(1) Vendor needs to provide strategic communications and resource support system.– Establish regular communication with campaigns, agencies, and advocates, actively providing guidance, information, or technical assistance.– Track transit elections and state and local transportation legislation.– Analyze trends and develop case studies.– Identify educational opportunities and organize webinars, training, and peer learning events.– Advise and assist in biannual conference focused on transportation campaigns and strategies.– Maintain and update the website, featuring campaign content and thought leadership.– Maintain a comprehensive election and campaign database.– Create toolkits and strategic resources for local leaders.– Maintain library of images, case studies and toolkits.– Use polling and analytics for targeted campaigns.– Create custom campaign guides and tools.– A non–partisan resource center, was created to provide research materials, strategies and other forms of support to communities seeking quality transportation choices.– Provided strategic information and connections to equip local and state leaders with the information they need to be successful with their public transportation initiatives and ballot measures.– Proposals should design a program to make an effective resource for helping communities achieve success in local campaigns and transit elections, and in other pro–transit initiatives at state and local levels.– Deliver strategic communications technical assistance, campaign support services, educational meetings and to assist in a biennial conference.– Implement a robust work program to support local and state transit initiatives, enhance public transportation advocacy and counter misinformation.– The contractor will build on past successes and expand capacity in proactive advocacy through custom campaign strategy support, accessible database of resources and toolkits, and facilitation of opportunities for peer–to–peer discussions.(2) The contrac