The vendor is required to provide that comprehensive strategic plan for the college that includes a vision statement, set of core institutional values, and strategic goals with recommended key performance indicators based on the accessibility of data to the college.
- Maintain effective communication and share expert advice with college leadership
- Discovery:
• Review current internal qualitative and quantitative studies of the college
• Engage college constituents via interviews, focus groups, and surveys to ensure that key stakeholders participate in the process.
• The college’s preference is for in-person interviews and focus groups but is open to in-person focus groups only.
• All surveys can be electronic and virtual.
• Conduct a needs assessment based on data from college initiatives and other college consultants, resource allocation, and effectiveness of student success initiatives
• Evaluate community-needs research
• Evaluate the college’s position, strengths, and opportunities based on qualitative and quantitative findings as well as current trends in higher education and workforce development
• Evaluate the college’s current vision, mission, and values  1. Deliverables for phase 1, including but not limited to:
• Raw data from the qualitative and quantitative research
• A Document that presents an analysis and interpretation of the key findings and conclusions.
• In-person and virtual presentations by the vendor of those findings to selected college leaders
- Drafting:
• Draft a vision and mission statement, set of core institutional values, and strategic goals using evaluations from phase 1
• Recommend key performance indicators
2. Deliverables for phase 2, including but not limited to:
• A document draft and slide deck of the proposed vision statement, set of core institutional values, and strategic goals
• A Document of proposed key performance indicators
• In-person and virtual presentations of the proposed vision statement, set of core institutional values, and strategic goals to selected college leaders
- Delivering:
• Revise and update the draft based on stakeholder feedback received during phase 2 presentations and final discussions and recommendations from college leadership team.
• These reports will be provided by the college.
1. Deliverables for phase 3, including but not limited to:
• Present the final version of the vision statement, core institutional values, and strategic goals in-person
• Create a final document and executive summary for public review and presentation with virtual options and activities
- The organizational and operational structure it proposes to utilize for the work described and identify the responsibilities to be assigned to each person vendor proposes to staff the work.
- Contract Period/Term: 7 Month
- Questions/Inquires Deadline: March 19, 2025