Specifications include, but are not limited to: The State of Oregon, acting by and through the Higher Education Coordinating Commission (“HECC”), is issuing this Request for Proposals (“RFP”) for a qualified contractor to perform and deliver a 2024 Oregon Talent Assessment of Oregon’s workforce. The final report shall be presented at the 2024 Talent Summit on to be scheduled in or around on April 2024 and at the Workforce and Talent Development Board (“WTDB”) meeting date to be determined. B.1 Identify and describe the critical occupations and industries that meet Oregon’s economic needs now and in the future. The resulting list must be broken into: B.1.1 Those that provide upward mobility and career progression for workers and B.1.2 Those that are necessary for Oregon’s economy that may not provide high pay and/or career progression (e.g., childcare workers). B.2 Identify and describe from those listed above the ones that experience chronic worker shortages and identify the cause(s) of these shortages (e.g., supply-side gaps). B.3 Identify and describe the implications of B.1 and B.2 on diversity, equity, and inclusion.
