# Maryland Procurement Portal #BPM059254

Port Deposit Waterfront Maritime Heritage Preservation Planning and Interpretation

**Posted:** October 14, 2026
**Respond By:** October 23, 2026
**Identifier:** BPM059254
**NAICS:** 541720, 541620, 541990

The Town of Port Deposit is seeking a consultant team to plan maritime heritage preservation and interpretation for its Maryland waterfront.
- **Government buyer:** Town of Port Deposit, Cecil County, Maryland; no sub-agency or office is specified.
- **Scope:** Preservation planning and research to support future interpretation of the waterfront. Potential work includes historic research and documentation, archaeology, oral history, mapping, archival research, and related preservation activities.
- **Key requirement:** The project must include meaningful historic preservation planning and cannot be limited to designing signs or exhibits.
- **OEMs and vendors:** No OEMs, vendors, or specific products are named. This is a professional-services opportunity, not a product purchase.
- **Estimated project cost:** $100,000–$500,000.
- **Potential contract term:** Up to three years, with two optional two-year renewals.

### Description

The Town of Port Deposit is seeking expressions of interest from cultural resources consultants, preservation professionals, historians, archaeologists, academic institutions, and others for a maritime heritage preservation and interpretation project centered on the waterfront. The work must include a meaningful historic preservation planning component and cannot consist solely of designing signs or exhibits. Potential activities include research, documentation, archaeology, oral history, mapping, archival work, or other preservation activities. The RFEI may form the basis of a contract for up to three years, with two two-year renewals.

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