The Santa Maria Public Airport District (“District”) invites interested law firms or individual attorneys (“firm(s)” or “proposer(s)”) with a minimum of five (5) years of experience representing public agencies in general governmental procedures, compliance, contracts and transactions, and civil litigation to submit proposals to provide general counsel legal services for the District. Legal services will include managing and determining the need for special counsel services.
The objective of this request is to provide the District Board and staff with reliable and effective legal services on an as-needed basis. A firm selected as General Counsel will serve at the pleasure of the Board of Directors of the District and under the direction of the DISTRICT General Manager. It is anticipated that the selected firm will enter into a professional service agreement for a term of three (3) years, with an opportunity for up to two (2) additional consecutive twelve (12) month extensions.
All proposals must be received by July 25, 2025, by 3:00 P.M. (PST).