Maryland Department of Human Services



REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS

LEGAL REPRESENTATION SERVICES

FOR

CHILDREN INVOLVED IN CHILDREN IN NEED OF ASSISTANCE (CINA), TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS (TPR) AND RELATED PROCEEDINGS

AND

INDIGENT ADULTS INVOLVED IN ADULT PROTECTIVE SERVICES (APS) GUARDIANSHIP HEARINGS AND ADULT PUBLIC GUARDIANSHIP REVIEW BOARD (APGRB) HEARINGS

OS/MLSP 13-001-S

AMENDMENT #2

August 22, 2012

Prospective Offerors:

This amendment is being issued to amend certain information in the above named RFP. All information contained herein is binding on all Offerors who respond to this RFP. Specific parts of the RFP have been amended. The changes are listed below. New language has been double underlined and marked in bold (i.e. word), and language that has been deleted has been marked with a strikethrough (i.e. word).

1. REVISE Section 6.1 of the RFP as follows:

6.1 Two Volume Submission

The selection procedure for this procurement requires that the technical evaluation and ranking of the Proposals be completed before the Financial Proposals are distributed to the Evaluation Committee. Consequently, each Proposal shall be simultaneously submitted as two separate enclosures as indicated in Sections 6.2 (Volume I – Technical Proposal) and 6.3 (Volume II – Financial Proposal).

An original, to be so identified and four (4) copies of both the Technical and Financial Proposal must be received by the Procurement Officer by 2:00 p.m., Monday, September 10, 2012, in order to be considered.

Only one (1) Technical Proposal for Functional Area I and Functional Area II shall be provided regardless of the number of jurisdictions proposed to serve. If there are variations in service delivery based on jurisdictional nuances in court practices or client needs, those variations shall be described in detail on a separate page(s) for each jurisdiction affected. In addition, separate Requested Caseload Forms (Attachment A-2) and Projected Staffing Forms (Attachment M) must be included with the Technical Proposal for each jurisdiction proposed to serve. The Technical Proposal must also be sealed in a separate envelope and labeled as stated below.

Separate Pricing Proposals (Attachment A-3 for FA: I and Attachment A-4 for FA: II) must be included in the Financial Proposal for each jurisdiction proposed to serve. The Financial Proposal must also be sealed in a separate envelope and labeled as stated below:

Envelopes to be labeled as follows:

▪ NAME OF OFFEROR:

▪ TECHNICAL PROPOSAL or FINANCIAL PROPOSAL

▪ JURISDICTION(S):

▪ SEALED PROPOSAL – Department of Human Resources

▪ Functional Area I: Legal Representation for Children or

Functional Area II: Legal Representation for Adults

▪ Agency Control Number: OS/MLSP-12-001-S OS/MLSP-13-001-S

▪ PROPOSAL DUE DATE & TIME: 2:00 p.m., Monday, September 10, 2012

▪ PROCUREMENT OFFICER: Garry Fleming

▪ ROOM #: 946

2. REVISE Section 3.5.H of the RFP as follows:

H. Quarterly Report of Economic Benefits Attained (see Section 4.2 K) (see Section 6.2 J) due by the 15th 10th of the month following the end of the report quarter. The quarterly report shall be submitted until all proposed economic benefits are attained. The report shall include the Contractor’s name, contract number, report quarter / year, and identify the economic benefits committed to this project as stated in the Contractor’s Proposal for the report year and the economic benefits attained during the report quarter. The report shall be signed and dated by the Contractor’s Project Manager.

3. REVISE Section 4.5.G of the RFP as follows:

G. Quarterly Report of Economic Benefits Attained (see Section 6.2 K) (see Section 6.2 J) due by the 15th of the month following the end of the report quarter. The quarterly report shall be submitted until all proposed economic benefits are attained. The report shall include the Contractor’s name, contract number, report quarter / year, and identify the economic benefits committed to this project as stated in the Contractor’s Proposal for the report year and the economic benefits attained during the report quarter. The report shall be signed and dated by the Contractor’s Project Manager.

4. REVISE Section 5.5 of the RFP as follows:

5.5 Staffing/Caseload Requirements

The Contractors shall:

A. Ensure that attorneys serving under this Contract are licensed to practice law in the State of Maryland and remain in good standing with the Court of Appeals of Maryland for the duration of the Contract. A current Letter of Good Standing must be included with the Proposal (see Section 6.2.F.5). (see Section 6.2.E - TOPICS COMMON TO CINA/TPR AND APS/APGRB FUNCTIONAL AREAS - Point 5).

5. DELETE FUNCTIONAL AREA II APS/APGRB CHART on Page 3 in its entirety and REPLACE it with the following Functional Area II APS/APGRB Chart (See Page 4 of this Amendment).

• FUNCTIONAL AREA II: APS/APGRB CHART Page 3 (Rev. 08/22/2012)

6. DELETE ATTACHMENT A-1 APS/APGRB PROJECTED CASELOAD CHART in its entirety and REPLACE it with the following ATTACHMENT A-1 APS/APGRB PROJECTED CASELOAD CHART located on the DHR Website at or eMaryland Marketplace at .

• ATTACHMENT A-1 APS/APGRB PROJECTED CASELOAD CHART

(Rev. 08/22/2012)

7. DELETE ATTACHMENT A-3 CINA/TPR PROCEEDING PRICING PROPOSAL in its entirety and REPLACE it with the following Attachment A-3 CINA/TPR PROCEEDING PRICING PROPOSAL located on the DHR Website at or eMaryland Marketplace at .

• ATTACHMENT A-3 CINA/TPR PROCEEDING PRICING PROPOSAL

(Rev. 08/22/2012)

8. DELETE ATTACHMENT Q CINA/TPR CONTRACTOR ANNUAL MONITORING REPORT in its entirety and REPLACE it with the following ATTACHMENT Q CINA/TPR CONTRACTOR ANNUAL MONITORING REPORT located on the DHR Website at or eMaryland Marketplace at .

• ATTACHMENT Q CINA/TPR CONTRACTOR ANNUAL MONITORING REPORT (Rev. 08/22/2012)

All other terms and conditions remain the same. If you require clarification of the information provided in this Amendment, please contact me via email at gfleming@dhr.state.md.us or by telephone at (410) 767-7072.

By:

Garry L. Fleming

Procurement Officer

Functional Area II:

All Contracts shall be for an indefinite quantity, FLFUP per Client, per Contract year, in an APS or APGRB proceeding (see Section 2.24 B).

|FUNCTIONAL AREA II: APS/APGRB |

|Jurisdiction |Potential # of Contracts|

|Baltimore City |2 |

|Baltimore County |1 |

|Harford County |1 |

|Montgomery County |1 |

|Prince George’s County |1 |

|Allegany County |1 |

|Anne Arundel County |1 |

|Calvert County |1 |

|Caroline County |1 |

|Carroll County |1 |

|Cecil County |1 |

|Charles County |1 |

|Dorchester County |1 |

|Frederick County |1 |

|Garrett County |1 |

|Howard County |1 |

|Kent County |1 |

|Queen Anne’s County |1 |

|St. Mary’s County |1 |

|Somerset County |1 |

|Talbot County |1 |

|Washington County |1 |

|Wicomico County |1 |

|Worcester County |1 |

Note: For both Functional Areas, Contractors shall not exceed the contracted caseload nor total Contract dollar amount in the base Contract or option periods, if exercised.

(Rev. 08/22/2012)

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State of Maryland

Department of Human Resources

Martin O’Malley

Governor

Anthony Brown

Lt. Governor

Theodore Dallas

Secretary

Maryland’s Human Services Agency

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