What the buyer needs
AI summaryWestchester Medical Center Health Network seeks proposals from qualified law firms to provide outside legal counsel services across one or more panels on an as-needed basis. The requested scope encompasses labor and employment law, civil litigation, and bond counsel services for public finance transactions. Work will be performed offsite under a one-year contract period. Only onshore U.S. organizations are eligible to bid. Proposers must assign attorneys who are admitted and in good standing in the required jurisdictions, and each proposed lead attorney must hold at least five years of relevant category experience. Vendors must submit a technical proposal alongside a completed Excel exhibit workbook by the specified RFP deadline, and all questions must be submitted no later than November 20, 2026.
Scope of work
- Labor and Employment Law counseling, investigations, labor relations, and litigation
- Commercial, contract, healthcare, construction, real estate, and civil litigation
- Bond counsel for tax-exempt and taxable financings, bond issuances, and restructurings
- Real property transactions, acquisitions, dispositions, leases, and land use matters
- Healthcare law operations, medical staff affairs, regulatory compliance, and reimbursement
- Immigration law, employment-based filings, compliance, and agency representation
- Privacy, cybersecurity incident response, technology contracting, and artificial intelligence governance
- Medical malpractice defense, regulatory compliance, corporate transactions, governance, patent and IP, or clinical trials
How proposals are evaluated
| Criterion | Weight / scoring |
|---|---|
| Best value optimizing quality, cost, and efficiency | Not specified |
Minimum qualifications
- Firm must be duly organized, authorized to conduct business where required, and in operation for at least three years
- Attorneys assigned to New York matters must be admitted and in good standing in required jurisdictions
- Each proposed lead or responsible attorney must have at least five years of relevant experience in the category
- Sufficient personnel, systems, supervision, and financial capacity to perform services timely and effectively
- Ability to securely handle privileged, confidential, personal, and protected health information
- Ability to comply with business associate agreements or data security addenda
- Ability to conduct and continuously update conflict checks and disclose actual, potential, or perceived conflicts
- Willingness to comply with WMCHealth invoicing, audit, records, information security, matter management, and reporting requirements
Documents to include with your response
- Technical Proposal including Title Page, Table of Contents, Transmittal Letter, and Executive Summary
- Firm Background and Operations narrative and most recent financial statement
- Category-Specific Qualifications and Representative Experience narratives
- Staffing and Service-Delivery Plan, organization chart, and resumes
- Completed separate Excel exhibit workbook
- Completed Category Selection Form (Exhibit A)
- Category-Specific Response Forms (Exhibit B) and Representative Matter Forms (Exhibit C)
- Proposed Staffing and Rate Schedule (Exhibit D)
- Reference Form with at least three healthcare clients (Exhibit E)
- Conflict and Disclosure Certification (Exhibit F), insurance confirmation, W-9, and required procurement forms
How to submit
- Instructions
- Submit one complete technical proposal together with a separate Excel exhibit workbook through the method and in the file format specified by WMCHealth