Public Sector Advisory and Consulting Services

The 1GPA is seeking a contractor to provide public sector advisory and consulting services to its members. The services may include organizational assessment, analysis, recommendations, and implementation support. The contractor should have a minimum of five years of experience providing comparable advisory and consulting services to government agencies. The contract will be awarded through a competitive bidding process, and the evaluation criteria will include cost, qualifications and relevant consulting experience, method of approach, cooperative purchasing understanding and program, and responsiveness. • The scope of work includes administrative and organizational consulting, audit preparations and corrective action consulting, business and operational consulting services, community and human services consulting, demographic services, efficiency and business process reviews, election consulting services, environmental sustainability and regulatory compliance consulting, financial, budget and fixed asset consulting, higher education consulting services, and K-12 education consulting services. • The contractor should be able to provide complete advisory and consulting services to 1GPA members, including consultation with member administrators, staff, and key stakeholders, preparation of written project descriptions, execution of the approved consulting project, and preparation of verbal and/or written status updates, analyses, findings, and final reports. • The contractor should also be able to provide value-added services, such as optional consulting services, tools, resources, or enhancements that will be made available to 1GPA members at little or no additional cost.