Strategic Plan Implementation Support and Executive Coaching Consulting Services

SUNY New Paltz intends to make an award under its discretionary authority, pursuant to NYS Education Law §355(5)(a), for the following services: Strategic Plan Implementation Support and Executive Coaching Consulting Services. These services are needed to assist the campus with putting into action the Strategic Plan that was methodically developed this past year as a result of a multi-step, comprehensive, thoughtful, campus-wide process which occurred over a 10-month period (September 2024 – June 2025). The new services needed, to be provided at up to 20 hours per month, starting at the end of August 2025, and running for 12 months through to the end of August 2026, will include the following: assisting with continued stakeholder engagement and communications; change management and process improvement; support regarding campus-wide accountability management and associated monitoring and reporting; and, assisting with implementation of the plan through governance bodies, divisions, and departments. In conjunction with these services, the consulting firm will also provide, starting at the end of January 2026 and running through the end of August 2026 (7 months), up to 5 hours per month of Executive Coaching services for the campus’s executive leaders, in individual and team sessions. Coaching services can include helping to update and optimize Cabinet operations in order to best foster and support strategic plan implementation. Services can also include facilitation of executive retreats, as well as workshops for leadership teams and managers.

A sealed bid will not be held. If you are interested in providing a proposal for the above noted services, you must contact the appropriately designated Campus contact (see below) in this advertisement within 15 business days of this Advertisement Notice.

In compliance with the Procurement Lobbying Act signed into law by Governor Pataki in August, 2005, and effective January 1, 2006, permissible contact by an Offerer/bidder in relation to procurements which meet the criteria of this law should be made only with authorized personnel of SUNY New Paltz who are designated as the contact person(s). For this procurement, those contact person(s) shall be: Primary contact shall be David Farbaniec, Director, Purchasing Department (tel 845-257-3196, fax 845-257-3189, e-mail farbanid@newpaltz.edu ). Secondary contact shall be Amanda Meridan, Contracting Agent & M/WBE Liaison, Purchasing Department (tel 845-257-3199, fax 845-257-3189, e-mail meridana@newpaltz.edu ). The restricted period for this procurement is defined as: From July 10, 2025, until final contract approval by SUNY New Paltz, or the Office of the State Comptroller as may be required.