Unofficial Notice of Invitation to Bid (NIB)

Monterey City is seeking bids from qualified and interested contractors for the following project titled, Request for Proposals – Military SWOT Analysis, identified under Solicitation ID: -. Work is to be performed near 735 Pacific St, Monterey, CA 93940, USA in Monterey County.

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General Project Description

The City of Monterey seeks a consultant to prepare a comprehensive and actionable Military Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats (SWOT) Analysis for Monterey County's National Security Installations. The project aims to articulate the current military value, enhance national security missions, attract new missions, and integrate local economic, social, and strategic context with Department of Defense (DoD) considerations. The analysis will assess future strategic basing models, identify new military value drivers, evaluate technological disruptors, reassess the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) mission in an AI-dominated era, examine DoD decision triggers, update regional capacity for AI-era missions, construct a competitive landscape analysis, identify potential disadvantages, monitor policy signals, and provide recommendations to enhance future military value.

General Bid Items

Quantity: 1 Unit: LS Work Item: Assess Possible Future Strategic Basing Models, including analysis of DoD restructuring pathways and strategic strengths of California.
Quantity: 1 Unit: LS Work Item: Identify New Military Value Drivers for 2025–2040, including developing an updated framework and benchmarking Monterey's alignment.
Quantity: 1 Unit: LS Work Item: Analyze Technological Disruptors, assessing how evolving technologies may alter missions and identifying mission components at risk or critical.
Quantity: 1 Unit: LS Work Item: Reassess Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) Mission in an AI-Dominated, Great Power Competition Era, including identifying alignments with emerging needs, competitive risks, and strategic opportunities.
Quantity: 1 Unit: LS Work Item: Examine Unilateral DoD Decision Triggers and Risk Indicators, including identifying early warning indicators and mapping them against Monterey installations' vulnerabilities.
Quantity: 1 Unit: LS Work Item: Update Regional Capacity Analysis for AI-Era Missions, evaluating Monterey's current and future capacity.
Quantity: 1 Unit: LS Work Item: Construct a 2025–2040 Competitive Landscape Analysis, benchmarking Monterey against competitor installations.
Quantity: 1 Unit: LS Work Item: Identify Potential Disadvantages of Monterey Installations in Future Base Structuring, assessing evaluation methods and recommending reframing pathways.
Quantity: 1 Unit: LS Work Item: Policy & Strategy Signals Monitoring, analyzing strategic policy signals impacting Monterey County missions.
Quantity: 1 Unit: LS Work Item: Recommendations to Enhance Future Military Value, providing short, medium, and long-term recommendations.
Quantity: 1 Unit: LS Work Item: Provide a detailed cost proposal and timeline for project completion by June 1, 2026.
Quantity: 1 Unit: LS Work Item: Submit a comprehensive final report integrating local economic, social, and strategic context with Department of Defense (DoD) considerations.

NAICS Classification

NAICS 541611 – Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services, NAICS 541720 – Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities

Records and Due Date

This bid opportunity was entered into BidAmerica on January 9, 2026, and was last updated on February 7, 2026. All bids and/or proposals are due on February 9, 2026.

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