Legal Services

The vendor is required to provide legal consultant and firm on an as-needed basis in the identified area(s) of expertise.
1. Construction and real estate:
• Agency manages and maintains 737 units of public housing, and other real estate.
2. Civil rights and constitutional law:
• Respondent firms must demonstrate experience and capacity in litigating and advising public entities in this area of the law
3. General civil litigation:
• Respondent firms must have a breadth of experience in the defense of all types of tort and civil litigation claims and must have sufficient staffing and expertise to respond promptly and comprehensively to complaints filed.
4. Contract law:
• agency enters into contracts for services which include, but not limited to, the procurement of supplies, services, professional services and construction.
• agency may require legal counseling in the negotiation, construction, legal review of bids and bid documents or administration of these contracts.
• This includes providing contract interpretation and representing the agency in commercial claims matters up to the litigation stage.
5. Landlord and tenant:
• agency utilizes legal counsel to bring contested eviction actions in housing court and to otherwise represent agency interest in nonpayment of rent cases and lease terminations for cause.
6. Public sector law and federal housing law:
• The agency receives a majority of its operating expenses from department.
• Accordingly, the agency seeks a respondent with expertise in representing other housing authorities concerning its general obligations to department.
7. Affordable and public housing law:
• agency provides for, manages and maintains 737 affordable public housing units
• The agency is seeking counsel who is experienced in the field of affordable/public housing.
8. Administrative law:
the agency needs qualified attorneys in the administrative law field.
• An applicant’s expertise should include enforcement powers of agencies, ethics, public records act, administrative rules, and the scope of agency powers.
- Contract Period/Term: 1 year