HR-9491 - USA (Bellingham, Washington) - Superintendent Search Services - Deadline October 30,2026

Vendor needs to provide superintendent search services to the government authority located in Bellingham, WA.– Full search proposals: the firm manages the entire process from start to finish.– Cafe–style search proposals: the district selects specific modules or phases while handling others internally.– To develop and conduct a thoughtful, timely process for gathering board, staff, parent, student, and community input for the establishment of criteria to guide the selection process.– To complete other tasks necessary to achieve the selection and employment of a new superintendent.– Suggested timeline of activities and major events in the search process.– Responsibilities to be assumed by the board of directors and the search consultant through each phase of the process.– Recommended process for developing the criteria to be used for selecting the new superintendent.– Recommended process for obtaining staff input.– Description of the process the consultant suggests for advertising and recruiting candidates, including measures to assure equal opportunity and other considerations.– Recommended process for screening, conducting reference checks, interviewing, and making the final selection.– Information about the consultant or firm making this proposal including:– Identification of the person who will take primary responsibility for the search, along with a current resume and names of board members in other districts who can be contacted about their experience working with this person.– Description of other superintendent searches conducted in the past five years for districts of similar or larger size.– Statement about the firm's current or planned engagement in other projects that may conflict with our search or affect our timeline.– The shortest and longest tenure of superintendents selected through previous searches.– Fees for this search, separated out by the anticipated cost for each element of the search and any other anticipated expenses for the district.