Newly posted/open FY2027 Massachusetts Landscape Partnership grant. COMMBUYS procurement-style portal classifies this as 00-00-00 Grant Opportunity, not an ordinary supplier bid. Distinct from prior FY2026 round. Competitive application closes March 11, 2027 at 11:59 p.m. Full FY2027 BID PDF and amendments must control final eligibility and funding facts.
Massachusetts FY2027 Landscape Partnership Conservation Grants (March 11, 2027)
FundingFY2027 Landscape Partnership grant is competitively awarded financial assistance for large-scale conservation land acquisitions. FY2027 individual grant minimum and maximum are NOT VERIFIED or published in the accessible COMMBUYS listing. Overall FY2027 program funding pool is also not established. Historical previous-year award ceilings are not substituted. Matching and reimbursement percentages require inspection of the FY2027 attached bid PDF.
DeadlineMarch 11, 2027 at 11:59 p.m. per controlling COMMBUYS listing BD-27-1042-ENV-ENV01-134823. The listing does not expressly identify the time zone. Online bid posted October 26, 2026.
Last verifiedOctober 29, 2026 (official 2027 COMMBUYS posting and FY26 general program background, current complete bid attachment not accessible for full verification)
Required next actionOpen Massachusetts COMMBUYS bid BD-27-1042-ENV-ENV01-134823 and download FY27 Landscape Partnership Bid.pdf. Verify the bid's legal applicant partnerships, acreage, FY2027 grant limits, match, reimbursement and land acquisition restrictions. Prepare appraisals, conservation project maps, project narrative, partnership commitments, acquisition budget and required environmental reviews. Attend December 3, 2026 1 p.m. virtual information session, RSVP to Vanessa Farny by December 1. Submit through the method prescribed in the FY2027 bid by March 11, 2027 at 11:59 p.m. (time zone not published in listing).
Broad Eligibility
Current official solicitation invites two or more cooperating Massachusetts conservation partners to acquire interests in large unfragmented conservation and working landscapes. Historical official program categories include municipalities, nonprofit conservation organizations, nonprofit nonmunicipal public water suppliers and government entities. Exact FY2027 qualifying partnership composition, required acreage and property types, cost share and stewardship conditions need direct verification in current FY2027 bid PDF.
Atlas Analysis
October 29 2026: Direct authenticated retrieval of official COMMBUYS bid BD-27-1042-ENV-ENV01-134823 confirmed description Landscape Partnership Grant FY27 RFR, project FY27LAND0005, Oct26 posting, March11 2027 at 11:59 pm bid opening, attached FY27 Landscape Partnership Bid.pdf, program narrative and official grant opportunity classification. FY26 Massachusetts general program website is CLOSED for FY26 and MUST NOT be treated as a FY27 deadline. Full current FY27 attachment could not be downloaded/read, so individual award limit, match, exact eligibility, and submission rules are not verified. WordPress duplicate title and source identifier searches across all statuses returned no current record. Classified financial assistance due to conservation partnership acquisition purpose, not procurement-only. VERIFICATION HOLD: read 2027 bid PDF and amendments before protected approval. No invented applicant maximum or program pool.
Massachusetts FY2027 Landscape Partnership Grant Program
The Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA) opened a new competitive Landscape Partnership Grant opportunity on October 26, 2026. This program helps partnerships protect large, connected conservation and working landscapes through permanent land-acquisition and conservation-interest projects. Projects may protect forests, farms, watersheds, rare species habitat, and other valuable undeveloped landscapes.
Funding and application deadline
The FY2027 grant solicitation is BD-27-1042-ENV-ENV01-134823, Project FY27LAND0005. The official COMMBUYS listing gives an application closing time of March 11, 2027 at 11:59 p.m. No time zone is expressly stated in the current listing. Individual applicant award maximum and minimum are not confirmed from the accessible FY2027 controlling solicitation. The current competition-wide funding pool is also not published in the source information reviewed. Applicants must consult the FY2027 bid for exact reimbursement and cost-sharing requirements rather than using prior-year limits.
Eligible partnerships and projects
The current solicitation calls for at least two cooperating entities. The program’s official description identifies municipalities, nonprofit land conservation organizations, public water suppliers, and governmental land conservation partners as potential participants, subject to the FY2027 bid’s complete eligibility requirements. Projects may involve permanent fee-simple conservation acquisitions or qualifying conservation, agricultural preservation, or watershed preservation restrictions. The relevant acreage, property, stewardship, and matching conditions must be confirmed against the FY2027 application package.
How to apply
Review the current FY2027 Landscape Partnership Bid PDF attached to the COMMBUYS posting. Applicants should prepare appropriate appraisals, a project narrative and budget, partnership commitment letters, maps, environmental reviews, and conservation-restriction documents where applicable. The state announces a virtual information session for December 3, 2026 at 1:00 p.m., with advance RSVP requested by December 1 to Vanessa Farny. The complete submission mechanism and supporting-document checklist are controlled by the posted FY2027 bid and any subsequent amendments.
Official solicitation: Massachusetts COMMBUYS FY2027 Landscape Partnership Grant. General program information: EEA Landscape Partnership Grant Program.
Source verificationReferenced source · www.commbuys.comAtlas last verified this record October 29, 2026 (official 2027 COMMBUYS posting and FY26 general program background, current complete bid attachment not accessible for full verification). Always use the funder's current application materials, amendments and portal instructions as the controlling source.View source and application materials ↗
