# Massachusetts COMMBUYS #BD-27-1020-DCRCU-DC250-134375

Massachusetts DCR watershed salt-reduction grants for winter road-treatment equipment and materials

**Posted:** October 13, 2026
**Respond By:** October 24, 2026
**Identifier:** BD-27-1020-DCRCU-DC250-134375

Massachusetts DCR is offering FY2027 grants to watershed municipalities for equipment and materials that improve winter road treatment and reduce salt use.
- **Buyer:** Commonwealth of Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR), through the Division of Water Supply Protection (DCR/DWSP) and DCR Contracts Unit.
- **Eligible applicants:** The 18 watershed municipalities and their Departments of Public Works with more than 10 miles of town roads in the watershed system: Barre, Boylston, Holden, Hubbardston, New Salem, Oakham, Orange, Paxton, Petersham, Phillipston, Princeton, Rutland, Shutesbury, Sterling, Templeton, Wendell, West Boylston, and Westminster. Individual or joint applications are allowed.
- **Funding:** Up to $100,000 in total funding is anticipated, with requests capped at $20,000 per community. Applicants must provide a cash match of at least 50% of total project cost; grants reimburse approved costs after the grantee pays them.
- **Eligible products and materials:** Vehicle pavement-temperature sensors; calibrated or automated salt-application equipment; materials for brine production; materials to retrofit vehicles for brine application; flexible plow blades; and salt-pile covers or containment materials.
- **Not eligible:** New vehicles, road salt, alternative anti-icing materials, and employee training.
- **Important requirements:** Applicants must document past salt use and report salt application for the project season and three subsequent winters. Equipment must meet the program’s useful-life and per-unit-cost criteria and be used for its approved purpose.
- **OEMs and vendors:** No manufacturers, brands, part numbers, or vendors are identified in the opportunity. Product quantities are not specified.

### Description

The Department of Conservation and Recreation, Division of Water Supply Protection, is soliciting grant applications from eligible watershed municipalities to support salt-use reduction strategies. Eligible projects include purchases such as pavement temperature sensors, calibrated or automated salt-application equipment, brine-production or retrofit materials, flexible plow blades, and salt-pile covers or containment; new vehicles, road salt, alternative anti-icing materials, and employee training are ineligible. Applicants must provide at least 50% of total project costs as a cash match, and may request up to $20,000 per project; up to $100,000 in total funding is expected. Approved project expenses and match must be expended by June 30, 2027, and applications are due October 23, 2026, at 11:59 PM.

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