Recruitment Services

The City of Lakeland, Florida (“City”), is soliciting sealed proposals from qualified executive search firms to establish a pool of firms capable of conducting national recruitments for executive-level positions across the organization. These recruitments will support both general fund and enterprise fund departments, ensuring the City continues to attract highly qualified, innovative, and service-oriented leadership. The City seeks executive search firms with demonstrated experience recruiting senior leadership for both traditional municipal government functions and specialized enterprise operations. Traditional governmental services include, but are not limited to, police, fire rescue, public works, community and economic development, finance, human resources, information technology, parks and recreation, legal services, and other internal support and administrative functions. In addition, the City seeks firms with expertise recruiting executive leadership for complex enterprise and operational environments, including municipally owned electric and water utilities, airport operations, and sports, entertainment, and event venue management. The City recognizes that these operational areas require specialized executive recruitment strategies and industry-specific candidate networks. Firms may submit proposals for: Traditional local government executive and leadership recruitments; Specialized enterprise executive recruitments; or Both traditional governmental and enterprise executive recruitment services. The City recognizes that firms may possess expertise in one or multiple operational areas and intends to establish a pool of qualified firms with diverse recruitment specializations to support the City’s wide range of operational and executive leadership needs. The City intends to award contracts to multiple executive search firms with demonstrated expertise in public sector and specialized leadership recruitment. Selected firms will be utilized on an as-needed basis for upcoming executive vacancies.