# Port of Portland Planet bids #2026-14802

Port of Portland on-call facilitation services

**Posted:** November 10, 2026
**Respond By:** December 03, 2026
**Identifier:** 2026-14802
**NAICS:** 541611, 541612, 611430

The Port of Portland is seeking firms to provide on-call facilitation that helps its teams align, collaborate, and perform effectively.
- **Buyer:** Port of Portland, Contracts & Procurement.
- **Service requested:** Tailored facilitation for executives, senior leaders, project teams, and functional teams. Work may include retreats, strategic planning, vision and values alignment, communication and collaboration, goal-setting and accountability, trust-building, conflict resolution, and change readiness.
- **Delivery and approach:** Services may be in person, virtual, or hybrid, in hourly, half-day, full-day, or other formats. Providers may conduct assessments or interviews, prepare materials, and use interactive, evidence-based methods. Rates are requested for virtual and in-person engagements.
- **Contract structure:** One or more providers may be selected. Assignments will be made as needed through nonexclusive task orders, with no guaranteed minimum workload; the contract term may extend up to five years.
- **Notable evaluation priorities:** Shared Prosperity, provider qualifications, project approach, and cost/fees are equally weighted. Shared Prosperity includes community investment and partnerships, workforce development, and small-business engagement.
- **Named prospective vendors:** Amelio; Boly/Welch Inc.; Brave-growth; Common Ground Mediation Services LLC; Connection Lab, Inc.; CPS HR Consulting; DesignWise Coaching and Consulting; DMullisInsurance; Engaged Talent Solutions LLC; EPI-USE America, Inc.; Espousal Strategies, LLC; Exit Bliss Consulting; Holmes Street Leadership Consulting; Inhance LLC; Institute for Conflict Management, Inc.; Jacquelyn Shelpman Consulting; Lambert & Associates LLC; Meeting in the Middle; Michelle Helman Consulting, LLC; Millennium Solutions Group; MYCA Multimedia & Training Solutions; Outside Perspective LLC; Peoplyst, LLC; Public Sector Performance Group; Rachelle Jacover and Associates; Rashmi Dixit Enterprises LLC; Sage Notion; Shawn Furst; Sigma Consultants Group, Inc.; Steve Friedland Associates Inc; Synergy Professional Services, LLC; Territory North America, Inc.; The Amplified Life Company; The Athena Group, LLC; The Cascata Group; The Enterprise University; The Learning Studio by Shirah; Turning Point Initiatives; WJT Enterprises LLC; Winalski Consulting LLC; Woven Grove Consulting; and Xpan Interactive USA Inc.
- **OEMs and products:** No OEMs, product brands, part numbers, or product quantities are identified.

### Description

The Port of Portland is seeking proposals from experienced firms or teams of firms to provide on-call facilitation services. The Port intends to award one or more contracts, each with a term of up to five years. Work will be assigned as needed through written task orders on a nonexclusive basis, with no guaranteed minimum amount of work.

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