Notice of Intent to Award RFP DLA 2026.04.pdf

This is a Notice of Intent to Award from the Florida Department of Legal Affairs, Office of the Attorney General, announcing the intended award of RFP DLA 2026.04 for a Compensation Analysis and Market Pay Study to Evergreen Solutions, LLC. The RFP sought competitive proposals for a comprehensive compensation analysis comparing thirty OAG position titles and pay bands against benchmarks in the federal government, state attorney general offices in Texas and Tennessee, private law firms with over 100 attorneys in Jacksonville, Miami, Orlando, and Tampa, state attorney offices in seven Florida judicial circuits, county governments in four Florida counties, and city governments in four Florida cities. The proposal submission deadline was July 9, 2026 at 2:00 p.m., with public opening scheduled for 2:30 p.m. the same day. The contract term runs from July 31, 2026 through January 4, 2027, with no renewal options. Key deliverable milestones include data collection completion by August 31, 2026; data summary by September 15; gap analysis by October 9; draft phased implementation plan by November 13; draft final report by November 30; final report by December 7; and PowerPoint presentation by December 15, 2026.

The RFP evaluation weighted technical proposals at 80 points and price proposals at 20 points, with award going to the responsible and responsive respondent with the highest total score. Minimum qualifications required documentation of three compensation and market pay studies for the public sector within the past seven years, with at least one involving legal or attorney positions or ten or more positions; a Project Team Lead with minimum five years of direct compensation study experience; and at least one Project Team Analyst with public sector compensation data experience. All personnel were required to pass Level 2 background screening and comply with E-Verify employment eligibility verification. The contractor must comply with Florida public records laws and indemnification requirements. Written questions were due June 25, 2026, with anticipated answers posted by July 1, and anticipated award posting on July 16, 2026.