NIGP 96922: Judgments & Settlements, Claimant & Attorney

NIGP 96922 Judgments & Settlements, Claimant & Attorney is an Item code under which state and local governments solicit legal representation and counsel services, primarily for indigent criminal defense and specialized government counsel roles. Recent solicitations show two distinct work streams: court-appointed legal representation for indigent defendants across misdemeanor, appeals, and specialized courts (Mental Health Court, Domestic Violence Court), and comprehensive general counsel services for transit authorities and other specialized public bodies. The issuing bodies span county public defender systems, municipalities, and special-purpose districts such as regional transit commissions. The City of Tucson and Pima County jointly solicited court-appointed defense counsel under RFP 222994, seeking attorneys with minimum two years' misdemeanor experience and Arizona State Bar membership to provide representation across five case categories with compensation structured as flat rates per disposition type and annual caps. The Central Florida Commuter Rail Commission, funded by a consortium of Orange, Osceola, Seminole, and Volusia counties plus the City of Orlando, solicited general counsel services under RFP 60487824LNF to support rail system operations and governance with Florida bar membership and rail-transition experience required.

Geographic concentration is limited to the sources identified—Arizona and Florida—in the recent records. The court-appointed defense solicitation in Tucson and Pima County posted in August 2026 with a September 11, 2026 response deadline and a five-year contract term, including wage compliance tied to local living-wage ordinances and flat-rate compensation capped at $50,000 annually plus case-expense reimbursement; Spanish-language services carried an additional $100 per assignment. The SunRail solicitation, posted July 27, 2026, carried an October 16, 2024 response deadline and required proposers to submit hourly rates encompassing all overhead, with professional liability insurance of $5,000,000 and cyber liability of $1,000,000 mandated. No set-aside designations appeared in either opportunity.