What the buyer needs
AI summaryThe Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation seeks outside litigation counsel, including a national counsel team, to provide multi-district litigation services, readiness, strategic advice, and representation in administrative law and statutory challenges. The contractor will coordinate litigation across multiple venues, perform legal research, draft briefs, and support proceedings in federal circuits and potentially the Supreme Court for a one-year term. Eligible offerors must be onshore United States organizations, qualify as Women-Owned Small Businesses, and maintain active registration in SAM.gov. Quotations require an oral technical presentation, key personnel resumes, conflict-of-interest disclosures, and fully burdened fixed hourly rates submitted digitally online or via email. The agency will evaluate proposals using a best-value tradeoff methodology where technical capability is significantly more important than price.
Scope of work
- Review material SFA litigation, governing statutes and regulations, and deliver a written initial assessment within 15 business days
- Provide early case assessments and risk analyses for each assigned matter
- Prepare briefing materials for PBGC leadership, including the Board of Directors
- Provide paralegal, filing, hearing, trial, and appellate support when authorized through written task direction
- Provide executive oversight and coordinate litigation team work
- Deliver oral technical quote presentations and participate in clarification sessions
- Comply with privacy, CUI protection, and continuous monitoring cybersecurity requirements
How proposals are evaluated
| Criterion | Weight / scoring |
|---|---|
| Factor 1 – Adherence to Solicitation Instructions and Respondent Qualifications | Not specified |
| Factor 2 – Technical Capability (Technical Approach, Corporate Experience, Key Personnel Experience, Conflict of Interest Certification) | significantly more important than Price |
| Factor 3 – Price | Not specified |
Minimum qualifications
- Active registration in the System for Award Management at SAM.gov
- Lead Attorney must possess a Juris Doctor degree from an ABA-accredited law school
- Lead Attorney must possess at least ten years of legal practice since first bar admission, including five years as partner
- Lead Attorney must be licensed and in good standing to practice law in one or more states or the District of Columbia
- Lead Attorney must possess expertise in complex litigation and experience in multidistrict litigation and/or relevant litigation
- Senior Partner must possess a Juris Doctor degree from an ABA-accredited law school
- Senior Partner must possess at least eight years of legal practice since first bar admission
- Senior Partner must be licensed and in good standing to practice law in one or more states or the District of Columbia
Documents to include with your response
- Completed Standard Form 1449
- Written Technical Quotation addressing technical approach
- Corporate experience descriptions (up to three relevant engagements within the preceding five years)
- Resumes for proposed key personnel (Lead Attorney and Senior Partner)
- Conflict-of-Interest Disclosure or affirmative certification and proposed mitigation measures
- Oral Technical Quote Presentation slides
- Price Quote including fully burdened fixed hourly rates for each labor category and price assumptions
How to submit
- Instructions
- Oral Technical Quote Presentation slides must be submitted in advance of the presentation, separately bound from all other parts of the written quote, sequentially numbered in the lower-right corner without transition effects. Written quote must include Technical Quote and Price Quote.