Production and Event Services for City Dance Summer Series

The City of Chicago is seeking a vendor to provide comprehensive production and event services for the City Dance Summer Series. The agency needs to resolve the logistical and programming challenges of hosting a recurring public dance event by outsourcing the coordination of talent, sound, and lighting. The project covers hiring dance instructors to conduct four different social dances, with each session consisting of one hour of group instruction followed by one hour of personalized, informal training. The selected vendor must hire bands, musicians, and disc jockeys to match the specific genre of dance instruction for three of the social dances. The scope of work also requires the vendor to provide all necessary sound and light services for the events. The agency requires live music performances to begin at 7:00 pm nightly and conclude at 9:00 pm on every third Thursday night. Bidders must be organizations based onshore within the United States to be eligible for this opportunity. The performance of all contracted work must take place onsite at the designated event location. The agency is establishing a contract period that will run for one year. The agency is accepting response submissions digitally via email or through their online portal. The agency has not disclosed a fixed budget and is looking for cost proposals from bidders to determine the financial framework. The source document does not specify the evaluation criteria or key submission dates for this opportunity.