Strategic Planning Services

The vendor required to provide strategic planning services for approach the final year of our 2021–2026 strategic plan, we are seeking a qualified consultant or firm to guide the development of our next strategic plan (2026–2031), ensuring alignment with evolving community needs, scientific priorities, and institutional goals.
- Our current strategic priorities include:
•    Scientific excellence: advancing paleontological research and stewardship. 
•    Public value: enhancing accessibility and relevance of exhibits and programs. 
•    Relationship building: strengthening partnerships and stakeholder engagement.
•    DEAI: promoting diversity, equity, accessibility, and inclusion. 
•    Financial resiliency: diversifying revenue streams. 
•    Strategic growth: aligning physical, organizational, and technological capacities with long-term goals.
- Strategic planning:
•    Facilitate a collaborative planning process with internal and external stakeholders.
•    Review the progress of our current major initiatives and determine which should be carried forward into the new plan and which should be discontinued.
•    Identify emerging trends and opportunities in museum operations, paleontology, and public engagement.
•    Develop a comprehensive, actionable strategic plan for 2026–2031.
- Requirement:
1. Conduct a situational analysis
•    Review existing strategic documents, reports, and performance metrics.
•    Analyze internal strengths and challenges, and external opportunities, trends and potential challenges.
2. Stakeholder engagement
•    Review previous stakeholder documents and identify any emerging trends that need to be updated.
•    Facilitate interviews, focus groups, and surveys with goa staff, support services staff and board members and staff.
3. Strategic plan development
•    Define strategic goals, objectives, and measurable outcomes.
•    Recommend implementation strategies and evaluation frameworks.
•    Recommend and guide engagement opportunities.
4. Presentation and final deliverables
•    Share draft and final versions with leadership and key stakeholders.
•    Deliver a comprehensive strategic report, including a development summary and actionable recommendations for the strategic plan.

- Questions/Inquires Deadline: January 2, 2026