The $60M US Olympic Museum project slated for development in Colorado Springs is looking to add a PR firm to its team.

olympicsThe museum project, which received a big boost last month with a $10M donation from the El Pomar Foundation, is eying construction of a 60,000-square-foot facility on donated land to be opened by 2017, prior to the 2018 Olympic Winter Games.

It has cast an RFP for a six-month PR contract to develop a communications plan, website and social media content, conduct media relations and similar tasks.

Planner hope to build a facility to tell the stories and display the artifacts behind the US Olympic movement. "Through the use of compelling video and highly interactive experiences, visitors will be immersed in the drama and exhilaration of being at the Games -- in the pool, on the track, at the starting line, and on the podium," said the RFP.

Proposals are due Dec. 15. View the RFP (PDF).