Colorado State University

The buyer seeks professional consulting services to facilitate the development of a comprehensive three and five-year strategic plan for the College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. The strategic planning process will refresh the college's vision, mission, and values, prioritize unity among departments, inform workforce culture/climate initiatives, ensure stakeholder representation, and provide actionable steps for implementation. The buyer aims to launch a new strategic plan in 2025 that prioritizes people, investments, and programs to enhance core academic missions in research, service, and education.

• 1/10/2024 - Proposal Due Date
• 12/12/2024 - Pre-bid Virtual Meeting
• 1/3/2025 - Written Inquiry Deadline
• 1/7/2025 - Responses to Written Inquiries Published
• 1/31/2025 - Estimated Award Notification
• 4/1/2025 - Strategic Planning Process Kick-off
• 11/1/2025 - Final Strategic Plans Delivery

• Conduct background research and analysis of previous strategic plan and department reviews
• Facilitate workshops and meetings with stakeholders to incorporate grassroots approach
• Provide expert facilitation, conflict resolution, and mediation services
• Guide communication strategies to ensure stakeholder commitment and engagement
• Develop draft and final 3-year and 5-year strategic plans with actionable recommendations
• Offer support during initial implementation phase of strategic plans
• Incorporate justice, equity, diversity and inclusion in strategic planning process
• Develop communication plan for ongoing stakeholder engagement
• Deliver background research report summarizing initial findings
• Provide documentation of stakeholder engagement sessions