Legal Assistance Services

Legal assistance services are being solicited by the County of Kaua‘i’s Agency on Elderly Affairs under solicitation number P-0258, issued pursuant to Hawai‘i Revised Statutes Chapter 103D, with proposals due by 3:00 p.m. Hawai‘i Standard Time on August 7, 2026, via the Public Purchase System. The contract, a three-year multi-term agreement running from October 1, 2026, through September 30, 2029, aims to deliver OAA Title IIIB legal services to older adults across all districts of Kaua‘i County, ensuring awareness of rights and protection from abuse, neglect, and exploitation. Services include legal advice, advocacy, and representation in areas such as Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, SNAP, health care, utilities, and protective services, with minimum performance targets of 200–300 unduplicated persons and 700–1,000 service hours for general legal assistance, and 70–120 individuals and 250–500 hours for attorney representation. All personnel must be supervised by a licensed attorney with at least two years of experience serving older adults, and staff must have no history of abuse or neglect convictions and be qualified to work with cognitively or functionally impaired elderly individuals. Proposals are evaluated on a best-value basis using weighted criteria: 30 points for service delivery, 25 for technical capability, 25 for price competitiveness, and 20 for project organization and staffing. Pricing is structured as a unit rate per hour for each service type, with no advance payments permitted and monthly payments based on verified service units submitted with reports on recipients and activities. Offerors must be registered as Public Purchase Vendors on the Public Purchase System, complete mandatory certifications including Forms A through G covering ADA, Title VI, Section 504, drug-free workplace, lobbying, and environmental tobacco smoke, and submit Schedule F for wage compliance under HRS 103-55 and Schedule H for cost and pricing data. Compliance with Hawai‘i’s labor standards is required, including wages comparable to public employees, and contractors must maintain a fidelity bond or commercial crime insurance equal to the contract value with third-party liability and beneficiary provisions. Additional requirements include a written quality assurance policy with participant evaluations, annual narrative reports due 20 days after the federal fiscal year end, and