Strategic Communications, Public Relations and Community Engagement Consulting Services

The park district is seeking a vendor to provide strategic communications, public relations, and community engagement consulting services. The agency needs to develop and refine district-wide messaging, establish communications frameworks, and receive guidance on communication best practices for public agencies. This initiative aims to solve the challenge of maintaining consistent, factual, and engaging public-information messaging across all public touchpoints, including digital channels. The scope of work covers website review, content strategy, and creative and digital improvements. The selected vendor will create clear, factual, legally compliant public-information materials, as well as graphic, visual, or multimedia content for digital channels. Additionally, the project requires stakeholder outreach, community engagement, and advisory support for media inquiries, press releases, media kits, and briefing documents. Eligible bidders must be onshore USA organizations. The agency requires the performance of the work to be conducted offsite. Bidders must submit their proposals digitally via email or online, and the agency is currently looking for proposals to determine the budget. The contract period will span two years. A non-mandatory pre-proposal meeting is scheduled for July 2, 2026. Bidders must submit all questions regarding this opportunity no later than July 9, 2026.