Interpretive Planning Services

Metro, a government authority located in Portland, Oregon, requires a vendor to provide interpretive planning services for a two-year contract period. The buyer needs the contractor to perform onsite work to develop an interpretive framework that guides the future memorialization, representation, and interpretation of multiple site-connected histories. The vendor must identify shared themes while ensuring authentic representation of each community's story. Scope tasks include reviewing buyer-provided background materials, prior research, and governance discovery work, as well as researching comparable memorialization projects. Eligible bidders must be USA organizations operating onshore. The buyer hosts a voluntary pre-bid meeting on August 26, 2026. Metro seeks proposals for the budget and provides no specific dollar amount or detailed evaluation criteria in the source text.