RFP for Legal Services
- This RFP had a pre-bid event.
- This RFP was uploaded by the owner.
Through this Request for Proposals (*RFP*) the Authority seeks to engage a number of Firms to provide legal services to the Authority in ten (10) legal specialty areas. For each specialty area, three (3) Firms will be engaged to assist the Authority's Division of Chief Counsel and to provide legal advice,
consultative services, and, when required, formal representation of the
Authority. The Authority anticipates engaging and utilizing Firms in the
specialty areas of (1) Insurance Coverage (2) Bankruptcy and Insolvency
Proceedings (3) Environmental Claims (4) Professional Errors and/or
Omissions and Cost Recovery (5) Employment Litigation (6) Government
Contracting (7) Appeals (8) Construction Litigation (9) Real Estate Law
(transactions, acquisitions, voluntary and involuntary condemnations)
and (10) Design-Build delivery method for school facilities projects.
An interested Firm may submit a Proposal to be considered for engagement
in any or all of these specialty areas. Specific work assignments to
Firms that are engaged through this procurement shall be made on a
*task-order* basis as determined by NJSDA. Task order
assignments will be made on a rotating basis and multiple matters may be
included as part of a single task order assignment. Assignments will be
made subject to Firm availability and a conflict of interest check.
Firms will be required to submit a proposed budget for each task order
assignment. The budget shall be subject to NJSDA*s approval and
acceptance prior to commencement of services under the task order
assignment.
NJSDA shall not hold a traditional pre-proposal conference for this
procurement. All Firms wishing to submit a proposal must sign-in
electronically by sending a mandatory email Notice of Intent to
Participate to Megan Cox at [email protected], no later than 5:00 PM
Eastern Time on Monday, April 18, 2011.
PROPOSALS ARE DUE ON THURSDAY, MAY 5, 2011
NO LATER THAN 5:00 PM EASTERN TIME AT
NEW JERSEY SCHOOLS DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
EVALUATION CRITERIA MAXIMUM POINTS
Understanding of the Purposes of this Engagement 10
Firm Experience - Case Studies 30
Experience of Key Team Members 30
Approach to Providing the Required Scope of Services 30
TOTAL: 100
