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(8) Attorneys: The purpose of this Blanket Purchase Agreement is to obtain professional litigation support services. Tasks shall include, document searches, relevancy reviews, privilege reviews and preparation of privilege logs, redactions of privileged information and redaction logs, bates numbering, indentification of parent/child relationships, preparation of text load files or similar report indexing of responsive documentation along with associated metadata, and preparation of production sets of responsive documents. Quality Assurance/Quality Control for all tasks shall be developed and implemented by the attorneys.

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Contract Initiation Date: July 9, 2007 - Completion Date: December 31, 2007
Contract Dollar Amount: $221,625

Brief Description of Contract Requirements
Paralegal: Provision of eight (8) paralegals, to perform electronic document review (CD, DVD or website), factual research, deposition preparation, provide assistance to attorneys and other staff, document management and interview memorandum writing. The original contract was for eight (8) paralegals and was to have only been for a one-month period. The staff provided excellent research and requested that the contract be extended for an additional four months.

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Contract Initiation Date: April 1, 2008 – Completion Date: July 28, 2008
Contract Dollar Amount: $8,000

Brief Description of Contract Requirements
Executive Assistant: Independently carried out a full range of secretarial duties supporting three associate directors and their staff. This candidate assisted with drafting correspondence and reports, arranging meetings, acquiring services, maintaining appointment calendars, arranging travel and preparing expense vouchers, completing government personnel forms and answering phones. Candidate was hired as a permanent employee.

SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
Contract Initiation Date: June 30, 2008 - Completion Date: February 26, 2009
Contract Dollar Amount: $28,560

Brief Description of Contract Requirements
Clerical Assistant: Assisted the supervisor with administrative duties consisting of compiling data for monthly reports and drafting memoranda. When new exhibits were introduced, or changes were made to policies within the volunteer program. Drafted memo that would be placed at all of the information desks for the volunteers. Scheduled volunteers to work at the information desks throughout the institution. Responsible for approximately 200 volunteers, and serve as a liaison between volunteers and museum staff. Provided administrative support to the office, updated volunteer files in database and answer volunteer questions via phone and e-mail.

PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION
Contract Initiation Date: December 15, 2008- Completion Date: July 20, 2009
Contract Dollar Amount: $40,536

Brief Description of Contract Requirements
Legal Administrative Assistant/Secretary: Using specialized legal administrative/secretary knowledge, the
contractor coordinated various matters for ACCs and attorneys and supporting paralegals including the orderly
processing of OCC’s work to the courts, other Federal agencies, members of the public, and other departments
within PBGC.

SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
Contract Initiation Date: May 22, 2006 – Present
Contract Dollar Amount: $835,414

Brief Description of Contract Requirements
Attorneys: Draft contracts and agreements for a wide variety of services, supplies and equipment to support Smithsonian projects and programs. Generate and/or review solicitation documents such as Requests for Proposals, source selection memorandums, and other various documents. Review statements of work for accuracy and completeness. Provide service to SI customers via telephone, e-mail and in person. Using practical and functional knowledge of Federal contracting and Smithsonian policies, advise customers about their contracting needs, including sources, contracting law, intellectual property, etc. Provide contract administration services such as review of audits, review of payrolls, etc.

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
Contract Initiation Date: April 21, 2009 – Present
Contract Dollar Amount: $108,000

Brief Description of Contract Requirements
Paralegal: Identify and retrieve responsive records; organize responsive records for review; conduct a preliminary assessment of the records for the purpose of identifying and segregating exempt information; as appropriate, clear documents for release in whole or in part with submitters; redact portions of documents that are to be withheld under a FOIA exemption, using appropriate software or other means. Draft letters identifying the exemptions that legally justify withholding of information under the FOIA Act. Submit periodic reports to the Contracting Officer’s Technical Representative (COTR) on the status of FOIA request.

UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE
Contract Initiation Date: July 20, 2009 – Present
Contract Dollar Amount: $73,500

Brief Description of Contract Requirements
Paralegal I: Assist in organizing, maintaining and retrieving electronic and paper documents related to a complex, purported class action claim, where parties have engaged in extensive discovery. Task to include: identifying, sorting, and organizing documents, creating filing systems and indexes of documents, filing of documents, searching for electronic or paper documents, etc. As needed, the paralegal may also assist in miscellaneous other legal matters such as document production, cite checking and legal research.

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Contract Initiation Date: September 30, 2009 – Present
Contract Dollar Amount: $85,544

Brief Description of Contract Requirements
Senior Contract Specialist: Provide contract management/administration oversight for simplified and complex contract requirements. Assist in reviewing and processing of routine or standard form contract agreements and related documentation and the preparation of request for quotes/proposals. Assist with developing routine correspondence, negotiation memoranda, and contract documentation. Assist with processing invoices and contract closeout activities.

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
Contract Initiation Date: October 19, 2009 – Present
Contract Dollar Amount: $29,068

Brief Description of Contract Requirements
Executive Assistant: Schedule conferences, meetings, and maintain the Director’s calendar. Manage multiple tasks and communicate efficiently, remember important information, and keep the Director on schedule and on task for the day. Coordinate the preparation of documents and background material for upcoming meetings the Director is scheduled to participate in. Coordinate the development of briefing notebooks in support of meetings. Maintain an expeditious and orderly workflow for the office.

DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR
Contract Initiation Date: February 1, 2010 – Present
Contract Dollar Amount: $382,480

Brief Description of Contract Requirements
Contact Specialist: Strong emphasis on construction and design-build contracting. Ensure selected vendors are registered with the Central Contractor Registry for electronic payment. Ensure selected contractors are not on the Excluded Parties List. After an award is made, ensure that the Federal Procurement Data Systems (FPDS) report has been completed and that the award announcement for all recovery acquisitions has been posted on Federal Business Opportunities (FBO). Utilize the Interior Department Electronic Acquisition System (IDEAS) and the Federal Financial System for the gathering of data and reports. Perform other duties in support of the operations of Contracting and Facilities Management at USFWS R9.

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
Contract Initiation Date: February 8, 2010 – Present

Brief Description of Contract Requirements
(5) Attorney: Review and code documents for responsiveness. Preparing the documents including but not limited to, redacting, bates stamping, conversion, copying, and burning to DVD or CD in a format determined by the division and performing quality control.