Skills-First Practices Outreach Campaign

The State of Colorado, through the Department of Labor and Employment, is seeking a marketing agency to develop and execute an outreach campaign promoting skills-first practices, including resource inventory, strategy, creative assets, media buying, and performance reporting.

Colorado > Department of Labor and Employment > Procurement and Contract Services Unit


General
Open
Sep 25, 2026 12:00 PM
Aug 24, 2026 09:58 AM
1 year base + 4 × 1 year options
Minority-Owned BusinessWoman-Owned BusinessService-Disabled Veteran-Owned Business
Request for Proposal (RFP)
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Contact
nancy.katz@state.co.us
Description

The Colorado Department of Labor and Employment, for the benefit of the Colorado Workforce Development Council, seeks a marketing agency to increase awareness and adoption of skills-first practices among employers, job seekers, learners, workforce professionals, economic development professionals, and educators. The work includes inventorying existing national, state, and local resources; developing audience-segmented outreach and paid-media strategies; creating campaign collateral; purchasing and optimizing traditional and nontraditional media; and tracking campaign performance. The selected vendor will develop strategy and tactical media plans for approval, negotiate media rates and placements, produce accessible creative assets including graphic, video, audio, copywriting, and Spanish-language materials as needed, manage campaign delivery and trafficking, provide bi-weekly return-on-investment reports, optimize tactics during the campaign, reconcile media and billing, and deliver a final campaign recap and evaluation. Required proposal content includes organizational qualifications and similar campaign examples, at least three client references, key personnel qualifications and resumes, methodology and technical approach, an action plan, quality-assurance and reporting processes, and detailed itemized pricing.

Classification Codes
NAICS541810Advertising Agencies
PSCR701Advertising Services
Smart Codes
marketing campaign managementmedia buying servicesgraphic design services
Specifications
Service Only
Timeline
Aug 21, 2026-RFP Published
Sep 9, 2026-Pre-Proposal Meeting (optional)
Phone: (US)+1 260-216-5358; PIN: 867 585 980#
Sep 17, 2026-Questions Due Date
Sep 18, 2026-Answers Posted
Sep 25, 2026-Proposal Submission Deadline
Oct 1, 2026-Oral Presentations, Site Visits, Demonstrations, or Interviews, if Applicable (optional)
The schedule states that these potential events may occur during October in a virtual environment as determined by the vendor; no exact date is provided.
Oct 1, 2026-Best and Final Offers, if Applicable
Nov 1, 2026-Notice of Award
Nov 1, 2026-Contract Signing
Requirements
Scored
  • Minimum 3 references
  • Client point of contact required for each reference
Documents
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