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connection with the proposed financing, indicate how the experience and expertise of your firm will be utilized to complete the necessary legal work. 7.Name five issuers represented by the firm, describe the nature of the representation, and for each issuer list the e-mail address, telephone number, and title of an official who may be contacted as a reference. 8.-solve on behalf of an issuer. 9.Describe any existing or potential conflict of interest arising from your relationships with or representation of other parties that should be considered by the SAHA, and provide to the SAHA sufficient facts, legal implications, and possible effects in order for the SAHA to appreciate the significance of each potential conflict and grant an appropriate waiver, if necessary. 10.Describe and state the conclusion reached of any disciplinary action, administrative proceeding, malpractice claim or other like proceedings against your firm or any of its lawyers, whether current or pending, as well as any such action, proceeding or claim occurring during the past five (5) years. 11. The proposal must be completely responsive to the RFP. Incomplete proposals will be deemed as nonresponsive and will be rejected. The Santa Ana Housing Authority reserves the right to reject any or all proposals submitted and no representation is made hereby that any contract will be awarded pursuant to this RFP or otherwise. determination. XI.BOND COUNSEL SELECTION SCORING AND EVALUATION Immediately following the submission deadline, the Santa Ana Housing Authority will create a review panel composed of SAHA and City staff from relevant City departments. Each member of this panel will evaluate, score and rank each proposal using the evaluation criteria listed below: A.Experience/Past Performance/References (30%): Consideration will be given based upon the law experience in acting as bond counsel for municipalities to include work with housing authorities. Proposer shall include three (3) external client references from clients who received similar services to those proposed for this solicitation. B.Personnel (20%): Proposer shall submit resumes of all primary attorneys who will be performing services under the contract. Proposer should demonstrate that all key personnel have been successfully involved with projects of similar scope and magnitude. C.Proposer Qualifications (30%): responsibilities set forth in the Scope of Work and produce the required outcome in a timely manner. Consideration will be given for the overall quality of the proposal, including a demonstrated understanding of the purpose, scope and objective of the services to be performed. It is the intention of the Santa Ana Housing Authority to award a contract to the Proposer who furnishes satisfactory evidence that the Proposer has the requisite experience and ability to enable the Proposer to complete the work successfully and properly, and to complete services in a timely manner. To determine the degree of responsibility to be credited to the Proposer, the Santa Ana Housing Authority will weigh the evidence that the Proposer has performed satisfactorily other contracts of like nature, magnitude and comparable difficulty and comparable rates of progress. D.Billing Rates (20%) Santa Ana Housing Authority Request for Proposals for Bond Counsel Services for Affordable Housing Page 6 5-9