R--Legal Services

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Office of General Counsel, intends to award a Time and Materials (T&M) contract sole source to Saul Ewing LLP for follow-on legal services to provide highly specialized professional legal advice and assistance in labor, employment, and pension/benefits law. Saul Ewing LLP will also provide the DOE with legal services including valuable advice, assistance, and information that will provide prompt (frequently real-time) expertise, analysis and guidance in urgent and high-priority situations, on issues that are of critical importance to DOE. Saul Ewing LLP is uniquely qualified to support DOE and possess the expertise to perform highly specialized legal services. Saul Ewing LLP has strong technical expertise and great depth of knowledge in the many areas of labor, employment law, and pension law including DOE-specific laws. Saul Ewing LLP is capable of providing thorough and time-sensitive counsel in the myriad sub disciplines of labor, employment and pension law affecting DOE. Saul Ewing LLP is the only company that offers this service in a time sensitive manner. The DOE is proposing to award a contract that consists of a three year base period and two one-year option periods. The DOE is using exemption to competition 6.302-1, One Responsible source. This is a notice of intent and not a request for competitive proposals. No solicitation is available for this requirement. If a firm believes the DOE should not pursue this sole source contract with Saul Ewing LLP, they should submit a capability statement and pricing information for the requirement by Tuesday, June 24, 2014 at 2:00 PM (Eastern) via e-mail to [email protected]. The written response must include a general statement for services mentioned in this announcement and past performance information for relevant work. A determination by the Government to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement in the future.