Description
The Los Angeles Community College District seeks one or more experienced lobbying firms to provide federal advocacy services on its behalf. The contractor will represent the District’s interests before Congress, federal agencies, and the Executive Branch, help shape policy, identify grant opportunities, and deliver lobbying strategy, communications, and reporting. The work is performed under a one‑year base contract with optional one‑year extensions (up to five years total). Compensation is a monthly retainer ranging from $6,000 to $12,000.
• Core duties include legislative monitoring, drafting letters/testimonies, securing federal grants, and maintaining relationships with federal officials and California‑based stakeholders.
• Required deliverables: monthly activity logs, grant opportunity reports, strategic work plans, and all work product becomes District property.
• Evaluation emphasizes specialized experience (30 pts), staff qualifications (20 pts), local knowledge (15 pts), cost (25 pts), and SLEDV criteria (10 pts).
Proposals must be submitted in hard‑copy (original + 8 copies) plus a USB drive by Nov 18 2025, 2 pm PST, after a mandatory acknowledgment of all eight addenda.