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Bid Title

RFP Comprehensive Campaign Counsel -

Issuing Agency

Wayne State University

Location

Michigan

Published Date

Dec 23, 2025

Closing Date

Jan 7, 2026

Government Level

State & Local

Status

Closed

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Project Description

Release Date	Title	Mandatory Pre-Bid?	Pre-Bid Date	Contact	Due Date
12-09-2025	RFP Comprehensive Campaign Counsel - 2025 Microsoft Teams Meeting On-line or via Conference Call Click to Join Pre-bid Meeting Need to join from a mobile device but don’t have TEAMS on it? Visit our website for instruction on adding TEAMS to your device Complete RFP Information Schedule C - Cost Schedule Prebid Attendance Confirmation VOID - See Below Power Point Presentation Prebid Attendance Confirmation (open during prebid meeting only) Addendum #1 - Minutes of the Pre-Bid Meeting held 12-16-2025 Addendum #2 - Posted 12-23-2025 Comprehensive Campaign Counsel - Link to Submit Bids	Optional	12-16-2025 10:00 am	Brandy Gaines (313) 577-3712 BrandyG@wayne.ed	01-07-2026

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Division of Finance and Business Affairs

Request for Proposal

and Specifications for

Comprehensive Campaign Counsel

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Wayne State University

Procurement & Strategic Sourcing

December 9, 2025

Division of Finance and Business Affairs

Procurement & Strategic Sourcing

5700 Cass Avenue, Suite 4200

Detroit, Michigan 48202

(313) 577-3734

December 9, 2025

Dear Vendors:

IMPORTANT – PLEASE NOTE: Bid notices will be sent only to those Vendors registered to receive them via our Bid

Opportunities ListServ service. To register, visit http://go.wayne.edu/bids, and click on the “Join our ListServ” link at the top

of the page. Instructions are at the top of the page, and is under “Service Bid Opportunities”.

Wayne State University invites you to participate in its Request for Proposal process to provide Comprehensive Campaign

Counsel, for the Division of Development and Alumni Affairs, per the specifications contained herein the Request for

Proposal. This service is expected to commence on February 2, 2026.

We have a bid information package complete with the Request for Proposal and complete specifications available for

downloading from the University Procurement Website at http://go.wayne.edu/bids (include capitalization and underscores)

as of December 9, 2025. When visiting the Website, click on the “Service.” link in green. Copies of the RFP will not be

available at the pre-proposal meeting.

To participate, it is Optional that you and/or responsible representatives of your organization attend our pre-proposal

conference. For this RFP, the University offers the following Pre-Proposal Options: Virtual. The meeting will be held on

December 16, 2025, 10:00 a.m. (Eastern - Detroit Time).

Vendors who would like to participate in the pre-proposal meeting via a TEAMS Video Conference or Conference Call, may do

so via the information below:

Microsoft Teams Meeting

On-line or via Conference Call

Join the meeting now

Need to join from a mobile device but don’t have TEAMS on it?

Visit our website for instruction on adding TEAMS to your device.

Attendance will be taken during the Prebid Meeting. When Pre-proposal Meetings are Optional, nominal scorecard points will

be awarded for attendance.

We hope you can join us at the Optional pre-proposal meeting. Please have a copy of this Request for Proposal for your

reference during the meeting. Should you have any questions or concerns about this invitation, please contact me at (313)

577-3712, or email: rfpteam1@wayne.edu. Thank you for your interest in doing business with Wayne State University.

Sincerely,

Brandy Gaines

Senior Buyer

Enclosure

I. Introduction

RFP: Comprehensive Campaign Counsel

for the Division of Development and Alumni Affairs

Page No.(s)

1

II. Information for VENDOR

1

A. General

2

B. Calendar of Events

2

C. Optional Pre-Proposal Meeting

2

D. Examination of the Request for Proposal

2

E. Delivery of Proposals

3

F. Proposal Format

3

G. Proposal Evaluation

4

H. VENDOR Profile, Experience, References and Lost Accounts

4

I. VENDOR Service Plan

5

III. Scope of Work and Project Requirements

6

IV. General Requirements and Guidelines

7

UNIVERSITY PROVIDED SCHEDULES

Schedule A

Schedule B

Schedule C

Schedule D

Proposal Certification, Non-Collusion Affidavit, VENDOR Acknowledgements

Insurance Requirements

Cost Schedule

Summary Questionnaire

VENDOR CREATED EXHIBITS - TO BE SUBMITTED WITH VENDOR PROPOSAL

VENDOR Exhibit 1

VENDOR Exhibit 2

VENDOR Exhibit 3

VENDOR Exhibit 4

Exceptions / Restricted Services

Profile/Experience/References

Service Plan

Sample Management Reports

APPENDICES

Appendix 1

Appendix 2

Appendix 3

Appendix 4

Appendix 5

Wayne State University Map – (see website: http://campusmap.wayne.edu)

New Vendor Set-Up Requirements

WSU Wage Rate Schedules

Drawings

Sample Strategic Source Agreement

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I.

INTRODUCTION

A. Background

Wayne State University

Wayne State’s history reaches back to 1868, when five physicians who witnessed the crude medical

treatment on Civil War battlefields committed themselves to advancing health education and care in

Detroit. They founded Detroit Medical College, which has since transformed into our School of

Medicine.

Today, Wayne State University is one of the nation’s preeminent research universities, with 13 schools

and colleges spanning a variety of disciplines. Over 24,000 undergraduate and graduate students from

across the United States and 70 countries come here to prepare for their future careers. We continue to

play a role in invigorating Michigan’s economy, and our more than 308,000 alumni lead the way in

countless fields in Detroit, across our state and around the world.

Wayne State University is Michigan's premier urban research institution. Our mission is to create and

advance knowledge, prepare a diverse student body to thrive, and positively impact local and global

communities. Our Warriors engage in, with and for our community to create change and drive the future

in Detroit and beyond. Learn more in our 2022-27 strategic plan.

Development and Alumni Affairs

The Division of Development and Alumni Affairs (“DAA”) leads fundraising initiatives across all areas of

the university, ensuring every gift makes a difference. We build lifelong relationships with alumni and

donors that result in rich personal and philanthropic connections to Wayne State, and that ultimately

advance the university’s mission. The relationships established and private funds raised through the

division directly impact the university’s strategic plan by supporting academic excellence, community

engagement, and research advancement. Every dollar invested in fundraising at Wayne State produces

a rate of return of $7.47 (as of fall 2025).

Wayne State University has more than 308,000 alumni, and approximately 75% live in Michigan.

Comprehensive Campaign History

The University’s inaugural comprehensive fundraising campaign, Wayne First, raised $484.4 million in

gifts and pledges. The seven-year campaign publicly launched on May 24, 2005, and concluded on

December 31, 2008.

The total raised represents more than 400,000 gifts from Wayne State alumni and friends, as well as

donations from corporations and foundations. More than 44,000 donors made their first gift to the

university during the campaign.

The University’s second comprehensive fundraising campaign, Pivotal Moments, began its silent phase

on January 1, 2009, publicly launched on October 9, 2014, and concluded on September 30, 2018.

More than 84,000 alumni and friends, including corporations and foundations, combined to achieve a

$776.5 million milestone, exceeding the university’s goal of $750 million. Campaign conclusion

coincided with the University’s sesquicentennial in fall 2018.

The goal of the current comprehensive campaign (the University’s third) is to raise $1 billion in

philanthropic support for the University, and to substantially grow the University’s endowment in keeping

with current and future strategic plan objectives.

The official campaign start date for the purpose of tracking fundraising progress to goal is October 1,

2021. It is anticipated that the campaign will be 9 years in duration, with an estimated end date in 2030.

As of October 2025, the total raised for the current campaign exceeds 50% of the $1 billion goal with

slightly more than $504 million raised to-date.

Division Mission:

We engage the institution’s constituencies and garner philanthropic resources in support of Wayne

State University’s mission to positively impact lives and communities near and far.

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Division Vision:

Become the most respected division for the people, projects, and programs of Wayne State University,

sought after for our partnership, transparency, and impactful results.

Division Values:

Trust: We assume positive intent and trust one another. If trust is broken, we address it directly with our

team members and managers so that trust may be rebuilt. We hold ourselves accountable to our

responsibilities.

Honesty, Transparency, and Inclusion: We are transparent in our interactions with each other. We

strive for open and honest conversation in our communications as a division, as well as in our individual

communications. We exercise integrity and transparency by including each other in strategy setting to

the greatest degree possible and necessary.

Common Goal and Commitment to Serve: We agree on our unified direction and embrace that once

a decision is made, we move forward collaboratively in achieving our goals. We believe that excellent

customer service and kindness - for each other and the University - are the driving forces behind every

interaction.

Creativity and Continuous Improvement: We believe that creativity in problem solving, goal setting,

and daily work is the source of our strength as a team. We embrace a forward-looking model, where

every action is an opportunity for improvement and to be better tomorrow than we are today.

Professional Development: We consider our professional growth to be critical to our success and

multimodal in approach. Growth can be linear or diverse, and it is mutually a responsibility of

leadership, the division, and the individual to discuss, commit to, and participate in this development.

Diversity and Cultural Curiosity: We embrace diversity in all its facets. We seek out opportunities to

factor diversity into decision-making, programming, and interpersonal interactions. We lead with cultural

curiosity and non-judgment, committing to a daily practice of learning about each other.

B. Procurement & Strategic Sourcing is soliciting proposals from qualified professional organizations,

hereafter referred to as VENDOR(s), who specialize in providing Comprehensive Campaign Counsel

of superior quality, at competitive pricing, as described in the Statement of Work section of the Request

for Proposal (RFP). Project must commence on or before February 2, 2026, and be completed

by February 2029.

The contract(s) will be for a three-year period ending on February 1, 2029. Thereafter, the

UNIVERSITY may, at its option, extend the contract on a year-to-year basis for up to two one-year

periods, through February 1, 2031. VENDORS must state maximum price increases (if any) for the

optional two one-year periods on Cost Schedule C.

This RFP outlines basic requirements as specified in the Scope of Work section of the RFP (Section III).

Proposals submitted are to be in accordance with the outline and specifications contained in and are to

remain in effect a minimum of 120 days from the date of submission and may be subject to further

extensions as negotiated.

C. The UNIVERSITY reserves the right to accept, reject, modify, and/or negotiate any and all

proposals received in conjunction with the RFP. It reserves the right to waive any defect or

informality in the Proposals on the basis of what it considers to be in its best interests. Any proposal

may be rejected, which the UNIVERSITY determines to be incomplete, conditional, obscure, or has

irregularities of any kind. The UNIVERSITY reserves the right to award to the firm, or firms, which in its

sole judgment, will best serve its long-term interest.

This RFP in no manner obligates the UNIVERSITY to the eventual purchase of any products or services

described, implied, or which may be proposed, until confirmed by written agreement, and may be

terminated by the UNIVERSITY without penalty or obligation at any time prior to the signing of an

Agreement or Purchase Order.

D. Expenses for developing and presenting proposals shall be the entire responsibility of the VENDOR and

shall not be chargeable to the UNIVERSITY. All supporting documentation and manuals submitted with

this proposal will become the property of the UNIVERSITY.

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