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CONTACT INFORMATION

Kate Davis 

kate.davis@boston.gov

The City of Boston, acting by and through its Chief of Economic Development, requests proposals for firms or consultants who can design and build Boston’s brand, increase awareness and active promotion, and drive visits to our City from diverse local and national visitors, as particularly set forth in the Request for Proposals. The RFP will be available on the City’s procurement website and Supplier Portal via boston.gov/procurement, on or after 9:00 AM, Boston local time, on September 21, 2020. The RFP will remain available until the submission deadline on October 5, 2020 at 4:00 PM Boston local time.

Responding to this RFP is voluntary. All costs associated with responding to this RFP, including any interviews/demonstrations, will be the sole responsibility of the vendor participating in the RFP response.

The attention of all proposers is directed to the provisions of the Request for Proposals and contract documents, specifically to the requirements for insurance as may be applicable.

Offerors must proposals through the City of Boston’s Supplier Portal boston.gov/procurement. Under no circumstance shall any price information be included with a Technical Proposal. 

Applications shall be submitted on or before 4:00 PM, Boston local time, on Monday, October 5, 2020.  

The Official shall reject late proposals. Failure to submit separate sealed price and technical proposals shall result in disqualification of the entire proposal.

The Official shall not open the proposals publicly, but shall open the technical proposals in the presence of one or more witnesses within twenty-four (24) hours of the above deadline for submission of proposals. The Official may open price proposals later and in any case shall open the price proposals to avoid disclosure to the individuals evaluating the technical proposals.

The term of the contract shall be through the end of December 2020. 

The City reserves the right to reject any and all proposals, or any part or parts thereof, and to award a contract as the Official deems to be in the best interests of the City. This contract shall be subject to the availability of an appropriation therefore, if sufficient funds are not appropriated for the contract in any fiscal year, the Official shall cancel the contract. The maximum time for acceptance of a proposal and the issuance of a written notification of award shall be one hundred eighty (180) days. The award of this contract shall be subject to the approval of the Mayor of Boston. 

John Barros, Chief of Economic Development