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Governance committee updates timeline for consultant selection to support council reset
Summary
Committee chair said six proposals were received for a consultant to help Portland’s new council increase effectiveness; an evaluation panel including council-office representatives and community members will score proposals this week and post a notice of intent to award if a selection is made.
The governance committee received an update July 7 on the procurement process to hire a consultant to assist the full council's governance reset.
Committee materials state that six proposals were received and approved for evaluation. The chair said an evaluation committee — including representatives from council offices, city operations and a community member from GTAC — will independently score proposals this week using the RFP evaluation criteria. After written scoring, evaluators will meet to reconcile scores; procurement will then post a notice of intent to award publicly for seven days before moving to contract.
Why it matters: the consultant is intended to support council-wide training and process design as the city adapts to its new form of government. Committee members sought clarity about the panel membership and schedule; procurement staff confirmed sector-based representation on the scoring panel and said the review would proceed this week.
Next steps
- Evaluators will independently score each proposal over a two-week evaluation period, then hold a scoring meeting to select the highest-scored proposer. - Procurement will post a notice of intent to award for seven days before award and contract negotiations.
Committee members asked staff to try to expedite the timeline where possible; procurement staff said they would push to complete evaluation and scoring as quickly as practicable while preserving the required solicitation safeguards.
