Five (5) Year Strategic Plan Request for Proposal (RFP)
Posted April 11, 2022
The El Dorado County Fire Protection District (“District”) is accepting proposals from qualified consultants (“Proposers”) to research, write, and produce a Strategic Plan for the District. The intent of the District is to hire a qualified consultant that can offer the highest service at the lowest overall cost to the District.
The Strategic Plan is intended to guide the District by (a) reviewing current conditions with an analysis of existing strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT); (b) suggesting organizational improvements over five (5) years; (c) establishing realistic strategic initiatives; (d) reviewing the District’s existing mission statement, vision and values; (e) engaging the community and collecting both internal and external stakeholder input including labor, management, staff and the Board of Directors as part of the planning process; (f) developing draft and final versions of the Strategic Plan; (g) presenting the final Strategic Plan to the Board of Directors.
The District is an independent California special district that provides fire and emergency medical services to a portions of the unincorporated area of El Dorado County, including the City of Placerville. The District currently operates five (5) fire stations, through an Amador Plan contract with Cal Fire, a sixth (6th) station is staffed within the District. The District encompasses approximately 281 square miles and serves an estimated population of 50,000 people. The District provides fire suppression, emergency medical, paramedic ambulance transport, technical and heavy rescue, fire prevention/community risk reduction, and public education services to a predominately semi-rural community with areas that are rural in nature.
Full RFP:
2022 Strategic Plan RFP Final 04 2022.pdf