TO: AC Transit Board of Directors
FROM: Aimee L. Steele, General Counsel/Chief Legal Officer
SUBJECT: Outside Legal Services Contract Award
ACTION ITEM
AGENDA PLANNING REQUEST: ?
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
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Consider approving the award of contracts for outside legal services to the firms recommended in this staff report.
Staff Contact:
Aimee L. Steele, General Counsel/Chief Legal Officer
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STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE:
Goal - High-Performing Workforce
Establishing and maintaining a panel for outside legal services ensures the District has a panel of legal experts available to the District for matters not handled by in-house counsel.
BUDGETARY/FISCAL IMPACT:
Approval of these agreements has no immediate fiscal impact. Expenditures will occur only when services are ordered and will be charged to the requesting department's operating budget.
The outside counsel legal budget, excluding Workers Compensation and current BRT litigation, is $828,000 for FY 25-26. Actual expenditures vary depending on the number and complexity of pending cases against the District, the need for transactional legal work handled by outside counsel and the legal staffing within the Office of General Counsel.
CONTRACT AWARD SUMMARY:
No. Registered Vendors:
28
Contract Summary:
# Proposals/Bids Received:
22
Award Type:
Over 70% technical evaluation points
Independent Cost Estimate Range:
$350-$800/hour
Recommended for Award***:
Detailed below
Small Business Type:|1010|DBE/SBE Utilization %:**
4 of 22 (18.18% of awarded contracts only)
* Neither SBE, nor DBE
Levine Act Disclosure
California Government Code ? 84308, commonly referred to as the "Levine Act," precludes an Officer of a local government agency from participating in the award of a contract if he or she receives any political contributions totaling more than $500 in the 12 months preceding the pendency of the contract award, and for three months following the final decision, from the person or company a...
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