RFQ #2024-14 -Strategic Planning Consulting Services

02 STATEMENT OF WORK 02.1 GENERAL The City of Sugar Land is requesting Qualification Statements from a service provider who can adequately demonstrate that they have the resources, experience, and qualifications to provide the City with quality Strategic Planning Professional Services. The intent of this RFQ is to select a service provider who will conduct a data-driven, community engaged planning process resulting in the creation of Sugar Land’s strategic plan. The plan will guide Sugar Land’s operations and decision making from January 1, 2025 through December 31, 2027. 02.2 SCOPE OF SERVICES This scope of services outlines the tasks required to fulfill the requirements associated with the strategic planning consultant services. A. Prepare a detailed plan that provides a comprehensive methodology to accomplish a strategic planning process. The resulting plan must include activities, timelines and resources that will highlight and organize the important issues in different areas of

the City’s services. 1. The methodology must provide a process to identify external stakeholders and internal City stakeholders, the process to obtain input from these stakeholders, and a process to incorporate this input into the strategic planning effort. 2. The methodology must also include a process to provide feedback, to measure progress in achieving the goals and to periodically update the plan. B. The service provider will assist the city with the facilitation process of developing a strategic plan that includes stakeholder sessions and provide services that result in a City-wide Strategic Plan. These services must include: 1. Review & discussion of the City of Sugar Land’s current Mission, Vision, Values Strategic Plan & Strategic Priorities. 2. Defining and establishing measurable goals, objectives and performance measures based on the City of Sugar Land’s current Mission, Vision, Values Strategic Plan & Strategic Priorities. 3.Developing strategies, action plans and tactics to accomplish the goals and objectives. 4.Analysis of strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT). 5.Providing feedback mechanisms. 6.Developing a systematic approach to future review and adjustments to the Plan. 7. Submit recommendations for appropriate implementation measures presenting or assisting with presentation of the draft strategic plan to the governing council. The consultant will present recommendations on major proposal alternatives as the basis of a formal strategic plan to the City Council for adoption. The presentation should include how proposed strategies best resolve strategic issues and allow the City Council to meet goals and preserve values. C. Overview of Project – Service provider will have access to the current Vision, Mission Statements, plan, strategic priorities for development of a long-range plan.