Outside Legal Counsel for the Texas Permanent School Fund
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The Texas Education Agency (TEA) on behalf of the State Board of Education (SBOE) and the Texas Permanent School Fund (TPSF) seeks to identify outside counsel qualified to provide legal services in the following subject areas: Fiduciary Counsel, Alternative Assets Portfolio/Contracting and Tax Counsel.
TEA and the SBOE will tentatively pre-qualify firms for engagement if and when needed. This engagement is not exclusive, nor is TEA and TPSF obligated to engage Counsel in any case recommended or analyzed by Counsel. TEA reserves the right to engage other legal counsel or consultants to provide the same or similar services to TPSF. TEA and the SBOE will select counsel for each engagement, if any, based upon a number of criteria, including the respondent's demonstrated competence, experience, knowledge, qualifications, written and verbal communication skills, ability and willingness to comply with TEA contracting and invoicing requirements, absence of disqualifying relationships or conflicts of interest, and reasonableness of proposed fees, among others. Respondents may be asked to come to Austin for an interview to discuss the firm's experience and qualifications. There is no assurance that TPSF will experience a need during the period covered by this RFQ for any particular legal services, although TPSF anticipates that counsel will be engaged for investment contract matters, tax matters, and fiduciary matters. All PSF engagements will be submitted for attorney general approval. All PSF engagements are non-exclusive.
*The Lead and Co-Lead attorneys assigned to the TEA/TPSF team must be licensed and currently eligible to practice law in the state of Texas as reflected by the State Bar of Texas Online Membership Directory (required by the OAG).
*The Lead and Co-Lead Attorneys assigned to the TEA/TPSF team must be in good standing with the State Bar of Texas with no public disciplinary history in Texas or elsewhere as reflected by the State Bar of Texas' Online Membership Directory.
A complete copy of RFQ#701-12-019 may be obtained by linking to http://esbd.cpa.state.tx.us/bid_show.cfm?bidid=100151. The Document in MS Word form can be found within the posting labeled as "Package 1". Proposals must be received in the Purchasing & Contracts Division of the Texas Education Agency by 3:00 p.m. (Central Time), Thursday, June 7, 2012 to be considered. Request for Qualification (RFQ) # 701-12-019 is authorized under Article VII of the Texas Constitution.
