Request for Proposal Sprint

Starts:  Sep 4, 2024 12:00 PM (ET)
Ends:  Oct 9, 2024 01:00 PM (ET)

  • Registration deadline: July 26, 2024

  • Sprint start date: The week of September 2nd, 2024

  • Sprint end date: The week of October 7th, 2024 (with one final closing session in November)

  • Duration: 6 weeks

  • Structure: Weekly cohort and coaching sessions, totaling 2-3 hours of work per week.

  • Session time: TBD. Dates and times will be determined based upon participants' availability.

  • Eligibility to register: English speaking local/city governments in the U.S. and Canada.

  • Recommended audience: City staff that work within the city’s procurement office.

  • Languages: This sprint will be run in English only

Request for Proposal Sprint

Does your city have an upcoming Request for Proposals (RFP) that you’d like to receive expert support in drafting? Join What Works Cities and our expert partners at the Harvard Kennedy School Government Performance Lab for a six-week virtual Request for Proposals (RFP) learning sprint. You will work within a cohort of cities to draft your RFP from start to finish: developing problem statements, outlining outcome goals, establishing contract performance metrics, drafting scopes of work, identifying proposal evaluation criteria, and crafting proposal questions. The goal of the sprint is not only to help you write an effective results-driven RFP that solicits high-quality services for residents, but also to help you and your team master best practices in procurement.


Participation requires attendance and engagement during weekly cohort and coaching sessions, totaling 2-3 hours of work per week. We encourage cities to apply that have an upcoming high-priority RFP that could benefit from thoughtful workshopping. By the end of the sprint, you will have a draft RFP ready to finalize with internal stakeholders. 

The Sprint will help cities to achieve the following criteria:

  • RDC1: Your local government defines strategic goals & desired outcomes for key procurements, contracts, &/or grants.

  • RDC2: Your local government uses metrics to measure outcomes or impacts for key procurements (disaggregated by geographic and demographic subgroups when possible), & flag when performance is off track during the course of a contract. 

  • RDC4: Your local government uses procurement & contracting approaches that incentivize vendors to work toward your local government’s strategic goals defined in the contracts, procurements, &/or grants.

Space is limited, register today!

*Do to the limited nature of this engagement, registration is NOT a guarantee of participation. The Government Performance Lab team will reach out to schedule a time to learn more about your proposed RFP and team and determine whether you’re the right fit for this opportunity.


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About What Works Cities

This learning opportunity and more are available to staff in cities that have completed our online self-Assessment for What Works Cities Certification. The What Works Cities Certification program, launched in 2017 by Bloomberg Philanthropies and led by Results for America, is the first-of-its-kind standard of excellence for data-driven, well-managed local government. Open to cities in North and South America with a population of at least 30,000, What Works Cities Certification welcomes cities at all points in their data journey. Take the Assessment, join our Community and lead with data!