Indefinite Delivery Contract 15JA0525D00000279

The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Florida, under the Department of Justice's Executive Office for United States Attorneys, awarded a single-award Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract to Suzanne Fernandez And Associates, Inc. on October 1, 2025, with a ceiling value of $4,100,621.00 and an ultimate completion date of September 30, 2030. The contract procures grand jury and deposition court reporting services to support federal litigation and law enforcement proceedings conducted by the U.S. Attorney's Office in Miami, Florida. Suzanne Fernandez And Associates, Inc., a minority-owned, woman-owned small business structured as a Subchapter S Corporation and self-certified as a small disadvantaged business, has been registered to receive federal contract awards since October 2003 and brings extensive experience in providing court reporting support to the Department of Justice. The initial delivery order issued under this IDIQ contract, awarded on October 1, 2025, is valued at $390,163.50 on a time-and-materials basis and extends through September 30, 2030, representing the baseline for ongoing service provision.

The underlying solicitation, issued August 21, 2025, with a deadline of September 10, 2025, was designated as a 100% Small Business Set-Aside under North American Industry Classification System code 561492 (Court Reporting and Stenotype Services), limiting competition to businesses with average annual receipts not exceeding $19.0 million over the preceding three years. The solicitation required offerors to provide court reporting services utilizing either stenographic or digital methods in compliance with Federal Information Processing Standards 140-2 encryption standards and stringent security protocols for handling sensitive grand jury materials. Compensation was governed by prevailing wage determinations applicable to Miami-Dade, Broward, Palm Beach, Martin, St. Lucie, and Monroe counties in Florida, with hourly rates ranging from approximately $13.54 to $49.64 across various job classifications plus $5.55 per hour for health and welfare benefits, paid vacation, and eleven paid holidays annually. The contract establishes a base performance period from October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026, with four additional option years available for potential extension, allowing the U.S. Attorney's Office to efficiently procure essential court reporting services with flexibility in volume and scope while maintaining continuity of service delivery.