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Forest Park council selects Norcross-based firm for city manager search after debate over RFP
Summary
After debating an informal procurement approach versus a formal RFP, the council selected a Norcross recruitment firm with a two-year placement guarantee to run the nationwide search for a new city manager.
The Forest Park Mayor and Council on Sept. 2 voted to hire a Norcross-based executive recruitment firm to conduct a nationwide search for a new city manager, concluding a multi-week discussion over whether to run a formal request-for-proposals process.
Procurement staff (name not specified) told the council that they solicited proposals from six firms and received submissions from two. One firm, based in Alpharetta, proposed a base fee of about $21,000 (not including travel or advertising costs) and offered a one-year guarantee if the selected candidate left within that time. The second firm, based in Norcross, proposed a not-to-exceed fee of $24,841 that included…
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