Legal Services RFI

Request for Information Legal Services for Employment-related Litigation

The United States Forest Service (FS) is issuing this Request for Information (RFI) to obtain sources interested in and capable of representing the USDA (USDA) Forest Service (FS) in Employment-Related Litigation. This RFI is for planning purposes only and shall not be construed as an RFP or as a decision or obligation on the part of the Government to acquire any products or services. The Government will not reimburse respondents for any costs incurred in preparation of a response to this notice.

Within the FS, the Office of Third Party Representatives is primarily responsible for defending the Agency in employment related litigation, either through direct representation or through managing the representation provided by the USDA Office of General Counsel and/or contract law firms.

The Forest Service seeks an experienced contractor(s) for employment-related litigation support. Please see the attached, Draft Performance Work Statement.

FS is not seeking elaborate responses, but rather concise, meaningful responses from vendors with employment-related litigation support. In 8 single-sided 8.5” x 11” pages or less, vendors are requested to provide the following information:

1. Company Information

a. Name and address

b. DUNS Number

c. Number of contracts for 1) government and 2) commercial services in the last three years

d. Business Size and Type (NAICS 541110, $7M)

e. GSA Contract Number if applicable.

2. What technical/staffing approaches would be used to satisfy the requirements in the draft PWS. List all labor categories that would be utilized in performance of the contract.

3. What performance standards have been effective in ensuring efficient and effective legal services representation?

4. Provide three references for efforts that are recent and/or current and relevant.

a. Customer

b. Name, phone number and email address for the customer’s program manager

c. Contract Name

d. Contract Number

e. Contract Value

f. Contract type (if a hybrid contract, identify specific tasks that were fixed price versus labor hour)

5. Identify if there is a potential Organizational Conflict of Interest (OCI) if your firm has ever filed a case against the USDA or FS in the past and how this OCI would be mitigated.

6. Any additional information that may be helpful to the FS for the attached Draft Performance Work Statement for Legal Services for Employment-related Litigation.

All responses, to include questions, should be provided electronically in Word or PDF to Mr. Todd Mathie at tmathie@fs.fed.us

All responses must be submitted via email by 5pm MT on 15 March 2012.

Procurement Sensitive