Strategic Planning Services

The Vendor is required to provide strategic plan must recognize that the physical world in which commission operates is changing and that future shorelines will be located in different places.
- Requirement:
• 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:
o Greater uncertainty surrounding climate change;
o Continuing pressures to develop the bay’s shoreline and resources;
o A continuing need to conserve natural resources; and,
o The need for commission to continue to incorporate 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.
• To achieve these goals, the contractor will be 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;
• 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. Develop the strategic plan:
• Develop preliminary and final drafts with adequate time to be reviewed by staff, the commissioner working group, and the full commission, and will be revised based on comments received.
• The final strategic plan will be an attractive, highly graphical, and well-organized document, as will be the work plan and public facing progress report.