Specifications include, but are not limited to: Law Firms to provide criminal litigation and other potentially emergent legal services in the area of criminal law, on an ad hoc basis. Specifically, Executive Order 2015-02 provides that legal service or legal consultant contracts shall be awarded on a sole source basis only when it is clearly not feasible to utilize competitive bidding because of an urgency of need or other documented circumstances. This includes those times when an agent, official, or employee of the Commonwealth is served with a search warrant, or subpoenaed to testify before an impaneled grand jury, court, tribunal, or other judicial entity, and the substance of legal proceeding relates to their Commonwealth position and/or falls within the scope of their official duties; or when an agent, official, or employee of the Commonwealth receives official notification as the named target or subject of an ongoing criminal investigation, has been the subject of a criminal indictment, been physically arrested, criminally charged or otherwise accused of engaging in unlawful conduct that stems from their Commonwealth position and/or falls within the scope of their official duties, if it is determined by the General Counsel, or the General Counsel’s designee, that there is no basis for the prosecution as a matter of fact or law.