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Agency Name: DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH	Agency Contract ID: CO128
Long Title: Cooper & Kirk, PLLC	Vendor Name: COOPER & KIRK, PLLC
Total Contract Amount: $600,000.00	Total Budgetary Amount: $600,000.00
Total Payment To Date: $220,753.18	Date of Execution: 10/16/2024
General Description: This contract provides for legal representation for Cooper & Kirk, PLLC to the Department of Health in regards to a federal court case, Floridians Protecting Freedom, Inc. v. Joseph A. Ladapo, in his official capacity as State Surgeon General and Head of the Florida Department of Health, and John Wilson, former General Counsel to the Florida Department of Health, in his individual capacity, Case No.: 4:24-cv-00419-MW-MAF

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Main Information

Agency Contract ID: CO128

FLAIR Contract ID: CO128

Short Title: Legal Fees

Long Title: Cooper & Kirk, PLLC

Contract Type: Standard Two Party Agreement by Statute

Contract Status: Closed or Expired

Date of Execution: 10/16/2024

Date of Beginning: 10/16/2024

Original End Date: 10/16/2025

New Ending Date:

Agency Service Area:

Statutory Authority: 287.057(1)(e)4, F.S.

Contract Involves State or Federal Financial Assistance: No

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Provide for Administrative Cost: No

Provide for Periodic Increase: No

Procurement Information

Authorized Advanced Payment: No

Method of Procurement: Exempt legal services, including attorney, paralegal, expert witness, appraisal, mediator [s. 287.057(3)(e)4., F.S.]

State Term Contract ID: Florida

Contract’s Exemption Justification: Waiver of Attorney General Services to Private Legal Services

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Business Case Study Done: No

Legal Challenges to Procurement: No

Outsourcing / Capital Improvements

Was the Contracted Function Previously Performed by the State: No

Was the Contracted Function Considered for Insourcing back to the State: No

Did the Vendor Make Capital Improvements on State Property: No

Budget Information

Original Contract Amount: $200,000.00

Total Contract Amount: $600,000.00

Total Recurring Budgetary Amount: $0.00

Total Non-Recurring Budgetary Amount: $600,000.00

Total Budgetary Amount: $600,000.00

Total Unfunded Amount: $0.00

As of Date: 1/8/2025

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Non-Recurring Budgetary Amount	Account Code	Fiscal Year Effective Date	FY	Cost Accumulator	Agency Amendment Reference
$400,000.00	64-10-2-021033-64100200-00-100777-00	01/08/2025	2024-2025		A1
$200,000.00	64-10-2-021033-64100200-00-100777-00	10/17/2024	2024-2025

Contract Change

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Change Type	Amendment Amount	Agency Amendment Reference	Change Description	Amendment Effective Date	Amendment Execution Date	New Ending Date
Amendment	$400,000.00	A1	Increase	01/06/2025	01/06/2025

Vendor

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Name Line 1	Name Line 2	City State Zip	Minority Vendor Designation
COOPER & KIRK, PLLC	COOPER & KIRK PLLC	WASHINGTON DC 200360000	Non-Minority

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Legal services

1. Provide legal representation for the AGENCY in iregard to a federal court case, Floridians Protec...

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Major Deliverable: 1. Provide legal representation for the AGENCY in iregard to a federal court case, Floridians Protecting Freedom, Inc. v. Joseph A. Ladapo, in his official capacity as State Surgeon General and Head of the Florida Department of Health, and John Wilson, former General Counsel to the Florida Department of Health, in his individual capacity, Case No.: 4:24-cv-00419-MW-MAF 2. Review and analyze AGENCY legal files, data, documents, and other materials concerning the above matter and advise on recommended legal course. Attend and participate in meetings, conference calls, inspections or the like and report on the status of the legal matters. 3. Prepare and file pleadings, motions, or briefs, initiate and conduct discovery, as required, and represent the AGENCY in any related litigation and otherwise represent the AGENCY at trial or on appeal.

Deliverable Price: $0.00

Non Price Justification: Price cannot be determined until the work has been completed

Performance Metrics: Billable hours shall be measured in 10-minute increments. Compensation of attorney hours will be for actual time spent providing attorney services to DOH. Premium rates will not be paid overtime. Attorney time while traveling will be compensated at 100% of the hourly rates reflected in Attachment A.

Financial Consequences: Routine expenses such as local phone calls, local facsimile transmissions, routine postage, copy work, local travel expenses, printed library materials & local courier, word processing clerical or secretarial services are overhead and will not be separately compensated

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Fiscal Year

Total Amount

2024-2025

$220,753.18

If a payment or adjustment to a contract was made before July 1, 2012, the information may not be posted in this system.

Contract Documents

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Document Type	Document Reference #	Executed Date	Document Add Date	Agency Document Link	View
Original Contract	Original Contract - CO128	10/16/2024	10/17/2024 10:19:16 AM
Amendment	A1	01/06/2025	1/8/2025 3:04:29 PM

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