Amended District Court - Grand Jury Court Reporting Services for the United States Attorney's Office (USAO), District of Columbia

Amendment 1 to District Court Solicitation for Grand Jury Court Reporting Services

Solicitation 15JA0525Q00000058 is hereby amended to provide answers to questions received from industry and to correct the Solicitation accordingly. See Attachment 7 - RFQ 15JA0525Q00000058 Questions and Answers.

Solicitation Number: 15JA0525Q00000058

The Executive Office for United States Attorneys (EOUSA) on behalf of United States Attorney's Office, District of Columbia (USAO-DC), contemplates the Single Award of an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract for grand jury court reporting services. The award of this IDIQ will assist USAO-DC in fulfilling the mission for United States Attorneys to serve as the nation's principal litigators under the direction of the Attorney General. Anticipated award date is September 01, 2025.

The ordering period will be one (1) base year period with four (4) option year periods. This requirement is a 100% small business set-aside. The award will be made under North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code 561492, Court Reporting and Stenotype Services, with a small business size standard of $19.5M in average annual receipts. All task orders awarded under this IDIQ will be T&M and will comply with FAR 16.505, ordering procedures.
The Contractor shall provide the labor, supervision, and transportation necessary to provide the court reporting services as described in the Solicitation.

Interest parties are advised that this solicitation includes the provision FAR 52.204-7 System for Award Management (SAM) which requires than an Offeror be registered in SAM when submitting a quote and continue to be registered throughout the duration of the contract. Quoters shall include a cover page or complete the SF1449 that includes their Unique Entity ID (UEI) and Tax Identification Number (TIN). For additional information, please call 866-606-8220 or visit the SAM website at https://www.sam.gov/. The Contracting Officer will verify registration in the SAM database prior to award by entering the potential awardees UEI into the SAM database.

Please review Attachment 3 - RFQ Check List of the Solicitation for mandatory contents to be included with all quote submissions.

Background Investigations:
Minimum Security Clearance Requirements for Contractor Personnel. All Contractor personnel who will have access to Grand Jury material must pass the basic security clearance requirements set forth in Contract Clause EOUSA-AI-10-1E Federal Grand Jury Court Reporting Security Requirements prior to starting work on-site. Security requirements and forms are described in Local Clause AI-10-1f, Security Requirements for Classified Contract (May 2016). Additionally, the elevated following court-specific background investigation levels must also be obtained and maintained throughout performance by Contractor personnel:

a. Some proceedings may involve highly sensitive and restricted information. Therefore, the District Court requires the Contractor to provide at least one (1), but not more than two (2)
court reporters, and up to two (2) transcriptionists (if other than the reporter personnel are used to transcribe sensitive GJ recordings), to obtain Tier 5 Top-Secret clearance.

b. Criminal Division/District Court requires at least two (2) but not more than three (3) court reporters, and at least two (2) but not more than three (3) transcriptionists (if other than the reporter personnel are used to transcribe sensitive recordings), to obtain Tier 4 High Risk Public Trust background clearance.

Questions shall be submitted via e-mail to Jonathan Mayfield at Jonathan.Mayfield@usdoj.gov no later than Wednesday, June 18th at 12:00 p.m. EST.

Quotes shall be submitted via e-mail to Jonathan Mayfield at Jonathan.Mayfield@usdoj.gov no later than Tuesday, July 1st at 12:00 p.m. EST.