City of Kenmore, Seattle

Kenmore wants to hire a firm to develop a diversity, equity and inclusion policy to help make the Seattle suburb a more open, inclusive and welcoming place for all people.

The desired firm will inform the city manager about DEI approaches taken by other cities and public organizations, and assess the city’s DEI policies and programs and create a “gap analysis” to show where Kenmore falls short.

The firm will create a DEI toolkit for use in policy and implementation decisions and identify strategies to ensure ongoing public participation and stakeholder involvement in rolling out the DEI plan.

Kenmore requires its partner to attend six DEI task force meetings and three open houses/town halls.

The city has budgeted $100K for the DEI push.

Responses are due May 10. Kenmore prefers electronic responses sent to [email protected]. They must be referenced as RFP #21-2713, City of Kenmore Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Proposal.

Download RFP (PDF).