(1) Vendor needs to provide strategic advisory services.– Provide data analytics and analysis services to support in evaluating program performance and informing decision–making.– Shall provide strategic policy consultation services to support in its strategic decision–making with the underlying goal of building child care capacity.– Develop strategies to support and build local solutions to child care.– Provide comprehensive policy research and analysis services to support in identifying best practices, evaluating policies in peer states, and informing the development of future strategies.– Researching opportunities and strategies to support and build local solutions to child care, including approaches implemented in peer states.– Developing robust financial models to project future budgetary and spending outcomes, including scenario analyses to evaluate the impact of potential changes in policy or procedure.(2) All the questions must be submitted no later than December 23, 2025.