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2013

American Graduate Strategic Advisor

CPB is requesting proposals from firms to provide strategic advice to CPB to advance and support CPB's American Graduate initiative. American Graduate: Let's Make it Happen ("American Graduate") is a multi-year public media initiative, to assist public media stations and organizations in identifying and implementing solutions to address the high school dropout crisis in their local communities.

2012

403(b) Retirement Plan Investment Analysis and Consulting

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting ("CPB") is seeking proposals for a consultant to assist in the finalization and implementation of the Investment Policy Statement (Policy) related to our Deferred Annuity Plan and the CPB Defined Contribution Retirement Plan. Additional assistance is required to provide periodic analysis of investment options, and to evaluate the performance of the Fund Manager and the level of management fees charged.

Content Manager for American Graduate Website

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) is seeking a content manager to act as managing editor for americangraduate.org, to procure relevant information for the site, and manage the related social media channels.

Data Analyst for Radio Community Service Grants System Consultation

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting ("CPB") seeks a data analyst ("Consultant") to review and analyze the impact of a variety of proposed revisions to CPB's radio Community Service Grant (CSG) program and guidelines ("CSG Program"). The revisions will be the recommendations developed during four collaborative meetings with public radio system representatives. The in-person meetings are scheduled to begin in May of 2012, concluding in November of 2012.

Data Analyst for Radio Community Service Grants System Consultation

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting ("CPB") seeks a data analyst ("Consultant") to review and analyze the impact of a variety of proposed revisions to CPB's radio Community Service Grant (CSG) program and guidelines ("CSG Program").

Financial and Operations Analysis

CPB seeks, through this competitive RFP process, the services of a qualified organization or individuals to conduct a financial and operational analysis of between five and ten local public media stations on behalf of CPB during the (estimated) period of May 2012 to September 2013.

Minority Report to Congress Consultant

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) is seeking a consultant (Consultant) to assist in the creation of several Congressional reports. The first report is CPB's annual report on the provision of services to minority and diverse audiences by public broadcasting and public telecommunications entities (Minority Report). For the second report, Consultant will interview between five (5) and ten (10) key minority leaders and, based on those interviews, create an assessment which identifies the current needs of minority public broadcasting audiences (Assessment Report). Finally, Consultant will combine the Minority and Assessment Reports into a single comprehensive report (Final Report). The objective in creating the Final Report is to develop a creative and innovative style document for distribution over traditional and various non-traditional platforms, e.g. via email and CPB's website.

Moderated Online Focus Groups and Data Analysis

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting ("CPB") is seeking proposals to conduct up to six moderated online focus groups. Each focus group will require multiple sessions. The consultant will be gathering the thoughts, opinions, knowledge and beliefs of a number of leaders throughout public media on critical issues facing public media as well as the impact, success, strengths and challenges facing specific projects funded in whole or in part by CPB.

Nonprofit Corporate Legal Services

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting ("CPB") seeks legal advice on a range of nonprofit corporate matters for a period of 3 - 6 months, including corporate governance (by-laws, board/management ethical considerations and responsibilities), contracts, creditors' rights and compliance with the District of Columbia Nonprofit Corporations Act.

Request for Benefit Brokerage and Consulting Services

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) is interested in selecting an experienced firm specializing in benefit brokerage and consulting services, to obtain and administer health and welfare plans for our approximately 115 employees.

Request for Consulting Services Relating to Future Interconnection Planning Consultation

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting ("CPB") announces a Request for Proposals (RFP) for a consultant or consulting firm (hereafter referred to as the "Consultant") to facilitate a broad dialogue between NPR, PBS, and other stakeholders, along with the possible addition of outside experts, regarding future interconnection requirements, and potential cost savings resulting from a collaborative approach.

Strategic Education Consulting Services

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) is seeking proposals from firms to provide strategic education consulting services to expand and advance CPB's overall education goals. CPB seeks proposals from persons or firms to:

  • provide CPB with counsel, guidance and recommendations to inform CPB's education portfolio in key areas of education, including early childhood, k-12, dropout prevention & youth engagement, English Language Learning, and workforce education;
  • provide CPB with the necessary information to remain current on new trends in education and on federal and state education policies;
  • provide CPB with up-to-date information on upcoming education grant programs;
  • review the national and local education services provided by public media and make recommendations on how best to aggregate this information to highlight what works best, ways to scale work and best methods of communicating impact;
  • assist CPB with appropriate and effective messaging about public media's education initiatives;
  • attend and participate in national education meetings

2011

American Archive Content Inventory Project SWAT (Saving What America Treasures) Team Initiative Round II

The objective of this RFP is to solicit proposals for individuals and/or organizations to be available as SWAT (Saving What America Treasures) Teams for the American Archive Content Inventory Project (CIP). These SWAT Teams will conduct training and on-site content inventories at public media archives nationwide.

American Archive Management Consultant

CPB is seeking a consultant to analyze and, where appropriate, provide recommendations to improve CPB's American Archive department processes, workflows, and management structure.

Consultant for Radio Community Service Grants System Consultation (Revised)

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting seeks a consultant to facilitate a system consultation to look at possible changes to the radio Community Service Grant (CSG) program. The process will include a series of facilitated feedback sessions and in-person meetings.

Content Advisor to the American Archive Content Inventory Project (CIP)

The objective of this RFP is to solicit proposals for individuals and/or organizations to serve as a Content Advisor to the American Archive Content Inventory Project (CIP). This advisor will work with the original producers and public media executives (the "Pioneers" of public media) to ensure that the American Archive has identified the most important and significant audio and visual content generated over time by public media entities.

CPB Dropout Awareness & Youth Engagement Initiative Consultant

CPB seeks a Consultant to work with CPB senior management to develop and implement a strategic plan for CPB's Dropout Awareness & Youth Engagement Initiative and to directly manage the implementation and coordination of all Initiative components.

CPB Professional Development Consultant

CPB seeks a consultant to conduct assessments of CPB-supported professional development programs and other training initiatives with the goal of enhancing and maximizing support for those engaged in public media as a professional practice.

Cross-Departmental Communications Consultant to Increase Support and Awareness of Public Media Projects

CPB seeks a Communications Consultant to drive viewership and awareness of crucial cross-departmental public media projects. Individual will provide public and media relations counsel and support to CPB, as needed, for the American Graduate initiative and other CPB programs.

Digital Content and Management Analytics Project

CPB seeks a Consultant(s) to increase the awareness and use of digital media analytics to assist public media stations to improve their digital content and social media performance leading to improved organizational health and mission outcomes.

Digitization Project Contractor

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting seeks a vendor to facilitate the digitization of audio and video content for the American Archive initiative. The Project is expected to begin around July 1, 2011 and is anticipated to end around December 31, 2012.

Evaluation of CPB-funded Local Journalism Centers

CPB seeks an individual or organization to evaluate seven CPB-funded Local Journalism Centers.

Governance Consultant for Los Angeles Consortium

CPB announces a Request for Proposals for an organizational and governance consultant. The consultant or consulting firm will assist a group of up to three public television stations in the Los Angeles Market to elaborate and recommend the consortium's governance structure, encompassing key strategic areas and resulting in the establishment of a legal operational entity.

Moderated Online Focus Group Project for Radio Community Service Grants System Consultation

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting is seeking proposals to conduct a moderated online focus group of public radio station leaders. The focus groups and summary reports are to be completed by January 23, 2012.

Organizational Consultant for Station Collaboration in Los Angeles

CPB seeks a Consultant to work with the public television stations in Los Angeles to develop and implement an organizational and governance structure for a station consortium, and to provide recommendations on a management structure and potential funding models for the consortium.

Outreach Advisor to the American Archive Content Inventory Project (CIP)

The objective of this RFP is to solicit proposals for individuals and/or organizations to serve as an Outreach Advisor to the American Archive Content Inventory Project (CIP).This advisor will provide outreach services to the independent television and radio producer community to ensure that the American Archive identifies significant public media programming produced for independent, specialty, and diverse audiences. As a component of the work scope, the Outreach Advisor will work with the CPB-funded National Minority Consortia to identify and encourage independent producers to participate in the inventory project.

Project Management Consultant for the 2012 Survey Management Project

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting seeks a management consultant(s) for the 2012 Survey Management Project. The period for the Project is 12 months, September 1, 2011 through August 31, 2012.

Public Relations Agency Partner to Develop Dropout Awareness and Youth Engagement Initiative

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting is undertaking this search process to engage a public relations agency partner to support the Dropout Awareness and Youth Engagement Initiative (Dropout Initiative) being planned for 2011 and following years.

Research Advisor to the American Archive Content Inventory Project (CIP)

The objective of this RFP is to solicit proposals for individuals and/or organizations to serve as a Research Advisor to the American Archive Content Inventory Project (CIP). This advisor will help identify sources of significant public television and radio programming that are not held in public media archives, but instead are stored at non-affiliated universities, historical societies, government repositories, producer's facilities, collector archives, and other "off-the-radar" sources that maintain public media content. The Research Advisor will also be responsible for the creation and maintenance of an "asset map" to illustrate the association of the archives to originating public media entities.

SWAT (Saving What America Treasures) Team Advisor to the American Archive Content Inventory Project (CIP)

The objective of this RFP is to solicit proposals for individuals and/or organizations to serve as a SWAT (Saving What America Treasures) Team Advisor to the American Archive Content Inventory Project (CIP). This advisor will help select and manage teams of archivists conducting inventories of public media content (SWAT Teams) and will advise on standardizing incoming data.

TV CSG Diversity Eligibility Training Toolkit

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) is requesting proposals from diversity, inclusion, professional and board development consultants in the development of a station-focused Television Community Service Grant (CSG) Diversity Eligibility Training Toolkit.

2010

American Archive Content Inventory Project Manager

The objective of this Request for Proposals is to solicit proposals from individuals and organizations from both the non-profit and the private sector to begin a system-wide video and audio asset inventory of Public Broadcasting. The content inventory will entail the physical inspection, viewing and classification of assets by specific categories including rights information. The goal is to inventory at least 75,000 hours of public media content through this program over the next eighteen (18) months.

American Archive Legal Consultant

CPB seeks proposals from individuals and organizations in the intellectual property community to assist in the publication of a "White Paper" that will provide an operational legal framework for the distribution of audio and visual assets resident in the nation's public media archives.

American History and Civics Initiative Phase II Evaluation

CPB is requesting proposals from a person or firm to conduct an evaluation of Phase II -- Implementation of the American History and Civics Initiative for middle and high school students and their teachers.

Consulting Services Relating to Digital Television, Mobile DTV, and CPB Digital Distribution

CPB seeks television technical and engineering consulting services for the Digital Distribution Fund ("DDF") Grants Program administered by the Media Technologies department at CPB.

Dropout Awareness and Youth Engagement Initiative Manager

In close consultation with CPB, the Initiative Manager will oversee, coordinate and support the integrated components of the initiative which include national and local on-air and online content, interactive educational curricula, and on-the-ground community engagement.

MySourceFor.org Website Redesign

The services provided will include working with CPB and NCME staff to art direct and create a final website design, including customized page templates. Contactor will work with CPB and NCME to develop and provide wireframes, information architecture and user experience diagrams.

Organizational Consultant for a Multiple Broadcast Station Centralcast Project

CPB seeks a consultant or consulting firm to assist in developing an organizational structure for collaborative development of a Joint Master Control, Storage and Asset Management Initiative serving as a centralized digital master control for CPB qualified public television stations. The consultancy is anticipated to last 8 to 12 weeks.

Project Management Consultant for the 2011 Survey Management Project

The CPB seeks a management consultant(s) for the 2011 Survey Management Project. The period for the Project is 12 months, September 1, 2010 through August 31, 2011.

Public Infrastructure and Utilities Analysis Consultant

CPB announces a Request for Proposals for a consultant to conduct a comprehensive analysis of San Francisco's efforts to bring public fiber optic infrastructure and utilities into partnership with public media operations.

Radio Engineering Consulting Services 3

CPB seeks radio technical and engineering consulting services to CPB's Media Technologies office and the Radio Digital Grants Program.

Request for Consulting Services Relating to Facilitator – FY2011 Digital Funding Consultation

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting ("CPB") announces a Request for Proposals (RFP) for a meeting facilitator. The facilitator or facilitation firm, hereafter referred to as the "Consultant," will assist the invited participants with the development of recommendations regarding the use of CPB's annual digital appropriation.

Services for African American Public Radio Stations

CPB seeks proposals from individuals or organizations for the planning, development and immediate implementation of services for public radio stations identified as African American public radio stations under CPB's Community Service Grant minority qualification (including stations licensed to Historically Black Colleges and Universities).

Strategic Consultant for The American Archive

CPB seeks a Consultant to work with CPB management to develop a strategic plan for the American Archive that defines its governance structure, drafts its charter and outlines a plan for long-term sustainability.

Strategic Project Consultation for Social Media Engagement Support to Public Broadcasting Stations

CPB seeks to assist public broadcasting stations in increasing their use of social media as part of a public service and communications strategy that reflects and adapts to the local audience.

Web-Based Self-Directed Public Awareness Curriculum

This Request for Proposals is for the creation of a web-based application that provides a value messaging curriculum developed from the Public Awareness Initiative.

2009

American Archive Strategy Consultant

This Request for Proposals seeks a consultant to develop a technology implementation plan for the American Archive over a period of 10 months.

Broadband Grants Consultant

CPB is seeking a consultant to provide technical and strategic planning services to public broadcasting stations as they apply for the Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP).

Project Consultant to Manage Station Online Capacity Project

CPB seeks to engage a Consultant for a period of approximately 10 months to manage the Vendor chosen for the Station Online Capacity Project and to promote the availability of the portal to Stations and encourage their participation.

Ready To Learn Grant Manager

CPB is seeking a highly qualified consultant to serve as the Grant Manager of the organization's future Ready to Learn grant application to the U.S. Department of Education.

Ready To Learn Grant Writer

CPB is seeking a highly qualified consultant to serve as the Grant Writer of the organization's future Ready to Learn grant application to the U.S. Department of Education.

Ready To Learn Research Dissemination

This Request for Quotes is for a person or firm with experience translating research results into easy-to-understand text for popular audiences to draft up to eight (8) media pieces that CPB can repurpose for various media outlets, stakeholders, and audiences, and write, create, design, and produce a final research report summarizing the activities and findings of the Ready To Learn Initiative.

SABS / SAS Managing Consultant

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting seeks a management consultant(s) for the SABS / SAS Management Project. The period for the Project is 24 months, July 1, 2009 through June 30, 2011.

2008

Media Planner and Buyer for Marketing Campaign

CPB seeks a media planning and buying firm with experience working for non-profit clients to create, coordinate and oversee a highly creative, innovative and effective paid marketing media campaign that will add value to the PBS KIDS Raising Readers Campaign.

Public Radio Major Giving Plan Project Administrator

CPB is requesting proposals from qualified organizations and/or individuals to administer and implement a Major Giving Plan for public radio stations.

2007

2006 CPB Annual Report Writing, Design, and Production

This Request for Proposals is for writing, layout, design, print production, and project management of the 2006 CPB corporate annual report.

2008 Audience Awareness, Attitude and Usage Study

CPB is seeking the services of an outside vendor to design, implement and analyze a quantitative research study of adults 18+ who watch television in primetime.

Accessibility Best Practices Process Facilitation

CPB requires the services of an outside vendor who can design, coordinate, and implement a process that will effectively communicate research findings to a public television working group.

American Archive 1.0 Initiative Manager

The Initiative Manager will be responsible for managing both the strategic and tactical processes required to create an initial "blueprint" for American Archive 1.0.

Consultation and Administrative Services for TV Digital Grants

This Request for Proposals seeks to identify and select an experienced consultant that will provide services and assistance to CPB's Media Technologies Group in connection with DDF grants. The term of the services shall be for a period of twelve months.

Enhancing Services to Underserved Audiences

CPB seeks a consulting firm(s) to conduct assessments and operational analyses of CPB-supported minority consortia and other organizations.

Enthusiastic and Open Audience Segment Qualitative Research

CPB is seeking the services of an outside vendor to design and conduct qualitative research to inform efforts to build loyalty and increase viewing among a core public television audience segment known as the "Enthusiastic & Open."

Ethnographic Research

CPB is seeking the services of an outside vendor to design and conduct ethnographic research to inform efforts to overcome some of the barriers and obstacles that get in the way of television viewers finding Public Television content in an increasingly complex digital television environment.

Financial Reporting Guidelines Managing Consultant

CPB seeks to retain a professional to provide managing consultant services for its soon to be launched Financial Reporting Guidelines project.

Management of Existing TV Digital Distribution Fund Grants

This Request for Proposals seeks to identify and select an experienced consultant that will provide ongoing administrative assistance to CPB in administering thirty-seven open DDF grants. This will include transitioning such administrative services from PBS to the successful bidder under this RFP.

Plan to Grow Public Radio Audiences Consulting Services

CPB seeks a Program Manager to lead a system-wide consultation of not more than nine months which will result in a strategic and tactical framework to increase audiences for public radio.

Public Broadcasting Translator Audit and Analysis

CPB requests proposals to verify the number of existing translators owned and operated by Public Radio and Public Television licensees, examine licensee readiness for digital conversion, and determine the costs and timelines to convert their translators to digital operation.

Public Radio Major Giving Plan Consulting Services

CPB is requesting proposals from qualified individuals and companies to develop a strategic and tactical major giving plan for public radio stations that will raise the proficiency of major gift activity at stations, increase the number of major gift donors to the stations, and increase net revenue for the stations.

Radio Engineering Consulting Services 2

CPB seeks radio technical and engineering consulting services to CPB's Media Technologies office and the Radio Digital Grants Program.

Senior Television Audience Research Analyst

CPB seeks a senior audience research analyst to provide leadership and technical guidance for CPB's strategic development, analysis, understanding and application of a major quantitative research study known as the 2008 Audience Awareness, Attitudes and Usage Study.

Strategic Framework 2008

CPB seeks a vendor to assume responsibility for and provide appropriate services for the continuation of the Strategic Framework Process.

2006

2005 CPB Annual Report Design

Funds layout, design, print production, and project management of the CPB Annual Report.

2006 Television Rechannelization Study

Funds research to establish remaining RF/rechannelization needs of a pre-determined group of public television stations with respect to completion of their conversion from analog to digital transmission of over-the-air broadcast signals.

2007 Public Television Strategic Framework Project

The grantee will take results of audience research that has been commissioned by CPB concerning public television audiences and provide the services required to facilitate two public broadcasting working groups in analyzing and understanding the data, and developing a plan to determine the strategic implications of the research data in order to increase the reach of public television, the frequency viewers tune to public television and the loyalty of those viewers as expressed by their desire to financially support public television.

American History and Civics Initiative: Initiative Manager

The Initiative Manager will coordinate and support the development, production, dissemination and formative evaluation of American History and Civics Initiative projects, working in close consultation with CPB.

Assessment of Public Broadcasting Outreach

This Request for Proposals is for a wide ranging, but rapid, assessment of public broadcasting outreach -- an assessment deep enough to help CPB make decisions about some of its FY07 investments and to lay the groundwork for a longer-term outreach/community engagement strategy for both radio and television.

Conference Planning and Implementation

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting is seeking an experienced planning consultant, firm or team that will be responsible for conference and event support, execution, planning and coordination of all aspects related to implementing a two day national meeting of public television station general managers and volunteer leaders.

Digital Broadcast Technology Market Analysis

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting seeks an applicant to explore opportunities for utilizing public broadcasting's digital infrastructure to enhance public television's educational mission with the goal of identifying successful business models.

Digital Radio Coverage and Interference Analysis Project

This project is a technical analysis of public radio HD radio coverage problems and the loss of analog and digital coverage due to the interference caused by co- and adjacent channel HD stations.

Digital Rights Task Force Consultant

Funds materials and research for the Digital Rights Task Force that give an overview of the digital environment.

Displayed Audience Research Measurement Application

Funds a web-based application transforming audience research data into a query based, interactive, graphical interface.

Local Service Grant Program Administrator

The Local Service Grant Program Administrator will be responsible for the design, management and oversight of the Local Service Grant Project program, a large-scale, multi-year grant program for public television stations.

Major Giving Initiative: Board Effectiveness Project

Funds activities to evaluate and improve station board performance.

Pilot Test Research Design and Implementation for New Science Program

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting seeks an applicant to design and conduct pilot testing to be used as the basis for guiding the development of a new science series for primetime public television.

Radio Engineering Consulting Services 1

CPB seeks an experienced radio engineering consultant to provide engineering consultative services CPB's Media Technologies office.

Radio Station Renewal Project

Funding for managing consultant services.

Ready To Lead in Literacy Conference Planning

The Ready To Lead in Literacy Grant Program conference is expected to be held at the Renaissance Washington Hotel on October 19-21, 2006 in Washington, DC. It is anticipated that approximately 150 persons will be in attendance over the two and a quarter days. The selected consultant, firm or team will be required to have available personnel who have been successful in the professional services and activities of conference and event support, execution, planning and coordination services.

Ready To Lead in Literacy Grant Administrator

The selected contractor will be responsible for the day-to-day management and fiscal oversight of the Ready to Lead in Literacy Grant Program involving approximately 123 public television stations for years two and three of the Grant Program.

Science Series Research and Analysis

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting seeks an applicant to design and conduct comprehensive qualitative and quantitative research to be used as the basis for guiding the development of a new science series for primetime public television.

Senior Television Audience Research Analyst

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting seeks a senior audience research analyst to provide leadership and technical guidance for CPB's strategic analysis, understanding and application of television audience research.

Small Station Strategic Planning Initiative: Consulting Services

Consultants will help deliver consistent strategic planning to Stations, and will participate as a team with the other consultants to refine and improve the template and delivery of strategic planning services to Stations. The selection of consultants will be made jointly by a team composed of the Project Director, CPB personnel and the Small Station Advisory Panel.

Technical Research of Electronic Program Guides

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting seeks an applicant to research, write and present a report on the complex technical and business infrastructure of electronic program guides and information systems currently and generally available.

Television Rechannelization Study for Analog to Digital Conversion

The Television Rechannelization Study will recommend the necessary resources for stations to complete their analog to digital conversion and will identify for CPB the estimated funding levels required at each station to meet the conversion requirements.

Web-Based Self-Directed Major Giving Practices Curriculum

This Request for Proposals seeks an external service provider to design and develop a web-based application transforming the Major Giving Initiative website content and other Major Giving Initiative materials into an interactive, graphical training tool for public television professionals involved in major giving activities at their stations.

2005

2004 CPB Annual Report Design

Funds layout, design, print production, and project management of the CPB Annual Report.

Public Television Major Giving Initiative Consulting Services

Funds onsite consulting to assist stations in the implementation of their development plan.

Public Television Major Giving Initiative Consulting Services Request for Qualifications

The consulting services sought by this RFQ and a subsequent request for proposals are intended to assist stations with organizational issues that may impede the implementation of a major giving program and the establishment of a culture of philanthropy.

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