Outside Legal Support Services

The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation established a Master IDIQ for outside legal counsel services on March 22, 2019, but the ordering period closed on March 21, 2020, making this vehicle inactive for new work pursuit.

The vehicle is effectively closed. Ordering against the Master IDIQ ended over six years ago. The most recent task order was awarded on September 28, 2022, but represented work placed during the active ordering window; no new orders can be placed. The 11 task orders awarded under the vehicle generated a combined potential value of $287 thousand, with $241 thousand obligated (84% utilization), indicating the vehicle did not drive substantial volume.

Activity concentrated heavily in 2019. Eight orders were placed in the award year alone, with only one order each in 2020, 2021, and 2022. This front-loaded pattern reflects the vehicle's rapid initial use followed by minimal additional ordering activity before closure.

Schafer And Weiner, PLLC and Dentons US LLP dominated the awardee field. Schafer And Weiner held three orders totaling $142 thousand in combined potential value; Dentons held two orders worth $70 thousand. Five other law firms — Kelley Drye & Warren LLP, Brown Rudnick LLP, and Kutak Rock LLP among them — split the remainder of the $287 thousand vehicle value. All orders were unrestricted, with no set-aside designations applied.

The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation was the sole customer across all 11 task orders. Task orders ranged from small firm fixed-price minimums of $15 thousand to ceiling values of roughly $84 thousand (attorney services, labor-hour priced) and $58 thousand (legal services and support professional, time-and-materials priced). Most delivery orders established retainers or minimum obligation amounts with relatively short durations; several orders set ceiling values equal to obligated amounts, indicating fixed-scope engagements.

The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) has awarded a Master IDIQ for outside counsel services with qualified legal firms.