Texas

The University of Texas plans to sign agreements with multiple PR, communications and/or media relations firms to provide services to its 13 academic and healthcare institutions on an as-needed basis.

UT, which is 135 years old, has an enrollment of 240K students. Seventy-five percent of them find work in the Lone Star State within a year of graduation. 

The university estimates that its graduates from 2002 through 2018 had cumulative earnings of $268B.

It has a faculty of 21K, and 85K healthcare professionals and staff.

UT’s RFP covers communications planning, crisis PR, issues management, thought leadership, social media, writing services, video/photography, collateral development, website design/development/maintenance, media buying, spokesperson training and media relations.

Proposals are due Feb. 28 at the Bonfire portal.

Read the RFP (PDF).