# Santa Monica Opengov #484

As-Needed Communications Consulting Services for the City of Santa Monica

**Posted:** August 27, 2026
**Respond By:** October 13, 2026
**Identifier:** 484
**NAICS:** 541810, 541890

The City of Santa Monica is seeking communications consulting firms for project-based creative production, public relations, and strategic communications.
- **Government buyer:** City of Santa Monica, City Manager’s Office.
- **Opportunity:** Establish an as-needed, non-exclusive pool of consultants; there is no guaranteed minimum work or retainer, and the City may assign work through individual project engagements.
- **Service tracks:**
  - **Creative Services and Multimedia Production:** Strategy and research, communications planning, branding, photography (including FAA-certified drone work), video and post-production, design, animation, digital and social content, writing and multilingual adaptation, presentations, content planning, and public-safety multimedia for Police and Fire.
  - **Earned Media, Public Relations, and Strategic Communications:** Communications strategy, media relations and outreach, press and editorial writing, spokesperson and executive preparation, crisis communications, community and multicultural outreach (including Spanish-language outreach), monitoring, and performance reporting.
- **Requirements:** Proposals should address the applicable track(s) separately and include rates, key staff and resumes, a relevant portfolio, at least three comparable references, and disclosures and policies concerning generative AI use. Minimum qualifications include five years of relevant experience and three references.
- **OEMs and vendors:** No product OEMs are identified. ABC Corporation is named in a Professional Services Agreement template attachment, but the materials do not establish it as an awarded or competing vendor.
- **Products and quantities:** No product purchases or product quantities are specified. Services are as needed; no volume is guaranteed.
- **Term:** Anticipated five-year term, with no renewal or option periods stated. Specific start and end dates are not provided.

### Description

The City of Santa Monica is seeking proposals from qualified firms or individuals to provide as-needed communications consulting services under two tracks: Creative Services and Multimedia Production, and Earned Media, Public Relations, and Strategic Communications. Proposers may respond for one or both tracks, with separate track-specific responses required when proposing for both. The City intends to establish a vendor pool and award individual engagements on a per-project basis; this is not a retainer or exclusive arrangement and does not guarantee work. The contract term is five years.

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