(1) First Party Property;

(2) Third Party Liability;

(3) Subrogation;

(4) Collections; and

(5) Appellate (for First Party Property and Third Party Liability Claims only).

Firms may offer to provide Services in any one, any combination, or all five of the Service Areas. Proposals for each Service Area will be evaluated and scored separately. A Firm’s score in one Service Area will not affect its score in any other Service Area. No additional points will be awarded for submitting a Proposal for more than one Service Area.

Citizens’ intent is to select a sufficient number of law firms to create a panel of highly qualified counsel to meet its legal needs in each Service Area. The selected Firms will be required to sign the Legal Services Agreement (Contract) attached as Attachment A. The Contract incorporates Citizens’ Guidelines for Claims & Litigation Legal Services. Firms must review these documents carefully before responding to this RFP. The Contract will have an initial term of five (5) years and, upon mutual agreement, may be renewed for two (2) additional 1 – year periods.

Citizens will make assignments to the selected Firms at its discretion based on considerations in effect at the time of assignment. Citizens cannot guarantee how many assignments, if any, will be made to a particular Firm.

Firms currently handling specific legal assignments for Citizens in the five (5) Service Areas described above will continue to provide services for those specific assignments. This RFP is for future assignments only. Firms currently under contract with Citizens in the five (5) Service Areas must submit a Proposal in response to this RFP to be considered for future assignments in those Service Areas.

This RFP applies only to assignments within the five Service Areas described above. Firms providing legal services on behalf of Citizens outside of the scope of the five Service Areas are not affected by this RFP, except to the extent they desire to receive assignments from Citizens in these five (5) Service Areas.

With the exception of the Appellate Service Area, in order to be eligible for a Contract under this RFP, Firms must have at least three (3) full-time attorneys licensed to practice law in the State of Florida who are currently practicing in at least one (1) of the five (5) Service Areas described above. This minimum requirement does not apply to the Appellate Service Area.

All documents for this solicitation may be found on Citizens Purchasing website at the following link

 
Request for Proposal will be opened at the below address at 02:00 P.M., September 11, 2015.
 
Please direct all questions to:
Michael Talbot
Phone: (850) 521-8310
 
2101 Maryland Circle
Tallahassee FL, 32303
 
Email: Citizens.Purchasing@citizensfla.co@citizensfla.com
 
Any person with a disability requiring special accommodations at the pre-solicitation conference and/or bid/proposal opening shall contact purchasing at the phone number above at least five (5) working days prior to the event. If you are hearing or speech impaired, please contact this office by using the Florida Relay Services which can be reached at 1 (800) 955-8771 (TDD).
 
The Department reserves the right to reject any and all bids or accept minor irregularities in the best interest of the State of Florida.
 
Certified Business Enterprises are encouraged to participate in the solicitation process.