Model Charrette RFP: National Charrette Institute (NCI)
This model Request for Proposal (RFP) has been assembled by the National Charrette Institute (NCI) as a general guide for the procurement of services relating to a community planning project that includes an NCI charrette. The template for the Scope of Services provides basic language for the application of the NCI Charrette System (tm) (formerly called NCI Dynamic Planning), and should be customized according to the project. An overview of the NCI Charrette System is provided below in the Contextual Summary. A complete description is found in The Charrette Handbook available on the NCI website and from the American Planning Association. The purpose of this RFP template is to:
- provide language to encourage consistency of resulting proposals
- ease the rating and comparison of proposals
- assist in the successful implementation of a superior community development process and product
