The County is seeking statements of qualifications (proposals) from qualified attorneys to provide indigent defense services in Nevada County for all criminal and quasi-criminal matters subject to appointment by a Nevada County Superior Court Judge, including but not limited to the following: (a) Misdemeanor complaints and misdemeanor appeals (b) Felony complaints and indictments (c) Juvenile delinquency petitions pursuant to Welfare & Institutions Code Sections 601 and 602 (d) Drug Court and Proposition 36 cases (e) Domestic violence diversion cases (f) Mental Health Court cases (g) Sexually Violent Predator (SVP) cases (h) All other matters for which indigent counsel is appointed or required, except as noted immediately below. 5.2. Indigent defense services anticipated under the basic provisions of this agreement do not include representation for juvenile dependency cases (Welfare & Institutions Code section 300 cases), representation for special circumstances murder cases, or acting as second counsel in death penalty cases. Juvenile dependency cases are administered completely separately from criminal and quasi-criminal cases. 5.3. Compensation The County will be offering a fixed hourly rate for the services to be performed. The rate is $75 per hour for fiscal year 2011-12.The fixed rate shall cover direct Attorney time related to assigned cases. Excluded from billable time is time associated with leaving telephone messages and not making contact with the client, picking up and dropping off case information, photocopying and travel time to and from court. 5.4. Private Practice Attorneys providing indigent defense services under a contract resulting from this solicitation will be allowed to represent clients on privately retained cases. No private case, criminal or otherwise, shall be knowingly accepted, nor work done therewith, which would cause a conflict of interest to arise with a case currently assigned under contract with the County. Conflict between private services and County contract services will be considered grounds for contract cancellation by the County.