Consultant for Chief of Police Search

The City of Pittsburgh is seeking a professional consulting services firm to conduct an executive search for a new Chief of Police through RFP #2022-RFP-201. The consultant will be responsible for comprehensive recruiting services, including candidate profiling, job analysis, recruitment advertising, applicant screening, evaluation, and selection processes. Key deliverables include extensive recruitment outreach, community engagement, and a thorough candidate selection methodology. The proposal evaluation will be conducted by a Proposal Committee using a weighted scoring system: firm qualifications (15 points), project team qualifications (30 points), project approach and plan (30 points), cost proposal (15 points), and MWDBE/VOSB good faith effort (10 points). Critical dates for this procurement include a pre-proposal meeting on September 9, 2022, a question submission deadline of September 16, 2022, and a proposal submission deadline of October 5, 2022 at 5:00 pm, with an anticipated contract award in September 2022.

The City of Pittsburgh has established specific diversity and inclusion goals for this procurement, targeting 18% minority participation, 7% women participation, and a 5% veteran-owned small business (VOSB) participation rate. Proposers must demonstrate good faith efforts to engage minority, women-owned, and veteran-owned businesses, and will be required to complete various compliance forms, including an MWDBEVOSB Commitment Form and provide documentation of solicitation efforts. While the specific budget range is not explicitly stated in the documentation, the procurement is structured to ensure comprehensive and competitive consulting services for this critical municipal leadership search. The opportunity appears open to executive recruiting firms and consulting organizations with demonstrated expertise in public safety leadership recruitment, with a strong emphasis on diverse and inclusive candidate identification and selection processes.