Title
Approve and authorize the Contracts/Purchasing Officer to sign a Professional Services Agreement with Nossaman LLP for the provision of federal legislative advocacy services at a cost of $125,000, for the one (1) year period of July 1, 2013 through June 30, 2014.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors approve and authorize the Contracts/Purchasing Officer to sign a Professional Services Agreement with Nossaman LLP for the provision of federal legislative advocacy services at a cost of $125,000, for the one (1) year period of July 1, 2013 through June 30, 2014
SUMMARY:
Nossaman LLP is a national law firm with expertise in federal legislative advocacy services. This Agreement with Nossaman provides Monterey County with continuing legislative and executive branch advocacy services at the federal level, thereby enhancing the County's opportunities to influence federal legislation and regulation, access funding, work with legislators and agency staff, and implement the goals of the Board of Supervisors' federal Legislative Program.
DISCUSSION:
Since January 2010, Brent Heberlee, an attorney/partner with Nossaman LLP, has represented Monterey County's interests in Washington D.C. and provided the County with strategic legislative advocacy and governmental affairs services. During this time Nossaman has been instrumental in assisting the County in accomplishing numerous goals set forth by the Board of Supervisors, aided in securing federal funding for County projects and programs, effectively advocated the County's positions on a wide variety of issues to legislators, agency staff, and other key decision makers, and fostered direct communication between the County and its representatives in Washington D.C. to build support for numerous County projects and programs. Recent accomplishments by Nossaman are described in the attached memo dated October 7, 2013 (Attachment 1).
Despite the County's satisfaction with Noss...
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