HA Item 03 - Agreement for Bond Counsel Servies

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(9) I. CITY BACKGROUND EXHIBIT 1 The Housing Authority of the City of Santa Ana (SAHA) is a medium-sized Public Housing Authority located in Santa Ana, California and is funded by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). SAHA has 19 full-time employees and manages over 3,142 Housing Choice Vouchers (Section 8). SAHA provides rental assistance in the form of Housing Choice Vouchers (HCV) Project Based Vouchers, Mainstream Vouchers, Foster Youth to Independence Vouchers, and Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing vouchers. These vouchers enable Housing Authority participants to rent from property owners in the private market. The Authority's funding is fully dependent on HUD. HUD's funding is dependent on annual appropriations from Congress. For more information, please visit https://www.santa-ana.org/departments/housing-authority/ II. OVERVIEW OF PROJECT The Housing Authority of the City of Santa Ana Housing Authority (SAHA) is seeking proposals from highly qualified, and experienced law firms (Proposers) to provide on -call bond counsel services. See EXHIBIT I for complete Scope of Services. The term "Vendor'; "Proposer'; "Consultant", "Firm'; and "Contractor" shall refer to any legal entity or entities submitting a proposal in response to this Request for Proposals (RFP). III. TERM OF AGREEMENT The anticipated term of the agreement is for an initial period of three (3) years. The Housing Authority/City of Santa Ana (the "City") may, at its discretion, extend the agreement with the same or more limited scope of required services for two (2) additional one (1) year periods, upon mutual agreement, contingent upon City Council approval, or City Manager or City Attorney authorization, as appropriate. The total term of the awarded agreement shall not exceed five (5) years. Usage is not guaranteed. Execution of an agreement between the City of Santa Ana and successful firm(s) and/or individual(s) does not guarantee work throughout the duration of the contract period. Numerous factors will be evaluated by SAHA in its delivery of project and assignments, including technical expertise required. IV. MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS In addition to meeting all other requirements of this RFP, all responding Proposers shall certify and furnish verifiable evidence that their law firm and personnel, at a minimum, meet the following qualifications: 1) The attorney(s) who will be primarily responsible for providing the legal services requested by this RFP on behalf of Proposer: (i) must be licensed to practice law in the State of California; and (ii) must agree to primarily perform the legal services requested in California. 2) Proposer has provided similar or same services to at least five (5) municipalities within the last five (5) years. 3) Proposer has experience as bond counsel on bond issuance for affordable housing development within the last five (5) years.