Business Preparedness Forum Services

The government authority in Frederick, MD needs a vendor to design and facilitate a professionally managed Business Preparedness Forum. The buyer requires the vendor to increase active threat preparedness and organizational resilience awareness, strengthen relationships between the business community and local response partners, and provide practical guidance, resources, planning considerations, and actionable next steps. Additionally, the vendor must encourage collaboration, identify future training and public-private collaboration opportunities, recommend innovative delivery methods to maximize engagement, and suggest outreach strategies to ensure broad participation. The forum must combine presentations, panel discussions, facilitated dialogue, networking, and interactive learning activities. Only USA organizations performing work offsite are eligible to bid. Bidders must submit proposals digitally via email or online, though the buyer has not specified a set budget. The buyer will hold a non-mandatory pre-bid meeting on September 21, 2026, and sets the deadline for all questions on September 28, 2026.