Legal Support for the Independent Legal Assistance Program

Request for Standing Offer (RFSO) – Legal Support for the Independent Legal Assistance Program BACKGROUND The Department of National Defence has a requirement for lawyers to provide legal assistance to individuals who have experienced sexual misconduct within a DND or Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) context to support the Defence Community Support and Resource Centre’s (DRDCS) Independent Legal Assistance (ILA) program. REQUIREMENT The Department of National Defence has a requirement for lawyers to provide legal assistance to individuals who have experienced sexual misconduct within a DND or Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) context to support the Defence Community Support and Resource Centre’s (DRDCS) Independent Legal Assistance (ILA) program. The period of the standing offer, if awarded, will be approximately three (3) years, followed by two (2) one-year option periods. Tasks and Deliverables are detailed in Annex Statement of Work of the Request for Standing Offer. The Mandatory Criteria and Point-rated Criteria are detailed in the Request for Standing Offer (RFSO). Where this notice and the RFSO differ, the RFSO will prevail. The Department of National Defence reserves the right not to award a Standing Offer, regardless of the responses it receives.