NOTICE TO PROVIDERS OF PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

The Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) anticipates the need for professional services during the fiscal year July 1, 2008 June 30, 2009 and invites interested persons and/or firms to submit letters of interest and statements of qualifications for the categories listed below.

1. Accounting and Auditing

2. ADA Consultant

3. Actuarial Services for Workers Compensation

4. Architects

5. Business Advertising Specialties

6. Collection Agencies

7. Community Relations/Communications

8. Computer Science

9. Construction Management

10. Demographic Research and Statistical Analysis

11. Economic Analysis and Policy Development

12. Educational Scholarship Management/Administration

13. Employee Assistance Programs

14. Employee and Manager Assessment Consultant

15. Engineering all disciplines

16. Environmental Site Assessors

17. Facilitation and Moderator Services

18. Federal Procurement Technical Assistance

19. Financial and Investment Consultant

20. General Contractors

21. General Education and Training (including business and financial management, business writing,

management and supervisory training, Hawaiian culture, and team building)

22. Health Science Consultant (traditional Native Hawaiian healing, diplomacy, overall well-being)

23. Health Services Provider

24. Human Services Provider

25. Internet Service/Web Application Development

26. Land Use Planning (with focus on Native Hawaiian land use policy)

27. Landscape Services

28. Legal Services

a. Administrative, Agency, and Regulatory Law (federal and state and county)

b. Alternate Dispute Resolution

c. Appellate Practice

d. Bankruptcy/Receivership

e. Bond Counsel

f. Business/Corporate/Contract Law

g. Civil Rights

h. Collections

i. Commercial Law

j. Constitutional Law

k. Construction/Construction Management

l. Education & Health

m. Environmental/Environmental Assessments/Environmental Impact Statements

n. Finance/Banking/Investment Banking/Public Financing/Bond Counsel

o. Government Relations/Regulations/Contracts

p. Information and Computer Technology

q. Insurance

r. Intellectual Property

s. Inter-governmental Matters

t. Internet/News Media Law

u. Labor, Employment, Workers Compensation, and Other Personnel Related

Matters

v. Land Use/Land Use Litigation

w. Legislation (federal, state and county)

x. Litigation, including complex litigation

y. Native Hawaiian Affairs (sovereignty, Native Hawaiian rights and entitlements,

land acquisition and claims, water rights, blood quantum, NAGPRA, NHPA,

kuleana escheat and eminent domain)

z. Public Benefits including ADA

aa. Public Policy Law

bb. Real Estate Law including financing, development, land use

cc. Risk Management (including corporate and governance)

dd. Securities

ee. Tax Law

ff. Tort Law, including products, design or construction liability

gg. Transportation Law

hh. Trust Law

ii. Workers Compensation Law

29. Mailing Services

30. Mass E-mailing Services

31. Media Relations and Advertising

32. Micro Imaging Services

33. Multimedia Representative

34. Performance Leadership and Management Consultant (organizational change, management

and leadership consulting)

35. Printing Services

36. Production Services/HD (professional production including film, commercials and television

in high definition)

37. Program Management

38. Public Relations/Marketing Strategic Planning

39. Real Estate Appraiser

40. Security Services

41. Social Workers (case management, therapists/counselors, consultants)

42. Strategic Planning (assist in bettering the conditions of Native Hawaiians in the areas of education, health,

housing, economic development, human services, nation-building, protection of sacred sites, environmental resources, and culture)

43. Surveyors

44. Technical and Administrative Assistant Services in Washington D.C.

45. Technical Communications/Technical Writing Consultants

46. Temporary Staffing Services

47. Transportation Services

Submittals must clearly identify the specific category or subcategory of interest and include all of the following information:

1. The name of the firm or person, the principal place of business, and location of all of its offices;
2. The age of the firm and its average number of employees over the past three (3) years;
3. The education, training, and qualifications of key members of the firm;
4. The names and phone numbers of up to five clients who may be contacted, including at least two for whom services were rendered during the preceding year;
5. Any promotional or descriptive literature which the firm desires to submit; and
6. Range of professional fees, based on hourly rates when applicable.

Licensed attorneys interested in being retained for Legal Services on a contract basis as needs arise must include the following additional information in their submittal:

1. The area(s) of practice in which the attorney or firm is interested in providing services, together with a summary of the number and types of cases/matters handled by each attorney in each category;
2. The range of hourly rates charged by the attorney, paralegal and other billable staff, a summary of the types and amounts of costs charged by the firm. Whether any alternatives to hourly billing are available (such as fixed fee per case or project) and a description of the costs or methods on calculating charges under the alternative billing arrangements;
3. A brief description of staff and facilities available to the attorney or firm, including other attorneys, secretarial and paralegal support, and whether the firm has the ability to provide electronic case files during and following the conclusion of the matter or case;
4. The jurisdictions (state and courts) in which the attorneys are licensed and authorized to practice.

PARTIES WISHING TO BE CONSIDERED FOR MORE THAN ONE CATEGORY OR SUBCATEGORY MUST SUBMIT A SEPARATE LETTER OF INTEREST, STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS AND THE ABOVE LISTED INFORMATION FOR EACH CATEGORY OR SUBCATEGORY OF INTEREST. FAILURE TO DO SO WIL RESULT IN CONSIDERATION BEING GIVEN ONLY TO THE FIRST CATEGORY LISTED.

Letters of interest and statements of qualifications should be sent to the Administrator, Office of Hawaiian Affairs, 711 Kapi`olani Blvd, Suite 500, Honolulu, HI 96813. All submittals must be postmarked or received by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs no later than 4:00 p.m., Friday, June 20, 2008. FACSIMILES, E-MAILS AND OTHER FORMS OF ELECTRONIC SUBMITTALS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. Late submittals will be accepted but will be reviewed at a later date and may not be given the same consideration as those received by the deadline. Inquiries regarding this notice can be directed to Gerald Honda at (808) 594-1757.

PNS: June 8, 2008