The City of Hanford seeks qualified law firms to provide as-needed legal defense services. The contract is for 3 years with two optional 1-year extensions, not exceeding 5 years. Consultants must be active members of the California State Bar with at least 5 years of defense litigation experience. Proposals are due electronically via BidNet Direct by November 12, 2026 at 2:00 PM. Up to three consultants per category may be selected. Compliance with PRISM defense counsel guidelines is mandatory. Fee schedules must be submitted separately. The city reserves the right to reject any or all proposals.
Proposals must be submitted electronically by 2:00 p. m. local time on Thursday, November 12, 2026. The deadline for questions is November 4, 2026 at 4:00 p. m. As stated: electronic proposal submittal deadline @2:00 p. m. november 12, 2026.
The city will pay invoices no later than 60 calendar days after submittal and approval. As stated: city shall pay consultant no later than sixty 60 calendar days after the date of submittal of an invoice for completed tasks and approval of the invoice by city staff.
Selection is based on evaluation criteria including relevant defense experience, public entity familiarity, attorney qualifications, PRISM compliance ability, cost-effectiveness, and references. As stated: soqs will be evaluated according to each scoring criteria. the final maximum score for any category is one hundred 100 points.
Firms must have active membership in the California State Bar and at least 5 years of defense litigation experience. As stated: active membership in good standing with the state bar of california and minimum five 5 years of defense litigation experience relevant to the requested practice areas.
Failure to comply with PRISM requirements may result in termination of assignment and removal from the panel. As stated: failure to comply with prism requirements may result in termination of assignment and removal from the qualified panel.
Protests of the award must be made within 5 working days after the proposal due date. As stated: a protest of the award must be made immediately, and in no event later than five 5 working days after the close of the proposal due date and time.
Proposals may be rejected for irregularities, incomplete bids, or failure to include required forms. As stated: proposals may be rejected if they show any alterations of form, additions not called for, conditional bids, incomplete bids, erasures, or irregularities of any kind.
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