Legal Services - Request for Proposals (RFP)

Description:
The City of Fremont, Nebraska, (“City”) hereby solicits proposals from individual attorneys and/or law firms to represent the City as its City Attorney. The attorney and/or law firm submitting a proposal must be in good standing and licensed to practice law before all courts and administrative agencies of the State of Nebraska. The attorney and/or firm selected by the City would serve as legal counsel to the City, and would provide legal advice to the Mayor, City Council, and the City Administrator. The City Attorney would work through the Mayor and City Administrator to serve various City boards, committees and commissions on an as-needed basis.

The City’s selection will be based on its evaluation of the attorney and/or firm’s qualifications and experience, client references, the areas of legal services that the attorney and/or firm are willing to provide, an oral presentation (if requested) and the overall fee structure. The City may engage more than one

firm for services should that be in its best interest.

A copy of the full Request for Proposals is available Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. from the City Clerk, Tyler Ficken, Fremont City Hall, 400 E Military, Fremont, NE 68025, 402-727-2630. Proposals must be received by the City on or before 4:30 p.m., March 8, 2019. Proposals must be sealed and clearly marked, “Legal Services for the City of Fremont” and given to the City Clerk.

The City will not be responsible for any expenses incurred by an attorney or firm in preparing, submitting or presenting a proposal. All proposals shall provide a straightforward, concise delineation of the attorney's or firm's capabilities to satisfy the requirements of the request.

The City reserves the right to waive any informalities in proposals, to accept or reject any or all proposals for any reason, to negotiate with any attorney, law firm, or business and to select one or more of the attorneys and/or law firms deemed to have submitted a proposal that, in the judgment of the City Council, is in the best interest of the City.

The City specifically reserves the right to accept more than one proposal and may select more than one attorney and/or law firm to serve as legal counsel to the City.
The City intends to hold proposals for a period not to exceed sixty (60) days from the date of the opening of proposals for the purpose of reviewing proposals and investigating the qualifications of the proposers prior to the award of a contract.

Publication Date/Time:
2/15/2019 8:00 AM

Closing Date/Time:
3/8/2019 4:30 AM

Related Documents:
RFP Legal services Fremont 02-15-19