Strategic Planning Services

The Vendor is required to provide strategic planning in 2023 for a new – not updated – plan to guide its actions through 2030.
- Create a new three- or four-year strategic plan that will enable commission to continue to grow in policy expertise and improve its service delivery. 
- Include an ongoing mission, vision, and measurable goals and objectives that commission should strive to attain in the face of:
•    Greater uncertainty surrounding climate change; 
•    Continuing pressures to develop the bay’s shoreline and resources; 
•    A continuing need to conserve natural resources; and, 
•    The need for commission to always incorporate racial and social equity, environmental justice, and meaningful public engagement into its daily work.
- Develop an uncomplicated work plan to integrate the strategic plan into commission day-to-day work, create a meaningful tool or series of tools to educate staff about how the plan is best integrated into their daily work, and help develop a limited number of meaningful metrics that can measure commission success in implementing the strategic plan, along with a public-facing tool that demonstrates commission progress.
- Responsible for creating and implementing a work plan to accompany the strategic plan that includes the following:
1. Project management and process:
•    The work plan should describe (i) an engagement process for soliciting and incorporating staff, commissioner, and public input; (ii) key milestones; and, (iii) coordination meetings with the commission chair, commission working group, and senior staff. 
•    The length of time required for the project should not exceed six months. 
•    Administrative tasks, such as scheduling, will be handled jointly by commission staff and the consultant, depending upon need. 
•    The project can include either in person or virtual meetings, with in-person meetings being favored to the extent practical.
2. Review background materials:
•    The 2023 strategic plan and tracking information;
•    Annual reports;
•    Staff surveys;
•    Commission equity action plan;
•    Public affairs plan;
•    Environmental justice advisor work plan; and,
•    Department of finance mission based review.
3. Design and participate in a strategic plan working group:
•    A working group comprised of commissioners, with staff assistance, will be the primary forum to guide and advice on this process. 
•    The team will be led by the commission chair.
4. Obtain external input:
•    To garner external feedback during the plan’s development, the consultant will be provided with a list of stakeholders with whom discussions should take place based on a series of questions developed by the team, and will facilitate at least one public workshop that will include commissioners, staff, and members of the public. 
•    Note that a public workshop will be subject to the act. 
•    Commission staff will be responsible for logistics such as booking meeting rooms and mailing materials. 
•    Responsible for preparing and printing all materials for the workshop that may include a PowerPoint presentation, handouts, and boards for activities to solicit input.