summary details: the purpose of the rfp is to select a single law firm to represent the organization on legal work related to assessment issues. the firm should be comprised of multiple lawyers, with one principal lawyer (principal counsel) assigned to manage the work and have primary responsibility for the contract. bc assessment anticipates entering into a contract for a five-year term with one five-year option to renew the contract on substantially the same terms and conditions, at the sole discretion of bc assessment. fees for the five-year renewal option will be negotiated during the last six (6) months of the initial contract term. the awarding of a contract resulting from this rfp is subject to approval by bc assessment's board of directors. in order to be compliant with fippa, which governs bc public sector privacy and security requirements: 1.if the services involve hosting any personal information, the personal information must be hosted in one or more pre-existing canadian d data centres; and 2.any personal information in the custody or control of bc assessment must remain canadian sovereign, meaning the data cannot be stored, disclosed, used or otherwise processed outside of canada or accessed from outside of canada except at bc assessment's direction and in accordance with the limited exceptions set out in fippa. proponents must include in their proposals the specific exceptions on which they intend to rely, with section references. as a service provider to bc assessment, the contractor will be directly bound by fippa. 49409896