Option A: Forensic Psychiatrist 1. Must be a board-certified licensed Psychiatrist. 2. Proof of License must accompany the response. 3. Must have practical experience to the extent that the Forensic Psychiatrist must have been retained by a prosecuting agency in New Jersey at a minimum of one time to examine a defendant, met with/ consulted with prosecutors concerning the defendant and provided an expert report concerning the defendant. The expert's credentials/qualifications to render expert testimony must have been stipulated to by a defense attorney and the expert report allowed or the expert's credentials/qualifications to render an expert opinion were challenged by a defense attorney in Court and the Court determined that the expert was qualified to render expert opinions. If you haven’t been retained by the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office as a Forensic Psychiatrist expert witness in the past, please submit a brief explanation attesting to your experience as a Forensic Psychiatrist expert witness for a prosecuting agency in New Jersey, listing the name of the agency and if your expert testimony was stipulated by the defense attorney or if the Court determined that you were qualified to render expert opinions. 4. A curriculum vitae must be submitted with the proposal outlining the doctor’s educational and professional training, licenses and board certifications, published papers/books, and a detailed description of the required practical experience. 5. Corporation or locum tenens agency must provide, the specific doctors that meet the requirements and who will work with this Office must be identified and the appropriate required documents submitted with this proposal. 6. The number of hours per year the Forensic Psychiatrist expert will be retained under this contract varies year to year from a high in some years of approximately sixty (60) hours to a low of zero (0) in some years where no experts were needed. 7. There is no radius, distance or proximity to Somerset County to where the doctor may reside. 8. At least a two to three week notice of when services are requested will be given to the doctor when his/her services are contracted. 9. There will be no penalty for not accepting a contract when contacted by this office if terms, such as time schedules and court appearance dates cannot be met. 10. This will be a “multiple award contract.” 11. Must not have any criminal convictions wherein the potential penalty is greater than six months in jail.
