(1) Vendor needs to provide design and content consultant services. 1. Brand guidelines build out: These include audience research on stakeholder communication preferences and informational needs, regional demographic data, stakeholder and public input, communication tactic performance metrics, etc. Research and engagement with development process to build brand familiarity and direction. Pre-work, such as research, sketches and outlines, to develop visual and messaging system concepts. Presentation and concepts of artwork system. Revisions and subsequent rounds. Brand guide updates, including sections to the guide as well as any necessary assets and templates to implement. 2. Art direction: This will also include art directing individual deliverables such as fact sheets, presentations, planning studies and reports with complex infographics, and more. 3. Ongoing design support: Consultant shall be called upon to design deliverables such as fact sheets, presentations, planning studies and reports with infographics, and more. Consultant shall have designers proficient in production design and text layouts, as well as higher level informational design. 5. Copywriting and editing support services: Consultants will be called upon to review copy, craft headlines and advise on clear organization of documents and deliverables such as the plan book, fact sheets, presentations, event programs book, and more. (2) All question must be submitted no later than January 23, 2026. (3) A contract period will be for five years.