Executive Search Services

The Regional Transportation District in Denver, Colorado, is seeking executive search services to assist its Board in recruiting and selecting a successor General Manager and Chief Executive Officer. The agency needs to update the position's job description and executive profile to align with current strategic priorities. To solve this leadership transition need, the agency requires a vendor to conduct an equitable, transparent national search that produces a diverse slate of highly qualified candidates. The scope of work covers research and context understanding, project mobilization, search governance, and structure definition. The selected vendor must handle role definition, national search strategy, sourcing, candidate screening, and assessment. Additionally, the project requires facilitation of a rigorous selection process, a robust public finalist stage, professional reference checks, preliminary background reviews, leadership assessments, and oversight of the offer and contract negotiation process. Eligible bidders must be onshore organizations located in the United States. The selected vendor must perform all work offsite at the vendor's own office location. The agency is currently looking for proposals to determine the budget for these services. The agency will hold a non-mandatory pre-quote meeting on June 12, 2026. Bidders must submit all questions regarding this opportunity no later than June 17, 2026. The agency will evaluate proposals based on the submitted bids to select the most qualified vendor for the executive search.