E-RFP #27-021 - Alternate Indigent Defense Services

The County of Fresno on behalf of the County Administrative Office is requesting proposals from qualified vendors to provide appropriate and competent alternate indigent defense services and associated criminal investigation services to financially eligible persons accused of crime in Fresno County, persons subject to the laws of the juvenile court, and to all those entitled to services of court-appointed counsel in other proceedings. The intent is to award one vendor. Proceedings are held in multiple locations in Fresno County. The Fresno County Public Defender’s Office (Public Defender) assumes the representation of a person when that person is determined by the Court to be indigent, and the Public Defender is generally appointed as the attorney of record. These services are categorized as primary indigent defense services. If the Public Defender determines a conflict of interest with an appointed or an ongoing case, the case is referred to Fresno County’s Alternate Indigent Defense contractor, which provides representation of up to seven conflict indigent defendants in a single case. These services are hereinafter referred to as Alternate Indigent Defense.