Specifications include, but are not limited to: The UNIVERSITY seeks a highly qualified CONSULTANT or team of highly qualified CONSULTANTS with sufficient qualifications, experience, and expertise to provide CONSULTING SERVICES to help the UNVERSITY effectively carry out the responsibilities related to a strategic planning process, and the development of a STRATEGIC PLAN. The UNIVERSITY intends to engage in a strategic planning process that includes: 1.2.1 Data analysis of the current status and trends in higher education in the El Paso, TX region and more broadly; 1.2.2 Projections relating to the future of higher education that will impact the El Paso, TX region; 1.2.3 Creating and evaluating alternative future scenarios for UTEP; 1.2.4 Conducting meetings to gather stakeholder input; 1.2.5 Facilitating the development of a STRATEGIC PLAN; and 1.2.6 Identifying future needs of higher education based on a 10-year horizon.