Current Outside Counsel Opportunities

This request for proposals (RFP) provides to those Law Firms interested in submitting proposals for the subject procurement (“Law Firms”) sufficient information to enable them to prepare and submit proposals for the Governor’s Office of General Counsel’s consideration on behalf of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (“Commonwealth”) to satisfy a need for litigation and other urgent legal services that may arise on an ad hoc basis.  Specifically, Executive Order 2015-2 provides that legal service or legal consultant contracts shall be awarded on a sole source basis only when it is clearly not feasible to utilize competitive bidding because of an urgency of need or other documented circumstances. Executive Order 2015-2 further provides that the Governor’s Office of General Counsel should develop a competitively bid list of pre-approved outside counsel for emergency situations.

The Pennsylvania Governor’s Office of General Counsel (“OGC”) has established a general pool of qualified Law Firms to serve as Bond Counsel, from time to time, to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of the Budget and other agencies and authorities subject to the General Counsel’s authority, including but not limited to the Pennsylvania Economic Development Financing Authority; Pennsylvania Energy Development Authority; Pennsylvania Infrastructure Investment Authority; Pennsylvania Industrial Development Authority; Pennsylvania Higher Educational Facilities Authority; State Public School Building Authority; and the State System of Higher Education.  The Bond Counsel Pool will be reopened for interested firms to submit Statements of Qualifications upon request.  All interested parties should submit their qualifications for inclusion in the Bond Counsel Pool. If your firm is already included in OGC’s Bond Counsel Pool, you do not need to submit a response to this RFQ.  You will remain on the active list. 

This Request for Qualifications (RFQ) provides to those law firms (“Law Firms”) the opportunity to qualify for inclusion in a Bond Counsel Pool that will be used by School Districts, Community Colleges, Career and Technical Centers and Intermediate Units; and Public/Private Colleges and Universities (collectively “Schools”) to retain Law Firms as Bond Counsel in connection with the issuance of taxable and tax-exempt bonds by the State Public School Building Authority (“SPSBA”) and the Pennsylvania Higher Educational Facilities Authority (“PHEFA”) on an ad hoc basis.

This request for proposals (RFP) provides to those law firms interested in submitting proposals for the subject procurement (“Offerors”) sufficient information to enable them to prepare and submit proposals for the Governor’s Office of General Counsel’s consideration on behalf of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (“Commonwealth”) to satisfy a need for legal services to provide workers’ compensation defense counsel for several programs administered by the Department of Labor and Industry (“L&I”), including the State Workers’ Insurance Fund (“SWIF”), Uninsured Employers Guaranty Fund (“UEGF”) and Self Insurance Guaranty Fund (“SIGF”). 

This request for proposals (RFP) provides to those law firms (“Offerors”) previously qualified, based upon their responses to a previously issued Request for Qualifications (“RFQ”), by the Pennsylvania Governor’s Office of General Counsel (“OGC”) and listed in the Bond Counsel Pool to prepare and submit proposals for consideration by the Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency (“PHFA”) to provide Bond Counsel Services for the ongoing administration of its single-family mortgage revenue bond program.

This request for proposals (RFP) provides to those law firms (“Offerors”) previously qualified, based upon their responses to a previously issued Request for Qualifications (“RFQ”), by the Pennsylvania Governor’s Office of General Counsel (“OGC”) and listed in the Bond Counsel Pool to prepare and submit proposals for consideration by the Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency (“PHFA”) to provide Bond Counsel Services in connection with its rental housing financings.