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12 <br />City of Sunny Isles Beach <br />RFP #26-01-01 Professional Lobbying Services <br />February 18, 2026 <br />2. QUALIFICATIONS <br />Proposer’s relevant experience, qualifications, and past performance. Any certificates shall be included with the <br />solicitation submission and any amendments or renewals. <br />▪An explanation of why the Proposer is the best qualified to perform the contract and demonstrate its <br />qualifications, including an item-by-item disclosure outlining how the firm meets or exceeds the requirements <br />of this RFP. <br />THRIVING WHERE OPPORTUNITY AND RISK CONVERGE. <br />GrayRobinson is a multidimensional team of professionals providing integrated legal, lobbying, and <br />regulatory services to leading and emerging businesses, state and local governments, industry <br />stakeholders, and entrepreneurs nationwide. We are agile, adaptable, and fully embedded to deliver <br />results at the local, state, and federal levels. <br />We thrive where opportunity and risk converge. For us, helping to grow and protect your community is a <br />collective endeavor that requires a diverse network of talent and a clarity of ideas to overcome constraints <br />and harness forward momentum. Our strategies and approach go beyond the conventional. We’re <br />focused on outcomes – not barriers – to help create possibilities, cultivate conditions for optimal growth, <br />and build resilience to rapid change. <br />INFORMED BY THE PAST, WITH OUR EYES ON YOUR FUTURE. <br />Grounded by more than fifty years of service and advocacy, we are intimately connected to Florida’s <br />dynamic economy. Our people have helped transform commerce and communities across the Sunshine <br />State, and our growing ecosystem of resources and relationships has expanded to our nation’s capital and <br />beyond. We collaborate with clients nationally from 16 key markets in Florida and Washington, D.C. <br />BUILT ON INDIVIDUAL INSTINCTS, SHAPED BY SHARED EXPERIENCES. <br />Built on individual instincts and shaped by our shared experience, we support and develop professionals <br />who collaborate across service lines to strengthen strategic alliances, tap meaningful spheres of influence, <br />and reframe critical conversations. We evolve alongside our clients in pursuit of new and different ways to <br />rewrite the future. <br />The GrayRobinson team is pursuing representation of the City because serving Florida’s citizens and <br />communities is at the core of our culture. Beginning with our founding partner, Charlie Gray, who served <br />as Orlando City Solicitor and later as Orange County Attorney, the foundational understanding shared <br />throughout the firm is the vital importance of giving back to our communities. In Charlie’s own words, “If <br />you grow your community, you will grow your firm.” Our current roster of lobbying clients includes more <br />than 40 Florida cities, counties, and special districts, as well as the Florida League of Cities. We strongly <br />believe in utilizing the legislative and appropriations process for the direct benefit of local communities <br />and everyday citizens. Much like the City, we are passionate about the growth and betterment of our state, <br />including the fortitude of the communities where we live and work. <br />GrayRobinson is distinctively qualified to represent the City because we combine: (1) extensive experience <br />representing cities, counties, and special districts throughout Florida, (2) institutional knowledge of how <br />Florida’s legislative and executive branches operate, (3) hands-on experience assisting municipalities with