Incorporating Sustainability into RFPs

This webinar will explore how to effectively incorporate sustainability into key sections of a Request for Proposal (RFP). Attendees will gain insights into integrating sustainable practices through market research, internal stakeholder engagement, scope of work, performance metrics, contract management, and evaluation criteria. Each section will be illustrated with real-world government examples and guided by key questions designed to help participants get started. The session will offer practical tools and approaches modeled after successful bootcamp activities. 

Presenters:

Hope Patterson, Project Leader at Harvard Kennedy School Government Performance Lab

Hope Patterson is a Project Leader at the Government Performance Lab supporting the Procurement Excellence Network (PEN), a free online community to help government professionals transform their procurement practices to be more efficient, results-driven, equitable, and strategic. Before joining the GPL three years ago, Hope served as the Deputy Director of Stakeholder Engagement and later as the Governance Operations Officer at the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA), where she led a project management team overseeing an organization-wide effort to improve system safety. Hope holds a bachelor’s degree in English and Classics from Harvard College.

Amanda Jaffe, Government Innovation Fellow at Harvard Kennedy School Government Performance Lab

Amanda Jaffe is a Government Innovation Fellow at the Government Performance Lab helping cities make their procurement practices more efficient, effective, and equitable. At the GPL, she has supported procurement transformations in numerous US cities including Long Beach and Riverside, California. She has experience supporting both state and city governments in strengthening their procurement systems and solving operational challenges through her previous work as a government procurement consultant. Amanda holds a Master in Public Policy from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government and a Bachelor of Arts in Public Policy from Stanford University.