Trial Court Caseflow Management Consultant

The Judicial Council of California (Judicial Council), chaired by the Chief Justice of California, is the chief policy making agency of the California judicial system. The California Constitution directs the council to improve the administration of justice by surveying judicial business, recommending improvements to the courts, and making recommendations annually to the Governor and the Legislature. The council also adopts rules for court administration, practice and procedure, and performs functions prescribed by law.

The primary purpose of the Judicial Council’s Research, Analytics and Data group is to provide data, research, and analytics to inform branch decision-making. As part of its effort to better understand trial court workload, the Judicial Branch is undertaking a study of caseflow management. In her 2024 State of Judiciary address, California Chief Justice Patricia Guerrero highlighted caseflow as one of her priority projects that would increase transparency, improve efficiencies, and increase productivity without sacrificing quality.

The Judicial Council seeks the services of a person or entity with expertise in trial court caseflow management consulting. The consultant will create a cost-effective and repeatable framework for trial courts to improve caseflow management in all casetypes (civil, criminal, family law, juvenile, mental health, probate), regardless of court analytic capacity, resource levels or previous experience on this topic.

Questions should be directed to solicitations@jud.ca.gov (link sends email) and must be received no later than 1:00 pm Pacific Time, April 11, 2025.

Proposals must be received by the Judicial Council no later than 1:00 pm, Pacific Time, April 23, 2025.

Further details regarding the solicitation are set forth in the RFP No. BMS-2024-50-SB and related documents provided below:

• BMS-2024-50-SB -Attachment 7_DVBE Declaration.docx New
• BMS-2024-50-SB-Appendix A_Grant Application Program Narrative.pdf New
• RFP BMS-2024-50-SB_Caseflow Management.pdf New
• BMS-2024-50-SB -Attachment 1_Administrative Rules Governing RFP New
• BMS-2024-50-SB -Attachment 2_JCC Terms and Conditions.docx New
• BMS-2024-50-SB -Attachment 3_Proposers Acceptance of Term.docx New
• BMS-2024-50-SB -Attachment 4_General Certifictaions Form.docx New
• BMS-2024-50-SB -Attachment 5_Darfur.docx New
• BMS-2024-50-SB -Attachment 6_Bidder Declaration.docx New

The Judicial Council, as a public entity, prohibits direct contact with any Council personnel during the solicitation process in order to maintain fairness and equality to all proposers.
Proposers are specifically directed NOT to contact any judicial branch entity personnel or consultants for meetings, conferences, or discussions that are related to the solicitation at any time between release of the solicitation and any award and execution of a contract.
Unauthorized contact with any judicial branch entity personnel or consultants may be cause for rejection of the Proposer’s proposal.