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The City of Stuart is seeking proposals for professional service providers to develop a City-wide strategic action plan. The City also desires a facilitation professional to lead the City Commission and City Staff in a leadership retreat, inclusive of a visioning session, to result in the city-wide strategic plan for the next ten years. The plan should be incremental with an emphasis on the immediate next 5 years, then progressing on through the balance of the ten-year cycle. This strategic plan will build on the already successful results of the past ten years with focus on identifying the current goals of the Commission, as well as establishing a new set of vision, mission and values for the organization. The City would like a proposal for a strategic plan that will provide clear, unified and consistent messaging on strategies to accomplish the Commissions shared vision. The City of Stuart Commission, Stuart, Florida, invites qualified, experienced, licensed professional service providers to develop a City-Wide strategic action plan as described herein. The City may delay scheduled due dates, if it is to the advantage of the City to do so. The City will notify proposers of all changes in scheduled due dates by written addenda submitted to the City. If revisions become necessary, the City will provide written addenda. It is the responsibility of the proposer to obtain any addenda issued. The City will make every effort to notify registered Proposers by email that an addendum has been made to the RFP. The City shall not be responsible for providing notice of addenda to potential proposers who receive an RFP package from sources other than the City or OpenGov. All addenda issued by the City must be acknowledged within the proposal at the time it is submitted to the City. Failure to acknowledge all addenda may result in disqualification. Proof of the following insurance will be furnished by the successful bidder by certificate of insurance, which name the City of Stuart its offices, board members, employees, and agents as additional insured on general liability & automobile liability insurance policies. The policies must be specifically endorsed to grant the City the same notification rights that it provides to the first named insured as respects cancellation and nonrenewal. The City by and through risk management department and in cooperation with the contracting department, reserves the rights to review, modify, reject or accept any required policies of insurance, including limits, coverages, or endorsements, herein from time to time throughout the term of this contract. All insurance carriers must have an AM Best rating of at least A:VII or better. When a self-insured retention or deductible exceeds $5,000, the City reserves the right, but not obligation, to review and request an audited financial statement. The CITY reserves the right to accept or reject any or all proposals, part of proposals, and to waive minor irregularities or variations to specifications contained in proposals, and minor irregularities in the proposal process. The method of contractor selection has not been determined at this time.