Strategic Planning and Research Services
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SUMMARY
DESCRIPTION
The issuing organization is seeking a vendor to provide strategic planning and research services in support of enterprise-level and unit-level brand initiatives. The scope includes strategic planning support, strategic messaging development, communications planning, and research activities designed to align communications efforts with business and brand goals.
Required services include review and analysis of strategic documents, brand assets, and communications materials; identification of communications objectives; industry and peer landscape assessments; and stakeholder engagement through interviews and focus groups. The selected vendor may also be asked to design, program, and field surveys, facilitate immersion or story-development workshops with leadership and stakeholders, prepare a discovery report summarizing insights and implications, create a strategic creative brief, and recommend a mix of communications strategies and tactics.
Questions are due by July 27, 2026. The resulting contract is expected to have a three-year term.
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Frequently asked questions
- When is the submission deadline?
- Submissions are due August 17, 2026.
- Who is a good fit for this opportunity?
- Strategic communications and brand consulting firm
- Experience with enterprise-level strategic planning and research
- Strong capabilities in stakeholder interviews, focus groups, and workshop facilitation
- Expertise in survey design, fielding, and insight generation
- Proven background in communications planning and messaging development
- Able to support multi-year public or institutional engagements
- Familiarity with higher-level brand initiatives and organizational change communications
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