Legal Services for Small Businesses

The government authority located in Baltimore, Maryland is seeking legal service providers to deliver high-quality, accessible, and cost-effective legal support to small business clients. The agency is trying to solve the problem of small businesses lacking access to essential legal guidance for their foundational, operational, and regulatory needs. The scope of work covers a wide range of legal services, including entity selection and formation, drafting and filing formation documents, and preparing operating agreements, bylaws, and shareholder agreements. The project also requires drafting, reviewing, and negotiating contracts such as vendor, client, partnership, and lease agreements, as well as commercial transactions. Selected providers must advise on federal, state, and local compliance, licensing, permitting, and employment law issues, including employee handbooks, hiring, termination, and worker classification. Additionally, the agency requests trademark and copyright guidance, intellectual property protection strategies, one-on-one legal consultations, tailored legal education, and support for loan closings. Eligible bidders must be onshore organizations based in the United States. The agency requires the performance of all work to occur offsite. The agency is looking for proposals to determine the budget and has not signaled a specific funding limit. Bidders must submit all questions regarding this opportunity no later than June 12, 2026.