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Dover council to repost RFQ for city solicitor after candidate withdrawal
Summary
After one of two candidates withdrew, the Dover City Council agreed to reissue its request for qualifications (RFQ) for city solicitor/legal services, discussed outreach and advertising plans, and debated the merits and costs of hiring in-house counsel versus contracting with a firm.
Dover City Council members said they will reissue the request for qualifications for city solicitor/legal services after one of two previously solicited candidates withdrew, and outlined a roughly five-week timeline from posting to proposal opening.
The move to repost followed discussion of outreach and advertising tactics. Barry, a city staff member involved with the solicitation, said, "I just need to make some edits to the original document, changing some dates and the RFP number, and we can have it back out again next week." Barry explained that the usual schedule is to advertise once a week for two weeks, allow a one-week question-and-answer period, then open proposals the week after that — about five weeks…
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