Bond Election Advisory Task Force Facilitation Services

The City of Austin, Texas is seeking a consultant to provide general obligation bond election advisory task force facilitation services for a possible future bond election. The agency needs to solve the challenge of organizing, scheduling, and developing content for the task force meetings. To address this, the selected consultant will assist staff in creating a meeting schedule, program, and content, while reviewing initial project lists and long-range planning documents such as the Capital Improvement Plan, Citizen Survey, and Comprehensive Plan. The scope of work also requires the consultant to assist the Communications and Engagement Department in developing a city-led public engagement process, including open houses, websites, social media, and surveys. The consultant must help develop an engagement process schedule and provide content for public education materials, presentations, and online outreach. Additionally, the service provider will assist in preparing other bond-related information materials for the task force meetings as needed. Eligible bidders must be onshore organizations based in the United States. The agency will allow the performance of this work to be completed offsite. The agency has not disclosed a specific budget and is looking for proposals to determine the cost of these services. Key dates and specific deadlines are not detailed in the initial solicitation materials.