NOTICE TO PROVIDERS OF PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
(PU 2019-07)
Pursuant to §103D-304 HRS, the Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) anticipates the need for
professional services during the Fiscal Year 2019 (July 1, 2018 - June 30, 2019) and invites
interested parties to submit letters of interest and statements of qualifications for the categories
listed below.
Submittals must clearly state their specific category of interest and the category must be
one of those listed below. Submittals for categories other than those listed below will NOT
be considered. Parties applying for more than one category must submit a SEPARATE
Letter of Interest and Statement of Qualifications to include a hard copy and a compact
disk (CD) or flash drive with this information for EACH category.
1. GS-0510 Accounting
2. GS-0511 Auditing
3. GS-0808 Architecture
4. GS-0819 Environmental Engineering
5. Legal Services
a. Administrative, Agency and Regulatory Law (Federal, 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 Law
l. Education & Health
m. Environmental Law
n. Finance/Banking/Investment Banking/Public Financing/Bond Counsel
o. Government Relations/Regulations/Contracts
p. Information and Computer Technology
q. Insurance
r. Intellectual Property/Copyright/Cyber law
s. Inter-governmental Matters
t. Internet/News Media Law
u. Labor, Employment 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 (including 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, due diligence, land use
and landlord/tenant)
cc. Risk Management
dd. Securities
ee. Tax Law
ff. Tort Law (including products, design or construction liability)
gg. Transportation Law
hh. Trust Law (including fiduciary duties and responsibilities)
ii. Workers Compensation Law
Submittals must 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 (referring to
the firm’s website in lieu of submitting a hard copy is not acceptable); and
6. Range of professional fees, based on hourly rates when applicable.
Parties interested in being retained for any of the Legal Services must be in good standing,
possess an active license, and include the following additional information:
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.
As an agency of the State of Hawaiʻi, OHA is required to comply with the Uniform
Information Practices Act which requires certain information submitted to OHA to be
made available for public inspection upon request. Portions of submittals containing
proprietary information that an applicant desires be kept confidential must be clearly
identified and stated as such.
Submittals should be delivered or mailed to:
Office of Hawaiian Affairs
Attn: Miki Lene
560 N. Nimitz Hwy., Suite 200
Honolulu, Hawaiʻi 96817
All submittals must be postmarked or delivered to the Office of Hawaiian Affairs no later than
2:00 p.m., Friday, October 12, 2018. Facsimiles, emails, and other forms of electronic
submittals will not be accepted. Inquiries regarding this notice can be directed to Miki Lene at
(808) 594-1993.
HANDS: September 14, 2018