RFP guides
RFP Guides for Climate & Sustainability Services
For the people who write the request: what to ask for, how to score proposals, how long the work takes and what drives its cost. Each guide cites the rules and published RFPs behind it.
- Climate action planHow to Write an RFP for a Climate Action PlanScope a city or county climate action plan RFP that ends in adopted, fundable measures, with sample tasks, scoring weights, timelines and real budgets.For cities, counties, tribes and regional planning agencies
- Climate adaptation planHow to Write an RFP for a Climate Adaptation PlanScope a climate adaptation plan that turns risk into a funded project pipeline: rules by state, sample RFP language, weights, budgets and timelines.For cities, counties, regional agencies, tribes, ports and utilities
- Climate vulnerability assessmentHow to Write an RFP for a Climate Vulnerability AssessmentScope a climate vulnerability assessment that ranks what to protect: scenario rules, sample RFP language, scoring weights, real budgets and timelines.For cities, counties, utilities, ports, transit agencies and state agencies
- Community greenhouse gas inventoryHow to Write an RFP for a Community Greenhouse Gas InventoryScope a community greenhouse gas inventory RFP that yields a baseline you can repeat: protocol choices, data requests, scoring, timelines and real budgets.For cities, counties, tribes, territories and regional councils
- Corporate greenhouse gas inventoryHow to Write an RFP for a Corporate Greenhouse Gas InventoryScope a Scope 1, 2 and 3 inventory RFP that holds up under SB 253 and assurance: boundaries, data plans, sample tasks, scoring, timelines and costs.For companies, utilities, ports, universities and public agencies
- Double materiality assessmentHow to Write an RFP for a Double Materiality AssessmentScope a double materiality assessment RFP for CSRD reporting after Omnibus I: top-down methods, stakeholder input, sample tasks, scoring and budgets.For companies and groups reporting under the CSRD or aligning with the ESRS
- Hazard mitigation plan updateHow to Write an RFP for a Hazard Mitigation Plan UpdateScope a hazard mitigation plan update FEMA will approve: the 2025 rule changes, sample RFP language, scoring weights, real budgets and timelines.For counties, cities, towns, tribes and regional planning agencies
- Heat action planHow to Write an RFP for a Heat Action PlanScope a heat action plan that works in its first summer: activation triggers, sample RFP language, scoring weights, real budgets and timelines.For cities, counties, health departments, tribes and regional agencies
- Living shoreline feasibility studyHow to Write an RFP for a Living Shoreline Feasibility StudyScope a living shoreline feasibility study around Maryland’s 2008 law and MDE’s waiver factors, with permit lanes, sample RFP language and real budgets.For counties, towns, park agencies, land trusts and community associations with eroding tidal shorelines
- Nuisance flood planHow to Write an RFP for a Nuisance Flood PlanScope a Maryland nuisance flood plan that meets § 3-1018 and state guidance, with threshold calibration, sample RFP language, timelines and costs.For maryland coastal counties, cities and towns that flood at high tide
- Port sustainability planHow to Write an RFP for a Port Sustainability PlanScope a port sustainability or climate plan RFP around tenants, utilities and fundable projects, with sample scope language, scoring, timing and budgets.For port authorities, marine terminal operators and state port agencies
- Resilience funding strategyHow to Write an RFP for a Resilience Funding StrategyScope a resilience funding strategy that ranks projects, matches each to money it can win and gets designs ready before grant windows open.For counties, cities, resilience authorities and regional planning agencies
- Stakeholder engagement planHow to Write an RFP for a Stakeholder Engagement PlanScope an engagement RFP that ties public input to real decisions, with sample scope language, scoring weights and budgets from published RFPs.For public agencies, utilities, ports and nonprofits engaging communities on climate and infrastructure projects
- Sustainability reportHow to Write an RFP for a Sustainability ReportScope a sustainability report RFP around the GRI claim, the data and the assurance, with sample scope language, scoring weights and sourced budgets.For companies, ports, public agencies and nonprofits publishing sustainability or impact reports
- Environmental outreach campaignHow to Write an RFP for an Environmental Outreach CampaignScope an outreach campaign RFP around one measurable behavior per audience, with sample scope language, scoring weights and budgets from real RFPs.For stormwater permittees, utilities, energy offices, clean energy agencies and environmental nonprofits
- FEMA mitigation grant application supportHow to Write an RFP for FEMA Mitigation Grant SupportScope FEMA mitigation grant support that survives review: a benefit-cost screen first, current HMGP, FMA and BRIC rules, sample language and real costs.For counties, cities, towns, special districts and tribal governments