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The City of Elgin requests proposals for Strategic Planning Services. This proposal process and award of the contract are made in conformance with Elgin Municipal Code Title 5. The City of Elgin is seeking proposals from qualified persons or firms to contract for consulting services to guide a strategic planning process for the City. Consultants are invited to submit a proposal that includes an outline of their experience and qualifications in performing work directly related to the services required. The City's current Strategic Plan, the 2018-2022 Strategic Principles and Priorities, were last reviewed and updated in 2018. The City of Elgin's strategic planning process and final document should provide a plan with a five-year horizon to address the following objectives: o Clarity on the city's overall identity and how the city can position itself to be prepared for the future. o Assistance with strategies and techniques for how to incorporate the city's other planning and policy documents (Comprehensive Plan, Sustainability Plan, DEI Plan) into the strategic plan. o Transform the conceptual goals of the visioning process into realistic, achievable targets. o Provide a process that allows general alignment and focus to foster a sense of cohesion as to the City's strategic direction. o Fiscal sustainability. o Analyzing potential collaboration and partnerships with other entities. The city is committed to the organizational strategic plan initiative and is flexible on process design and format. The team will have dedicated time available to keep the process moving. The city's goal is to begin the planning process in late spring/early summer 2022 with anticipated adoption of the Strategic Plan in December 2022. The selected consultant will attend City of Elgin meetings during the project when requested and make revision to the proposal as required by the City of Elgin. If required in the specifications, the Vendor must submit with its proposal a certified check or bid bond in the amount of five percent (5%) of the total base proposal, or other amount indicated herein, payable to the City of Elgin, as a guarantee that the selected Vendor will sign a contract and provide any required bonds or insurance within fifteen days of receiving the contract. The proceeds of the proposal guarantee shall become the property of the City if, for any reason, the selected Vendor withdraws its proposal before its expiration or cannot provide a signed contract, bonds and/or insurance within ten days after award. Proposals must be signed by an authorized official of the Vendor's organization, and the name of the official and title typed below the signature. Proposals must be sealed in an envelope clearly marked with proposal name and due date written thereon. Faxed proposals will not be accepted. No proposal may be withdrawn after the scheduled closing time for receipt of proposals for 60 days. Award shall be made within 60 days unless award date is extended. Proposals will be considered on goods complying substantially with specifications provided each deviation or alternative is identified and described in an attachment to the proposal. The City of Elgin reserves the right to determine whether such deviations or alternatives are acceptable. Brand names that may be mentioned in specifications as used only as a reference to the type and quality of goods desired unless otherwise indicated. The selected Vendor(s) must comply with all laws, rules and regulations pertaining to public contracts as adopted by the State of Illinois and the City of Elgin, including but not limited to the payment of prevailing wages. The City of Elgin reserves the right to reject any or all proposals, or any part thereof, or to accept any proposal or any part thereof, or to waive informalities in any proposal, if deemed to be in the best interest of the City. PLEASE SUBMIT PROPOSAL WITH ONE ORIGINAL AND ONE FLASH DRIVE with the proposal number and name, time of opening, and company name clearly marked on the envelope to the City of Elgin Purchasing Department, 150 Dexter Court, Elgin, IL 60120-5555. The method of contractor selection has not been determined at this time.