City Manager Executive Recruitment Services

The City of Concord, New Hampshire, is seeking an executive search firm to manage recruitment for its next City Manager, including candidate outreach, screening, interviews, and background checks.

City of Concord > Purchasing Division


General
Open
RFP 10-27
Oct 29, 2026 06:00 PM
Oct 19, 2026 12:00 PM
Request for Proposal (RFP)
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Contact
twaterman@concordnh.gov
+16032303664
311 North State Street, Concord, NH, USA
Submission Instructions

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Tina M. Waterman, Purchasing Manager, City of Concord, Combined Operations Maintenance Facility, 311 N. State St., Concord, NH 03301
Description

The City seeks an experienced executive search firm to support all stages of recruiting its next City Manager. Services include developing a recruitment schedule and candidate profile; planning outreach and advertising; screening applicants and preparing summaries; conducting reference and background checks; coordinating finalist interviews; advising on the offer, compensation, and relocation; maintaining records; and notifying applicants. The firm must also provide a one-year search warranty, under which it will conduct additional search and screening activities at no or reduced fee if the initial search is unsuccessful or the selected candidate leaves within one year of placement. Proposals must describe the firm's recruitment approach, timetable, relevant experience and personnel, and include five recent references from comparable communities, a not-to-exceed fee broken down by task, separately itemized travel costs, and an hourly rate for additional services. The fee proposal must be separately sealed for paper submissions or uploaded as a separate file for electronic submissions. Proposal content must be the responding firm's own work product and not generated by AI.

Classification Codes
NAICS561312Executive Search Services
PSCR431SUPPORT- PROFESSIONAL: HUMAN RESOURCES
Smart Codes
executive recruitment servicescity manager searchcandidate background checks
Specifications
Service Only
Timeline
Oct 15, 2026-Questions Due
Oct 22, 2026-Responses to Questions Issued
Oct 29, 2026 06:00 PM-Proposal Submission Deadline
Nov 9, 2026-Search Firm Interviews
Nov 16, 2026-Selection of Search Firm
Requirements
Required
  • Commercial General Liability -- General Aggregate — $2,000,000.00
  • Commercial General Liability -- Products-Completed Operations Aggregate — $2,000,000.00
  • Commercial General Liability -- Personal and Advertising Injury — $1,000,000.00
  • Commercial General Liability -- Each Occurrence Injury — $1,000,000.00
  • Commercial General Liability -- Fire Damage — $50,000.00
  • Commercial General Liability -- Medical Expense — $5,000.00
  • Commercial Automobile Liability — $1,000,000.00
  • Workers Compensation -- Employers Liability, Each Accident — $100,000.00
  • Workers Compensation -- Employers Liability, Disease Policy Limit — $500,000.00
  • Workers Compensation -- Employers Liability, Disease Each Employee — $100,000.00
  • Commercial Umbrella — $1,000,000.00
  • Professional/Errors & Omissions — $2,000,000.00
Scored
  • Minimum 5 references
  • Within the last 3 years
  • Client point of contact required for each reference
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