RFQ: Litigation Defense Counsel Services (Rebid)

Description

The Law Department of the City of Newark is requesting submissions from qualified individuals and firms (“Contractor(s)” or “Respondent(s)”) to provide LITIGATION DEFENSE COUNSEL SERVICES of a specialized nature to the Law Department.  Using this RFQ, the City of Newark intends to establish a pool of attorneys who will be available to provide legal services as needed during the contract term.  One or more individuals/firms may be selected to provide services.  If selected, the governing body will approve a resolution awarding a contract to the contractor(s) based on an hourly rate of compensation as set forth in Section 2.2 and for a sum not to exceed a specified amount. Through the RFQ process described herein, person and/or firms interested in assisting the City with providing such services must prepare and submit a Qualification Statement in accordance with the procedure and schedule in this RFQ. The Law Department will review Qualification Statements only from those firms that submit a Qualification Statement which includes all required information as described herein (in the sole judgment of the Law Department).  The Law Department intends to qualify the person(s) and/or firm