NPCA-2020-019 - Facilitator/Consultant for Strategic Planning

This Request for Proposal (the “RFP”) is an invitation by Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority to qualified firms to submit a proposal to provide Facilitator/Consultant services for Strategic Plan, as further described in (Appendix D - the RFP Particulars).

The Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority (NPCA) is a community-based natural resource management agency that works to protect, enhance, and sustain healthy watersheds. With 60 years of experience, the NPCA offers watershed programs and services that focus on flood and hazard management, source water protection, species protection, ecosystem restoration, community stewardship, and land management. The NPCA is one of 36 Conservation Authorities in the Province of Ontario. Managing 41 Conservation Areas within the Niagara Peninsula watershed, the NPCA owns lands that are held in public trust for recreation, heritage preservation, conservation, and education. These natural and shared greenspaces marry nature, culture and adventure to create limitless opportunities for discovery.
The current NPCA Strategic Plan, Partners In Conservation – A Shared Responsibility, ends in 2021. The NPCA Board of Directors determined that a new Strategic Plan should be developed and, in July 2020, the NPCA launched the process to develop a new NPCA Strategic Plan that will guide the organization’s priorities and operations for the next 10 years (2021-2031).

Detailed Strategic Plan project planning and implementation activities are being led by a staff working group under the leadership of a Project Manager and the CAO (with support from the Senior Leadership Team). The NPCA Board of Directors provide approval authority for the Strategic Plan with guidance and oversight provided by an ad-hoc committee of the Board. The NPCA Public Advisory Committee helps provide guidance on the outreach/engagement components through information exchange with the Strategic Planning Committee and staff.
The purpose of this RFP is to procure a facilitator/consultant to provide professional services to support the staff-led approach to develop a new NPCA Strategic Plan.