The vendor is required to provide that legal counsel services for those individuals whose custodial arraignments are scheduled during times other than during regular business hours or regularly scheduled evening court sessions in county.
- Backup for regularly scheduled arraignments:
• From time to time during the term of the contract, the assigned counsel program (ACP) administrator may request that contractors provide in-person criminal defense legal representation to those individuals whose custodial arraignments occur in the county during the times that regularly scheduled arraignments occur if legal aid attorneys are unable to provide such representation
- Staffing requirements
• Each contractor shall maintain a minimum of three (3) criminal defense attorneys for performance of the services
- Continuing legal education
• Annually during the term of the contract each of the contractor’s attorneys performing the services under the contract, must attend at least twelve (12) hours of 18-b continuing legal education (CLE) programs which will include but are not limited to training recommended by ILS on providing representation at custodial arraignments.
• The county will be providing CLE programs and training at no cost during the term of the contract.
• Provider attorneys should contact the county regarding the time and date of such CLE programs.
- Grant requirement
• The services are funded by the Hurrell-Haring grant program (HH) grant use of the HH grant funding requires that the county and the contractor comply with the HH grant requirements and all applicable federal, state, and local laws, rules, and regulations.
• The contractor must execute grant, a copy of which is attached to this RFP which grant will be appended to the agreement for consultant services that the contractor must execute.
- Compensation for services:
• The compensation for the services will be a flat fee inclusive of all direct and indirect costs, fees, and expenses, including but not limited to office supplies, photocopying, telephone charges, online database retrieval charges, travel, and mileage.
• The county will supply the contractor with separate Westlaw online database services directly but only for research related directly to the services provided
• The monthly flat fee for the services, which flat fee must not exceed seven thousand five hundred 00/100 dollars ($7,500.00) per month.
• The monthly flat fee sum for the provision of the services on the proposal form submitted in response to this RFP.
- Contract Period/Term: 1 year
- Questions/Inquires Deadline: March 06, 2025