Crisis Communication Plan Development Service

Overview

Management Consulting & Admin Support

Warrensburg, Missouri, United StatesPosted 2 months agoDeadline: March 25th, 2026

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SUMMARY

Missouri government seeks consulting services to develop, audit, and implement a comprehensive crisis communication plan, including strategies for media, social media, and public information.

KEY REQUIREMENTS

BUDGET

Estimate

$150,000 – $300,000

CONTRACT DURATION

36 months

TIMELINE

RFP Release Date: February 25th, 2026

Questions Due: March 11th, 2026

Proposal Due Date: March 25th, 2026

Evaluation and Selection: March 30th-April 3rd, 2026

Project Start Date: May 1st, 2026 (estimate)

Project Completion (Year 3): December 2028

Year 1: Internal Communication Plan development.

Year 2: External Communication Plan development.

Year 3: Comprehensive Crisis Communication Plan integration, testing, and exercises.

QUESTION DEADLINE

March 11th, 2026

Issuing Agency

City of Warrensburg

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DESCRIPTION

A government authority in Missouri seeks a vendor to provide consulting services for the development and implementation of a comprehensive, multi-phase crisis communication plan. This project requires establishing a structured approach to public information management, media relations, social media strategy, and coordinated external messaging.

The selected consultant will be responsible for auditing current communication practices, identifying audiences, defining goals, and creating guides for various communication platforms. Key deliverables include a media engagement framework, public information guidelines, defined roles and responsibilities, a communication escalation matrix, messaging calendar, PIO policy, a city-wide external playbook, website audit, listening strategy, trusted messenger roadmap, social media policy, and standardized external message templates. The ultimate goal is to align internal and external communication systems, resulting in a fully integrated crisis communication framework.

Source attribution

This Settle analysis is based on the issuing organization’s public RFP listing.