The purpose of this Request for Proposal (RFP) is to solicit bids from qualified Proposers to provide California State Polytechnic University, Pomona¿s (¿Cal Poly Pomona,¿ ¿CPP¿ or ¿University¿) Agricultural Research Institute (ARI) a firm to (i) assist ARI and help plan and implement priorities identified in the strategic plan; (ii) to help facilitate discussions with the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA); and (iii) participate with ARI in developing the ¿Masterplan for Agricultural Research¿ in higher education. The Agricultural Research Institute seeks to contract a vendor for ongoing communication and strategic services. The selected vendor will be engaged to perform the following: -Strategic Priority 1: Funding research that matters to agriculture, natural resources and food systems. Will assist with determining industry research priorities through activities that include: Industry roundtables & Agency roundtables. Assist with alignment with CDFA¿s Ag Vision. Facilitate and align ARI with the Master Plan for Agriculture Higher Education with partners that include CDFA, UC ANR, CSU, and CCC. -Strategic Priority 2: Visibility & Funding: Create a positioning and messaging strategy for the ARI and its target audiences. Audit existing materials and provide recommendations for updates or additional materials development to ensure alignment with positioning and messaging. Update priority materials to provide a strong collateral package for marketing ARI to target audiences. Advise and assist with digital outreach. -Strategic Priority 3: Build Capacity & Strengthen Operations: Assist ARI to build board bench strength and create materials that engender effective messaging and outreach by ARI stakeholders (Board of Governors, Industry and Outreach Manager, Deans¿ Council, Campus Coordinators, Logistics Group). -Provide as-needed Consulting Services. *DVBE is waived but incentives are in place, see RFP for details. **All Key Dates are specified in RFP.

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