The vendor required to provide legal consultation and representation services in all the areas including union contract negotiations, contract interpretation and implementation, labor relations board matters, employment law, employee benefits and pension, and employment of foreign nationals.
- Legal practice
1. Union contract negotiations
• Representing clients with a staff of over 2,500 unionized employees, civilian and sworn public safety, in formulating collective bargaining strategies and negotiating collective bargaining agreements with union counterparts;
• Negotiating labor management healthcare cooperatives for employers with more than 2,500 unionized employees;
• Negotiating public sector collective bargaining agreements (CBA) with unions that represent civilian and sworn public safety employees;
• Assisting in the formulation of employer bargaining positions and strategies, and in certain negotiations, acting as chief spokesperson for represented groups as directed;
• Advising executive staff on the status of collective bargaining including preparation of detailed ongoing status reports;
• Representing the employer in interest arbitration;
• Consulting and devising strategy for strike planning; and
• Working closely with in-house counsel and consultants on issues related to benefits design and the affordable care act.
2. Collective bargaining agreement (CBA) contract interpretation and implementation
• Advising on interpretation of CBAs and implementation of policy and initiatives within the parameters of CBA;
• Providing counsel regarding grievances and arbitrations;
• Drafting objective memoranda and recommendations;
• Briefing labor arbitration cases; representing the employer with respect to the using department in litigation related to the collective bargaining process including the duty to bargain in good faith, contract violations, and disciplinary matters as well as grievances and arbitrations resulting therefrom; and
• Consulting and devising strategy for strike planning.
3. Labor relations board matters
• Interpreting a wide array of applicable federal, state, county, and local laws, rules and regulations of the labor relations board and may be available to represent the employer in matters before such boards when needed;
• Appearing before the labor relations board on matters involving union certification petitions, representation petitions, unit clarification petitions, unfair labor practice charges, and all other matters ancillary to bargaining;
• Appearing before the labor relations board on matters involving strike investigations, impasse proceedings, declaratory judgments, and injunctive and equitable relief; and
• Consulting and devising strategy for strike planning.
4. Employment law
• Interpreting a wide array of applicable federal, state, county, and local laws, rules and regulations relative to employment law and be available to represent the employer in matters when needed;
• Working under federal consent decrees and with court ordered external monitors; and
• Providing advice and counsel on employment related laws, policies, and matters such as the family and medical leave act, equal employment opportunity laws, fair labor standards act, state wage payment and collection act, workers’ compensation act, the older workers benefit protection act, or any other federal, state, or local human rights, civil rights, wage-hour, pension, or labor laws, rules and regulations, public policy, contract or tort law, etc.
• Experience performing audits and conducting analysis as it pertains to employment law related matters.
5. Employee benefits and pension
• Work closely with in-house counsel on implementation of the affordable care act and benefit plan designs (health care, pension, and other post-employment benefits (“OPEB”));
• Experience working with public employer pension funds and negotiating changes to applicable pension laws with unions; and
• Working closely with in-house counsel and consultants on issues related to benefits design and the affordable care act.
6. Employment of foreign nationals
• Successfully preparing and filing visa petitions on behalf of employers.
• Advising on policy, procedures and guidelines governing the employment of foreign nationals in specialty occupations such as it and medicine, which require theoretical and technical expertise.
• This includes, but is not limited to, ensuring compliance with federal regulations governing the employment of foreign nationals, preparing immigrant and non-immigrant visa petitions or applications on behalf of employers, recommending post-employment procedures and guidelines to ensure compliance with federal requirements.
- Contract Period/Term: 3 years
- Intent to Bid Due Date: February 11, 2026
- Non-Mandatory Pre-Submittal Meeting Date: January 13, 2026
- Questions/Inquires Deadline: January 12, 2026
