REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS (RFQ) FOR PUBLIC DEFENDER SERVICES CONTRACT – DISTRICT COURT Public Defender Contract -- District Court – Summit County is currently accepting applications for one half of the Public Defender duties of indigent cases in District Court. Contractor will be required to appear in all courts where Summit County cases are held, whether in Summit County or other Third District locations. Aggravated murder cases will be excluded from this contract. Drug Court is included in this contract. The contract term will begin April 1, 2024, and expire December 31, 2025 with the option of a one-time, 24-month renewal. This is a personal services contract and will be awarded to an individual attorney, not to a law firm. The Summit County Public Defender contract is non-assignable. Candidates must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident, a member in good standing of the Utah Bar and competent in the criminal practice of law. Qualified Candidates shall be required to provide competent and timely representation and counsel for each indigent defendant who has been charged by the Summit County Attorney’s Office with violations of Utah law in Third District Court. Candidates must be available and accessible to indigent clients reasonably in advance of any hearing or trial, and must make reasonable efforts to visit indigent defendants who are incarcerated in the Summit County Jail, admitted to a hospital or otherwise confined at the earliest possible moment, to return telephone calls as soon as reasonably possible, and to otherwise be reasonably accessible to all indigent defendants. Representation of indigent defendants shall be up to and including the filing of the notice of appeal, but not the appeal itself. The contract pays $170,000 annually with the option of a CPI-adjusted increase in subsequent years (pending appropriations approval from the County Council). Please send letter of interest, resume and references to Summit County, Purchasing Department, P.O. Box 128, Coalville, Utah, 84017, or electronically at [email protected]. Applications must be received by Summit County Purchasing by Monday, January 8, 2024 at 5pm MDT. Summit County is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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