When is the submission deadline?

Submissions are due September 23, 2026. Questions must be submitted by September 8, 2026.

It was issued by University Of California, Agriculture And Natural Resources. The work is located in California, United States.

Who is a good fit for this opportunity?

Strategic communications and public relations firm with senior-level counsel experience. Demonstrated expertise in media relations, reputation management, and crisis communications. Experience supporting executive leadership, institutional priorities, and high-profile matters. Capability in stakeholder engagement, community outreach, and public meeting support. Background in land use, development, real estate, or institutional asset communications.

Strategic Communications and Public Relations Services (Due September 23, 2026)

Overview

Management Consulting & Admin Support

California, United StatesPosted: August 29, 2026Deadline: September 23, 2026

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SUMMARY

The organization is seeking a public relations and strategic communications firm to advise executive leadership, develop communications strategies, engage stakeholders, manage media relations, and support issues and crisis communications. The engagement also includes outreach related to land use, development, and institutional assets.

KEY REQUIREMENTS

Must be a highly qualified public relations and strategic communications firm
Must demonstrate experience supporting public agencies, higher education institutions, or similarly complex organizations
Must have experience providing senior-level strategic communications counsel to executive leadership
Must have experience with government funding, policy, regulatory, or politically sensitive initiatives
Must have experience with land use, development, real estate, entitlement, or environmental review communications
Must provide at least two anonymized case studies of sensitive or high-profile initiatives
Must provide at least three references from comparable engagements
Must be able to handle confidential, sensitive, and pre-decisional information
Proposal must not exceed 12 pages (excluding resumes and fee schedules)

CONTRACT DURATION

39 months

TIMELINE

Response period: August 27th, 2026 to September 23rd, 2026.

Question/Answer phase: September 3rd, 2026 to September 8th, 2026.

Contract term: October 1st, 2026 to December 31st, 2029.

QUESTION DEADLINE

September 8, 2026

CONTACTS

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Issuing Agency

University Of California, Agriculture And Natural Resources

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DESCRIPTION

The organization seeks a qualified vendor to provide strategic communications and public relations services, including senior-level counsel to executive leadership on institutional priorities, emerging issues, major announcements, reputational matters, sensitive or high-profile matters, and stakeholder concerns.

Services will include comprehensive communications planning, messaging frameworks, stakeholder strategies, communications risk assessments, scenario planning, approval protocols, success metrics, stakeholder mapping, public outreach, community engagement, digital engagement, and support for public meetings and briefings. The vendor will also develop institutional and project narratives, key messages, presentations, executive communications, talking points, public information materials, and related communications products.

The selected vendor will provide proactive and reactive media relations, media strategy, media training, press materials, interview preparation, editorial outreach, spokesperson support, reputation management, issues and crisis communications protocols, response strategies, holding statements, escalation procedures, monitoring, intelligence, reporting, and communications support related to land use, development, and institutional assets. Questions must be submitted by September 3, 2026.

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When is the submission deadline?: Submissions are due September 23, 2026. Questions must be submitted by September 8, 2026.
Who issued this RFP?: It was issued by University Of California, Agriculture And Natural Resources. The work is located in California, United States.
Who is a good fit for this opportunity?: Strategic communications and public relations firm with senior-level counsel experience
Demonstrated expertise in media relations, reputation management, and crisis communications
Experience supporting executive leadership, institutional priorities, and high-profile matters
Capability in stakeholder engagement, community outreach, and public meeting support
Background in land use, development, real estate, or institutional asset communications

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