We have extended the deadline for submissions to Friday, May 7, 2021.

Licensed attorneys who wish to provide specialized legal services to the Research Corporation of the University of Hawai‘i (RCUH) for the fiscal year commencing July 1, 2021, are invited to submit a Statement of Qualifications and Expression of Interest (SOQ) to RCUH pursuant to HRS § 103D-304.

RCUH is currently looking to contract for legal services in the following areas:

1. Employment:  Employment, employee benefits, disciplinary, termination, workers’ compensation and discrimination/retaliation issues.  Services shall include, but not be limited to:
   1. Drafting, reviewing, and providing advice and recommendations relating thereto;
   2. Providing advice and recommendations regarding responses to claims asserted by current and former employees; 
   3. Participating in negotiations regarding items (a) and (b); and
   4. Providing guidance on applicable statutes, regulations, and other legal requirements.

Previous experience advising employers is essential, and previous experience advising government agencies is preferred.  

2. Immigration: Temporary visas and/or permanent residency applications.  Services shall include, but not be limited to:
   1. Drafting, reviewing, and providing advice and recommendations relating thereto;
   2. Completing and filing permanent residency applications (previous experience representing both employers and employees in the permanent residency application process is essential);
   3. Completing and filing temporary visa applications and related documentation; and
   4. Providing guidance on applicable statutes, regulations, and other legal requirements.

3. Tax: Payroll, IRS compliance, foreign payroll and/or nonresident alien and foreign entity contractor payments (crossover immigration experience preferred), IRS compliance.  Services shall include, but not be limited to:
   1. Providing guidance on applicable statutes, regulations, internal policies, and other legal requirements.

4. Maritime: Charter, third-party vessel, and other marine-related agreements; marine insurance terms and policies.  Services shall include, but not be limited to:
   1. Drafting, reviewing, and providing advice and recommendations relating thereto; and
   2. Providing guidance on applicable statutes, regulations, insurance policies/terms, internal policies, and other legal requirements.

Please email your SOQ to: [email protected] by Friday, May 7, 2021, to be eligible for consideration.  An SOQ received after May 7, 2021 will be considered a “late submittal” for the balance of the fiscal year as follows: a late submittal received May 8, 2021 through May 31, 2021, will be considered for services beginning October 1, 2021.

SOQ forms are available here.

The Create New Vendor issue has been resolved, and you may resume creating new vendor registrations in the Financial Portal.

We apologize for the inconvenience this has caused and thank you for your understanding.

The RCUH Financial Portal will be down for system maintenance on Saturday, April 24 from 2:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. 

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and thank you for your understanding.

The Financial Portal is encountering intermittent connection issues due to a system error in the Vendor Registration process. At this time, we kindly ask our users not to Create New Vendors in the Financial Portal. We are working to resolve this issue, and we will post a message when the Financial Portal is back in operation.

We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your patience. Thank you.

Licensed attorneys who wish to provide specialized legal services to the Research Corporation of the University of Hawai‘i (RCUH) for the fiscal year commencing July 1, 2021, are invited to submit a Statement of Qualifications and Expression of Interest (SOQ) to RCUH pursuant to HRS § 103D-304.

RCUH is currently looking to contract for legal services in the following areas:

1. Employment:  Employment, employee benefits, disciplinary, termination, workers’ compensation and discrimination/retaliation issues.  Services shall include but not be limited to:
   1. Drafting, reviewing, and providing advice and recommendations relating thereto;
   2. Providing advice and recommendations regarding responses to claims asserted by current and former employees; 
   3. Participating in negotiations regarding items (a) and (b); and
   4. Providing guidance on applicable statutes, regulations, and other legal requirements.

Previous experience advising employers is essential, and previous experience advising government agencies is preferred.  

2. Immigration: Temporary visas and/or permanent residency applications.  Services shall include but not be limited to:
   1. Drafting, reviewing, and providing advice and recommendations relating thereto;
   2. Completing and filing permanent residency applications (previous experience representing both employers and employees in the permanent residency application process is essential);
   3. Completing and filing temporary visa applications and related documentation; and
   4. Providing guidance on applicable statutes, regulations, and other legal requirements.

3. Tax: Payroll, IRS compliance, foreign payroll and/or nonresident alien and foreign entity contractor payments (crossover immigration experience preferred), IRS compliance.  Services shall include but not be limited to:
   1. Providing guidance on applicable statutes, regulations, internal policies, and other legal requirements.

4. Maritime: Charter, third-party vessel, and other marine-related agreements; marine insurance terms and policies.  Services shall include but not be limited to:
   1. Drafting, reviewing, and providing advice and recommendations relating thereto; and
   2. Providing guidance on applicable statutes, regulations, insurance policies/terms, internal policies, and other legal requirements.

Please email your SOQ to: [email protected] by Friday, April 30, 2021, to be eligible for consideration.  An SOQ received after April 30, 2021 will be considered a “late submittal” for the balance of the fiscal year as follows: a late submittal received May 1, 2021 through May 31, 2021, will be considered for services beginning October 1, 2021.

SOQ forms are available here.

The RCUH Financial Portal is back in operation and you may resume processing transactions.

We apologize for the inconvenience this has caused and thank you for your understanding.

The RCUH Financial Portal is currently down due to a system error.  We are working to resolve the issue, and we will post a message when the Financial Portal is back in operation. 

We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your patience. Thank you.

The RCUH Financial Portal is open and users may resume approving transactions in the Financial Portal.

On Thursday, January 14, 2021, RCUH encountered a system error which affected end-of-day business processing and consequently checks could not be printed.  Vendor payments approved on January 14, 2021, will be processed today, January 20, 2021.

We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience this has caused and we appreciate your patience.

 

On Thursday, January 14, 2021, we encountered a system error which affected our end of day business processing and consequently checks could not be printed.  We are working to resolve the issue and we will post an updated announcement when the Financial Portal is back in operation.  At this time, purchasing and payment transactions cannot be approved until the issue is resolved.

We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your patience.

Effective January 1, 2021, the following updates were made:

• UH WH-1 Form – The University of Hawaii Statement of Citizenship and Federal Tax Status form has been updated for 2021. The new form may be found in the RCUH Procurement and Disbursing Document Library. Previous versions of the UH WH-1 Form will no longer be valid.
• Standard mileage rates – The Internal Revenue Service has updated the standard mileage rates used to calculate the deductible costs of operating an automobile (includes cars, vans, pickups, and panel trucks) for business or charitable purposes. The 2021 rates are as follows:
  

  $0.56	per mile driven for business purposes, decreased from $0.575 in 2020
  $0.14	per mile driven in service of charitable organizations (rate for volunteers)

  The standard mileage rate for business miles is based on an annual study of the fixed and variable costs of operating an automobile. The charitable mileage rate is set by statute. See IR-2020-279, December 22, 2020.

• Attachment 12, Current RCUH Travel Rates, has been updated with the mileage rate changes. UH employees may refer to www.hawaii.edu/etravel/rates.html.