Third Party Liability Counsel

ONLY CERTIFIED SMALL BUSINESSES ARE ELIGIBLE FOR AWARDThe Commonwealth identified this procurement as fitting the established criteria under the Small Business Procurement Initiative set forth in Executive Order 2011-09.  Accordingly, only those offerors who are certified as a Small Businesses through the Department of General Services’ self- certification process found at www.smallbusiness.pa.gov are eligible to submit a proposal and be awarded a contract in response to this RFP.  In order to be eligible to receive an award in response to this procurement, the offeror must be a DGS self-certified as a Small Business at the time of proposal opening and include a copy of the certification in the proposal response. Self-certification as a Small Business can be completed in as little as 15 minutes. The eligibility requirements for Small Business self-certification are as follows: 1. The business must be a for-profit, United States business. 2. The business must be independently owned. 3. The business may not be dominant in its field of operation. 4. The business may not employ more than 100 full-time equivalent employees. 5. The business’s three-year average gross revenues may not exceed $38.5 million.This request for proposals (RFP) provides to those law firms interested in submitting proposals for the subject procurement (“Offerors”) sufficient information to enable them to prepare and submit proposals for the Governor’s Office of General Counsel’s consideration on behalf of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (“Commonwealth”) to satisfy a need for Third Party Liability (“TPL”) legal services for the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services (“Department”).This RFP is issued pursuant to Executive Order 2015-2 dated January 20, 2015, and in accordance with Section 518 of the Commonwealth Procurement Code, 62 P.S. § 518 and Part III Chapter 8 of the DGS Procurement Handbook.The Department has identified a need for TPL legal services relating to Medical Assistance (“MA”) reimbursement claims, including reimbursement related to tort claims and estate recovery litigation. The Engagement may include other general work as designated by the Department’s Chief Counsel or the Governor’s Office of General Counsel.  The scope of work in this RFP includes legal representation and legal services related to the reimbursement of MA payments from tort claims and of MA Estate Recoveries on a statewide basis.