SOURCES SOUGHT
R -- Legal Services - Sources Sought
- Notice Date
- 10/21/2009
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541110
— Offices of Lawyers
- Contracting Office
- Office of HQ PS (HQ)U.S. Department of EnergyOffice of Headquarters ProcurementMA-641000 Independence Ave., S.W.WashingtonDC20585
- ZIP Code
- 20585
- Solicitation Number
- XXXX-TBD
- Response Due
- 11/2/2009
- Archive Date
- 12/2/2009
- Point of Contact
- Matthew Parker
- E-Mail Address
-
Parker, Matthew L
(matthew.parker@hq.doe.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Sources Sought Notice Legal Services are being sought to support the Department of Energy's Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing loan program ("ATVM Program"). The firm will, inter alia, work with the ATVM Program (1) to prepare, analyze and develop recommendations for the issuance of loans; (2) to negotiate, structure, document and close loan transactions; and (3) to negotiate, structure, document and close amendments, modifications and waivers to existing loans, including in restructuring or bankruptcy contexts. The purpose of this sources sought notice is to identify small business law firms capable of performing these services. Accordingly, this sources sought notice is for the sole purpose of identifying small business law firms that meet the size standard and have provided a capability statement that fully complies with this notice's requirements. A description of the Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing loan program can be found at: http://www.atvmloan.energy.gov/ For purposes of this notice, a small business is defined as having annual revenues of less than $7,000,000 in average annual receipts of the firm's last three fiscal years. If a firm has revenues of greater than $7,000,000, the firm need not respond to this notice. The firm must have experience representing lenders and guarantors in structuring, documenting (drafting) and closing complex multi-billion dollar transactions to manufacturers. Experience needs to include development and financing of new facilities and retooling existing facilities. The firm must have experience and expertise in the following areas: corporate law; debt financings, including construction, secured and/or project financing; equity financings; contracts; tax structuring of complex transactions; bankruptcy and debt restructuring; inter-creditor agreements; real estate; mortgages and lending; environmental law; intellectual property; anti-trust and trade regulation; consumer protection; and employment and labor law. The firm must have the capability to fully staff multiple transactions simultaneously. The firm must have at least two (2) senior partners, each with a minimum of ten (10) years of experience at the partner level in leading the negotiation, structuring, documenting and closing of complex financial transactions, including representation of lenders and guarantors in multiple billion dollar transactions and in financings of manufacturing facilities. The firm must have a minimum of one (1) senior partner with at least eight (8) years of experience at the partner level as lead bankruptcy and debt restructuring counsel to lenders or guarantors, including in the bankruptcy proceedings of Fortune 1000 companies. Interested firms would be required to submit a capability statement that includes the following information in response to this sources sought notice: -A narrative that demonstrates experience representing a minimum of three different lenders/guarantors in structuring, documenting (drafting) and closing complex multi-billion dollar transactions to manufacturers. The narrative will demonstrate experience with development and financing of new facilities and retooling existing facilities. The narrative will describe the firm's experience and expertise in the areas of: corporate law; debt financings, including construction, secured and/or project financing; equity financings; contracts; tax structuring of complex transactions; bankruptcy and debt restructuring; inter-creditor agreements; real estate; mortgages and lending; environmental law; intellectual property; anti-trust and trade regulation; consumer protection; and employment and labor law. -A narrative that demonstrates the ability to fully staff multiple transactions of the type described in this notice simultaneously. -Two resumes for senior partners each with a minimum of ten (10) years of experience at the partner level in leading the negotiation, structuring, documenting and closing of complex financial transactions, including representation of lenders and guarantors in multiple billion dollar transactions and in financings of manufacturing facilities. -One resume for a senior partner with a minimum of eight (8) years of experience at the partner level as bankruptcy and debt restructuring counsel to lenders or guarantors in the bankruptcy proceedings of Fortune 1000 companies. -A statement that the firm's annual revenues are less than $7,000,000 in average annual receipts over the firm's last three fiscal years. Interested firms should submit its capability statement to: Matthew Parker at Matthew.Parker@hq.doe.gov by 2:00PM local prevailing time on November 2, 2009. Capability statements are not proposals. Submission of a capability statement will not lead to the selection or award of a contract as the purpose of this notice (and capability statements) is to only ascertain whether a small business set aside is feasible for DOE's ATVM Legal Services requirement.
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