
Open PR RFPs: Active Bids and Submission Deadlines
Open PR RFPs from public agencies, nonprofits, universities and tourism bodies, sorted by deadline with disclosed budgets, eligibility notes and official links.
How to run a modern PR agency RFP — scoping, evaluation criteria, and the questions that surface AI-era communications firms.
PR RFPs are requests for proposals in which an organization invites agencies to bid on public relations and communications work. This hub tracks 17 open bids with deadlines as of November 8, 2026, including government, education, tourism and nonprofit opportunities, and links to an RFP template and guides for buyers writing an RFP and agencies trying to win one.


Open PR RFPs from public agencies, nonprofits, universities and tourism bodies, sorted by deadline with disclosed budgets, eligibility notes and official links.

Industry PR RFPs across education, tourism, nonprofits and environmental programs, with budgets where disclosed, deadlines, bidder requirements and official links.

Government PR RFPs from state agencies, public authorities and Canadian public bodies, with deadlines, budgets, eligibility rules and official procurement links.

A free PR agency RFP template with ten fill-in sections, a scoring table and a question list, built for brands that want comparable proposals from each agency.

Indian government PR is a $1B+ discipline across central ministries, state governments, PSU communications, and PFRDA-class regulator outreach. The operating model behind the world's largest democracy's communications work.

How to write a crisis communications RFP in 2026: scope, scoring and the questions that test AI-answer monitoring, rapid response and litigation experience.

Tourism boards run the largest PR engagements in consumer marketing. Four buyer types. 6–12 month RFP cycle. AI visibility methodology now in procurement.

California Lottery RFP R002925 sought a lead agency for five years. BSSP and Canvas Worldwide were selected over 20 competitors, replacing David&Goliath. Scope, timeline and signals.

How state lottery AOR contracts are bought in 2026: scoring, why agencies lose, who wins, and what California's BSSP selection and the Texas changes mean for lottery pitches.

Guides to writing, winning and scoring PR and marketing RFPs, plus agency pipeline tactics and reference cases from lottery, tourism and government bids.

Most PR RFPs hire the wrong agency because they measure the wrong thing. The five-pillar framework, the eight questions, the three-round process, and the four failure modes: a modern PR RFP playbook built for the answer-engine era.

The agency side of the PR RFP: what buyers are actually evaluating, where most responses fail, and how to win the review before the final presentation.

Not all RFP newsletters are equal. Some deliver noise; others deliver contracts. Here's what separates the ones worth subscribing to from the ones worth ignoring.

RFPs are one of the few BD channels that give PR agencies genuine pipeline visibility — you know what's open, when it closes, and what winning requires. Here's how to build the system.
| Page | Best for | What it covers |
|---|---|---|
| Open PR RFPs | Agencies looking for bids | All current opportunities and deadlines |
| Government PR RFPs | Public sector bidders | Active public bids and the rules that apply |
| Industry PR RFPs | Sector specialists | Education, tourism and nonprofit bids by deadline |
| PR agency RFP template | Buyers | Ten sections to fill in |
| How to win a PR agency RFP | Agencies | Response approach and scoring |
The open bids page lists 17 current PR and communications opportunities with submission deadlines.
A PR agency RFP works best when it names the outcome the buyer needs and the way the agency will be scored.
Agencies win RFPs by answering the scoring criteria directly and proving fit with named, comparable work.
The archive page keeps earlier reference RFPs and playbooks for comparison.