FALL RIVER CONTRIBUTORY RETIREMENT BOARD REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL – LEGAL SERVICES

SECTION I.  SUMMARY AND PURPOSE

 The Fall River Retirement Board (“Board”) is requesting qualification statements from recognized law firms and individual attorneys within the Commonwealth of Massachusetts interested in providing legal services for matters involving the Fall River Retirement System (“System”).

The purpose of this Request for Proposal (“RFP”) is to allow the Board to select firms and / or individual attorneys qualified to provide legal services on an as needed basis in the following areas:

• Representation of the Board in administrative proceedings held in accordance with Chapter 32 of the General Laws of Massachusetts and Commonwealth of Massachusetts Regulations 840 CMR-Public Employee Retirement Administration Commission;
• Litigation matters and other disputes involving matters related to Chapter 32 of the General Laws of Massachusetts and Commonwealth of Massachusetts Regulations 840 CMR-Public Employee Retirement Administration Commission;
• Legal advice on matters pertaining to disability retirements, domestic relations orders, investment management agreements, contracts, and related documents in accordance with Chapter 32 of the General Laws of Massachusetts and Commonwealth of Massachusetts Regulations 840 CMR-Public Employee Retirement Administration Commission.

A firm or an individual attorney responding to this RFP may respond with respect to any or all of the categories and may ultimately be selected in more than one such category.   

SECTION II.  GENERAL INFORMATION

All terms, conditions, requirements, and procedures included in this RFP must be met for a response to be qualified as responsive.  A response that fails to meet any material term, condition, requirement or procedure of this RFP may be deemed unresponsive and disqualified.  The Board reserves the right to waive or permit cure of non-material errors or omissions. 

The Board reserves the right to modify, amend or cancel the terms of the RFP at any time.  All responses must be submitted in accordance with the specific terms of this RFP.  No electronic responses may be submitted in response to this RFP.

A.  SUBMISSION OF RESPONSES

            1. INSTRUCTIONS FOR SUBMISSION OF RESPONSES

The original, 6 hard paper copies, and a disk of the bidder’s responses and attachments must be delivered in the same sealed package no later than July 10, 2015 at 1:00 p.m. EST.  The Cost Proposal must be submitted under separate cover in a separate sealed envelope.  Failure to meet this requirement will result in disqualification of the bid.  Responses and attachments received after this deadline date and time will not be evaluated.  A facsimile response will not qualify as a “submission” for deadline purposes in advance of or in lieu of a hard copy submission.  Responses and attachments should be delivered to:

Christine A. Tetreault, Executive Director

Fall River Retirement Board

30 Third Street, Suite 301

Fall River, MA 02720

For further information, please see the attached RFP below.