RFP-24-005 Creative Economy Regional Engagement Partners

RFP-24-005 Creative Economy Regional Engagement Partners - Multiple Awards -- Bid Package DUE MAY 23, 2025 by 5 PM (PST).  Late submissions will not be accepted.

The California Arts Council (CAC) intends to award contracts to multiple vendors (potentially up to 8) for the services outlined below.  CAC seeks proposals from California Independent Contractors, Individuals, Sole Proprietors, Partnerships, California Certified Small Business (SB),  Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise (DVBE), 501(c)(3) organizations registered in California, private for-profit organizations, and organizations with a joint powers agreement based in California to respond to this Request for Proposal (RFP) pursuant to Public Contract Code sections 10340 to 10345 (see State Contract Manual, Volume 1, Section 5.25). In submitting your proposal, you must comply with the instructions listed in this RFP document.

The CAC seeks partners to assist in the planning, implementation, story collection, and production of this public engagement initiative around the Creative Economy Strategy and Addendum preparation. Specifically, we are seeking multiple regional partners to lead local engagement efforts, and one partner to support story collection and narrative development, and communications and content creation. The outline of the opportunities are as follows:

Creative Economy Regional Engagement Partners (CEREP) will lead regionally specific community engagement implementation around the Creative Economy Strategic Plan, and support community research and story collection, as well as inform the final Addendum document.

BUDGET
$21,750 per region. Maximum and all inclusive. If you are bidding for multiple regions, a Cost Proposal will be required for each region.

--Please see the attached RFP-24-005 for complete details.--

Contact Information for RFP # RFP-24-005
Name:         Carla Pareja
Title:          Procurement Administrator
Email:        Carla.Pareja@arts.ca.gov