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 Energy Development Authority (“PEDA”) through the Pennsylvania Economic Development Financing Authority (“PEDFA”) to provide Bond Counsel Services in connection with an upcoming bond issuance. |
OGC-2026-16 Medical Malpractice Defense Counsel RFP
The qualified Offeror will represent the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, specifically the Pennsylvania Professional Liability Joint Underwriting Association (“JUA”), with defending complex medical malpractice claims involving healthcare providers and facilities. The engagement may include other general work as designated by the President of the JUA or the Governor’s Office of General Counsel. For purposes of this RFP, the Commonwealth will be making a multiple award.
OGC-2026-15 Immigration Counsel RFP
| 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 related to immigration matters for the Commonwealth-owned universities and the Office of the Chancellor. |
OGC-2026-14 General Litigation & Emergency Counsel RFP
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. |
OGC-2026-11 L&I Workers' Compensation Defense Counsel RFP
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”). |
The following sole source is being awarded, Pursuant to Section 515 of the Commonwealth Procurement Code, on behalf of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (“PASSHE”). This request has been approved by the Chief Counsel of PASSHE, Karen Romano. |