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The Cities of Bloomington, Edina, and Richfield seek proposals from qualified organizations or consultants to design and facilitate a regional cohort-based professional development and organizational learning initiative focused on equity, inclusive leadership, and organizational systems change within local government.

The participating cities are seeking a partner to support the development of shared knowledge, practical skills, cross-jurisdictional collaboration, and organizational capacity related to equitable decision-making, inclusive practices, and community-centered public service.

The selected vendor will design and implement a structured cohort-based learning experience over a period of approximately twelve (12) to eighteen (18) months. The initiative should incorporate a combination of facilitated learning sessions, collaborative dialogue, applied exercises, reflection opportunities, and action-oriented implementation strategies that help participants examine organizational systems, policies, practices, and community outcomes through an equity lens.

The Cities encourage approaches that include historical context, organizational assessment, experiential learning, peer learning, and practical tools that support sustainable organizational and systems change.

RFP Documentation is available through the Bids&Tenders website for this project: 26-48 Regional Equity and Inclusive Leadership Cohort Initiative

The City of Bloomington is seeking a qualified consulting firm to lead the comprehensive rewrite and update of its Local Surface Water Management Plan (SWMP) while concurrently refining and re-organizing key stormwater infrastructure GIS datasets. The resulting plan will align with state, regional, and municipal requirements, integrating directly with the stormwater and surface water resources section of the City’s upcoming 2050 comprehensive plan by the target completion date of March 2028.

Bid documents are available for preview and download using the online Bidding System at https://bloomingtonmn.bidsandtenders.net.

CITY OF BLOOMINGTON

The City of Bloomington (the “City”) is seeking proposals from qualified firms to provide professional engineering services for the design, preparation of bid documents, and construction administration associated with the Lime Slaker Replacement Project at the Bloomington Water Treatment Plant. The project will replace four (4) existing 2,000-pound-per-hour lime paste slakers and associated volumetric belt feeders with four (4) new 1,000-pound-per-hour lime paste slakers and volumetric belt feeders.

Link to Bids and Tenders Public RFP

The City of Bloomington is seeking proposals to plan and conduct a simulated cybersecurity attack tabletop exercise while evaluating the City’s crisis response related to cybersecurity attacks.

The City seeks to engage a qualified consultant to plan, facilitate and conduct a realistic cybersecurity tabletop exercise involving representatives from across the organization. The selected proposer will also conduct an organizational cybersecurity preparedness assessment and prepare a comprehensive after-action report. As an optional component, proposers may recommend a software solution to support the delivery of this exercise and enhance the City's ability to conduct future tabletop exercises.
The City consists of 11 operating departments and several divisions. Approximately 20 employees are expected to participate in the exercise. The primary objective is to evaluate and improve the City's preparedness to respond to a cybersecurity incident by increasing participant awareness, validating existing plans and procedures, identifying strengths and gaps, and developing actionable recommendations for improvement.
A date for the tabletop exercise has not yet been established. The earliest anticipated timeframe for conducting the exercise is mid-November 2026.

Link to Bids and Tenders formal posting

City of Bloomington is seeking to procure new garage doors and controls at their Public Works Public Works Maintenance Garage, located at 1700 West 98th Street, Bloomington, MN 5531. The City would like to replace all six doors and controls in the maintenance parking garage. The controls must communicate with the existing security system and be compatible with a future RFID reader system. The response should include the demolition, removal, and disposal of the existing doors.

Detailed project information is available here: 26-40 Garage Door Replacement -Public Works Maintenance Garage

Note: this is a Best Value Request for Proposals. Please read proposal instructions and submit all required materials.