Project Information

Bid Title

Wildfire Partners Home Hardening Pilot Program

Issuing Agency

Boulder County

Location

Colorado

Published Date

Mar 14, 2026

Closing Date

Apr 1, 2026

Government Level

State & Local

Status

Closed

Ref. #

RFP-257-26

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Project Description

Wildfire Partners Home Hardening Pilot Program

Due Date: 04/01/2026 2:00 pm

Bidding Number: RFP-257-26

Bidding Categories: Community Planning and Permitting

Other Comments:

Launched in 2014, Wildfire Partners is Boulder County government’s wildfire mitigation program. Wildfire Partners offers a long list of programs to help residents and partner organizations reduce wildfire risk and prepare for future wildfires. To learn more about Wildfire Partners, visit www.WildfirePartners.org. Successful bids will have a very strong understanding of Wildfire Partners.

This “Wildfire Partners Home Hardening Pilot Program” is designed to test a potential new program and service: The creation of a Wildfire Partners Home Hardening Contractors List and development of a Wildfire Partners Home Hardening Financial Award. For this RFP and pilot program, Wildfire Partners is looking to select three to five Home Hardening Contractors to complete approximately 100 home hardening pilot projects. Wildfire Partners will identify the pilot projects and divide them up between the three to five selected contractors. Each contractor selected through this RFP process will be offered a minimum of 20 pilot projects over the course of the project period. (Selected contractors may be offered more than 20 projects depending on the final number of contractors selected and other relevant factors.) Each pilot project will be unique and will be customized to fulfill the home hardening mitigation check-list requirements or priority items of the participating homeowners. Some of the pilot projects will be smaller, simpler and/or less expensive with fewer mitigation measures; others will be larger, more complex and/or more expensive with more items to complete.

The design of the Wildfire Partners Home Hardening Pilot Program is based on Wildfire Partners forestry efforts. Since 2014, Wildfire Partners has provided $2.3 million directly to contractors on its Wildfire Partners Forestry Contractors List. Wildfire Partners Forestry Financial Award is a 50-50 cost-share program with homeowners participating in the Wildfire Partners home assessment program; the Wildfire Partners share of the total project cost capped at $2,000. As a result, contractors on this list have completed projects totaling more than $4.6 million. Wildfire Partners has had lists of home hardening contractors in the past, but it has never had a home hardening cost-share program. Wildfire Partners is interested in the possibility of a home-hardening, costshare program. Funding for a potential program is available from the Boulder County Wildfire Mitigation Tax. This pilot program is an effort to develop some of the other essential pieces of a permanent program, including experienced home hardening contractors.

Submittal Instructions RFP-257-26

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Boulder County Procurement

1325 Pearl Street

Boulder, CO 80302

SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS

Reference Number: RFP-257-26

Project Name:

Wildfire Partners Home Hardening Pilot Program

Background:

Launched in 2014, Wildfire Partners is Boulder County government’s wildfire mitigation program.

Wildfire Partners offers a long list of programs to help residents and partner organizations reduce

wildfire risk and prepare for future wildfires. To learn more about Wildfire Partners, visit

www.WildfirePartners.org. Successful bids will have a very strong understanding of Wildfire

Partners.

This “Wildfire Partners Home Hardening Pilot Program” is designed to test a potential new program

and service: The creation of a Wildfire Partners Home Hardening Contractors List and development

of a Wildfire Partners Home Hardening Financial Award. For this RFP and pilot program, Wildfire

Partners is looking to select three to five Home Hardening Contractors to complete approximately

100 home hardening pilot projects. Wildfire Partners will identify the pilot projects and divide them

up between the three to five selected contractors. Each contractor selected through this RFP

process will be offered a minimum of 20 pilot projects over the course of the project period.

(Selected contractors may be offered more than 20 projects depending on the final number of

contractors selected and other relevant factors.) Each pilot project will be unique and will be

customized to fulfill the home hardening mitigation check-list requirements or priority items of the

participating homeowners. Some of the pilot projects will be smaller, simpler and/or less expensive

with fewer mitigation measures; others will be larger, more complex and/or more expensive with

more items to complete.

The design of the Wildfire Partners Home Hardening Pilot Program is based on Wildfire Partners

forestry efforts. Since 2014, Wildfire Partners has provided $2.3 million directly to contractors on

its Wildfire Partners Forestry Contractors List. Wildfire Partners Forestry Financial Award is a 50-50

cost-share program with homeowners participating in the Wildfire Partners home assessment

program; the Wildfire Partners share of the total project cost capped at $2,000. As a result,

contractors on this list have completed projects totaling more than $4.6 million. Wildfire Partners

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has had lists of home hardening contractors in the past, but it has never had a home hardening

cost-share program. Wildfire Partners is interested in the possibility of a home-hardening, cost-

share program. Funding for a potential program is available from the Boulder County Wildfire

Mitigation Tax. This pilot program is an effort to develop some of the other essential pieces of a

permanent program, including experienced home hardening contractors.

Instructions:

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evaluating proposals digitally:

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Important: Submissions will not be accepted by email, fax or hand-delivery; unless

otherwise noted.

Documents should not be embedded within uploaded files, as the embedded files will not be

accessible or evaluated.

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electronically through the Vendor Discussions or the Ask a Question feature.

All questions must be received on or before the Deadline for Submission of Clarifications, as

specified in the Schedule of Events. Boulder County will not accept any respondent’s

communications by any other means, except as specifically stated in this proposal.

Addendum:

At any time prior to the Close Date, Boulder County may alter, clarify, amend, delete or add to, in

whole or in part, any terms or provisions of this proposal.

In order to afford the Bidders a reasonable time for taking into account a material amendment

(the materiality of which Boulder County in its own discretion may determine) or for any other

reason, Boulder County may, at its own discretion, extend the Close Date.

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Commodity Codes

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