About this opportunity
AI summaryThe City of Cherry Hills Village, Colorado, seeks qualifications from competent firms to provide City Manager recruitment services. The selected consultant will assist the Mayor and City Council in recruiting a City Manager to lead the municipal organization, administer City affairs, and oversee municipal operations, full-time staff, and six direct reports. Eligibility is restricted to onshore United States organizations only, and the contractor will perform the work offsite at their own office premises. Interested applicants must submit all questions regarding the solicitation no later than November 10, 2026.
Buyer and opportunity details
- Client
- The City of Cherry Hills Village, Colorado
Scope of work
- Manage and provide recruitment and placement services
- Assist City Council in determining goals and requirements for the hiring process
- Screen, vet, and select candidates for interviews with City Council
- Perform background checks or gather other relevant information as requested
- Post the position and organize responses
- Communicate with applicants and candidates
- Schedule interviews and meetings as required
- Provide recruitment work plan, proposed strategy, schedule, interview structures, and selection support
How proposals are evaluated
| Criterion | Weight / scoring |
|---|---|
| Qualifications Based Selection (QBS) | Not specified |
Minimum qualifications
- Evidence of qualification to do business in the State of Colorado
- Certificate of good standing regarding current registration or its equivalent
- Previous executive search experience, especially for local governmental entities, within the past sixty (60) months
- Knowledge of Colorado Open Meetings laws, Open Record Request laws, and mandatory public notices
Documents to include with your response
- Name, home office address, business entity type, state of incorporation, and organization reach description
- Certificate of good standing and evidence of qualification to do business in Colorado
- Brief organization history, years of operation, client counts, service descriptions, and customer service philosophy
- Details of qualifications and previous executive search experience with 60-month placement and retention statistics
- Identification of key personnel and specific statements of services each will provide
- Résumés stating qualifications for all key personnel
- Recruitment work plan, proposed strategy, schedule, interview structures, and questions
- List of client references with work performed, client size, retention period, and telephone numbers
- Exhibit A - Disclosure Statement
Key dates
- Publish Request for Qualifications
- November 6, 2026
- Deadline for submission of questions and clarifications of the RFQ
- November 10, 2026 by 9:00 a.m. M.S.T.
- Addendum to answer submitted questions issued
- November 12, 2026
- Deadline for submission of Qualifications
- November 20, 2026 by 4:00 p.m. Mountain Standard Time (M.S.T.)
- Review of submissions of Qualifications received
- November 30, 2026
- Interviews of Consultants
- during this week December 7, 2026
- Begin negotiations of final scope of work and fees
- December 14, 2026
- Contract start
- no later than January 4, 2027
How to submit
- Method
- Email and hard copy
- Instructions
- Submittals must be received by email to [email protected] plus three (3) hard copies delivered by U.S. mail, drop-off, or courier.
Contract details
- Term
- Commences on the date of mutual execution and continues until a date to be determined or until terminated
- Place of performance
- Cherry Hills Village, Colorado
- Insurance and bonding
- Worker’s compensation insurance; Comprehensive general liability insurance not less than $1,000,000; Comprehensive automobile liability insurance with a minimum limit of $2,000,000 per claim and aggregate; Professional liability (errors and omissions) insurance; Cyber liability insurance.