Specifications include, but are not limited to: SCOPE AND BACKGROUND: Through this Request for Proposal (RFP), the Office of Purchasing and Contracting on behalf of the Vermont State Treasurer’s Office (hereinafter the “State” and/or “Treasurer’s Office”) is seeking to establish contracts with one or more companies that can create a Vermont State sponsored Affinity Card Program (Program) to be utilized as a potential source of revenue for the Clean Water Fund as authorized under 32 VSA § 584.The Program is created for the benefit of water quality improvement in the State and should offer benefits to both the State of Vermont and the cardholders. Affinity cards issued under this Program will offer best-in-class cardholder terms. The State anticipates that cardholders will be primarily residents of Vermont, the other New England states and the other states on the east coast of the United States, who enjoy Vermont and support the types of projects and activities in Vermont which this Program is intended to benefit. There may also be demand for these cards among residents of the eastern provinces of Canada, especially the Province of Quebec