New York State Contract Reporter #2139717

BPCA On-Call Legal Services Panel

The Battery Park City Authority is seeking qualified legal providers for an on-call services panel across a range of practice areas. - Government buyer: Battery Park City Authority (BPCA), doing business as the Hugh L. Carey Battery Park City Authority; a New York State public benefit corporation. The solicitation is managed through its Procurement office. - What is requested: Qualifications from law firms and legal staffing companies to form a pre-qualified panel. BPCA will assign matters as needs arise; no number, type, duration, or value of assignments is guaranteed. - Practice areas: Real estate; construction; public finance; labor relations; litigation and government-entity representation; insurance and risk management; information technology, cybersecurity and data privacy; intellectual property; corporate governance; and constitutional law, including First Amendment matters. - Real estate work includes land use, co-ops and condos, residential closings, landlord/tenant collections and enforcement, commercial real estate litigation and transactions, environmental matters, condemnation, and tax certiorari. - Construction work includes contract and change-order review, procurement and bid-award advice, construction approaches, and dispute resolution. Public finance work includes public bond finance and issuance, financing strategy, tax and regulatory matters, and disclosures. - Labor services include employment advice, investigations, claims, hearings, arbitration, mediation, public-sector labor disputes, collective bargaining, compliance, and disciplinary matters. Litigation includes government-entity representation and proceedings involving BPCA, but excludes personal injury and tort claims. - IT services include advice on artificial intelligence and emerging technology, cybersecurity, data privacy, related policies and contracts, compliance, and cyber risk. Other practice areas cover insurance coverage and risk, IP agreements and disputes, corporate governance, and constitutional matters. - Notable requirements: Providers must be able to deliver legal services relevant to New York and provide timely in-person support. The solicitation sets a 30% total MWBE participation goal and encourages participation by New York State-certified MBE, WBE, and SDVOB firms. - Term: Three years, with two optional one-year extensions. No assignment volume or contract value is guaranteed. - Firms named as historical providers of identical or substantially similar services—not current awardees: Amato Law Group PLLC; Arent Fox LLP; Ballard Spahr LLP; Bond Schoeneck & King; Brown & Hutchinson; Bryant Rabbino LLP; Carter Ledyard & Milburn LLP; Drohan Lee; Fox Rothschild LLP; Goldberg Segalla; Goulston & Storrs; Harris Beach PLLC; Herrick Feinstein LLP; Hoguet Newman Regal & Kenney LLP; Holland & Knight LLP; Ingram Yuzek Gainen Carroll & Bertolotti, LLP; Law Offices Barry D. Lites; Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP; Littler Mendelson PC; Michelman & Robinson LLP; Pugh Jones & Johnson PC; Rozario & Associates PC; Schiff Hardin LLP; Schoeman Updike Kaufman & Gerber LLP; Silverman Shin & Byrne PLLC; Sive Paget & Riesel PC; Tiber Hudson LLC; Tully Rinckey PLLC; Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP; and Windels Marx Lane & Mittendorf LLP.

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BPCA is seeking qualifications from law firms and other legal staffing companies to establish a pre-qualified panel for on-call legal services. Firms may submit qualifications for one or more practice areas, including real estate, construction, public finance, labor relations, litigation, insurance and risk management, information technology, intellectual property, corporate governance, and constitutional law. BPCA may select firms from the panel for future legal matters as needs arise; no number, type, duration, or value of assignments is guaranteed. The contract term is three years, with two one-year renewal options, and the total MWBE goal is 30%.

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