Town as a named insured

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