# Garden City Granicus #68

Executive recruitment services for Garden City’s next City Manager

**Posted:** October 15, 2026
**Respond By:** November 09, 2026
**Identifier:** 68
**NAICS:** 561312

The City of Garden City, Kansas, is seeking an executive recruitment firm to lead a nationwide search for its next City Manager.
- **Government buyer:** City of Garden City, Kansas, acting through the Garden City Commission. Jennifer Cunningham, City Attorney, is identified as the project manager.
- **OEMs and vendors:** No OEMs, recruitment firms, or other suppliers are named in the opportunity. The requested service is executive recruitment, not a branded product.
- **Services requested:** Stakeholder discovery and leadership-profile development; nationwide candidate outreach, including passive candidates; application review, screening, interviews, and assessments; finalist background and reference investigations; selection and contract-negotiation support; and onboarding recommendations and follow-up.
- **Notable requirements:** The firm should have at least five years of executive recruitment experience, substantial local-government search experience, and a record of successful City Manager placements. Engagement must accommodate the multilingual community, including Spanish-language engagement and interpretation as needed.
- **Due diligence and guarantee:** Finalist reviews include employment, education and credential verification; references; public-records, media and social-media reviews; civil litigation review; and criminal checks where legally permissible. The firm must offer a replacement search without an additional professional fee if the appointee leaves within 24 months, except in cases of death or disability; approved direct expenses may still be payable.
- **Pricing requested:** Proposals should identify a fixed professional fee and separately account for advertising, travel, background checks, optional services, and reimbursable expenses. No quantity or budget is stated.

### Description

The City of Garden City, Kansas is seeking proposals from qualified executive recruitment firms to conduct a search for its next City Manager. The selected consultant will support stakeholder engagement and candidate-profile development, nationwide recruitment, screening and evaluation, finalist background investigations, interviews, selection and contract negotiations, and onboarding. Firms must demonstrate at least five years of executive recruitment experience, significant local-government executive recruitment experience, and a successful record of City Manager placements. Proposals are due electronically by email on November 9, 2026, at 2:00 p.m. Central Time.

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