Attachment 7 - Questions and Answers Received from Industry.pdf
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- Solicitation number
- 15JA0525Q00000059
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This document is a set of Vendor Questions and Answers for Solicitation 15JA0525Q00000059, a federal contract opportunity for Grand Jury Court Reporting Services for the United States Attorney's Office in the District of Columbia. The solicitation is a partial re-compete of an existing contract (15JA05-20-D-00000004 with Free State Reporting, Inc.), structured as a Single Award Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract with one base year and four option years. The procurement is a 100% small business set-aside under NAICS code 561492, with a small business size standard of $19.5M in average annual receipts.
The questions and answers address several key details, including clarifications on page quantities for Grand Jury Transcripts (63,000 pages confirmed for base and option years), corrections to performance periods, confirmation that Spanish-speaking court reporters will not perform translation services, and specifications on transcription billing (contractors will invoice for actual hours performed). The anticipated contract award date is September 1, 2025, with all task orders to be Time and Materials. Contractor personnel will require a Tier 4 High Risk Public Trust Background Investigation, with a minimum of five court reporters and up to five transcriptionists needing clearance. Questions were due by June 18, 2025, at 12 PM EST, with quotes due by July 1, 2025, at 12 PM EST.
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Vendor Questions
Solicitation 15JA0525Q00000059
1. Is this a brand-new contract, or if there is (was) an incumbent performing these services. If not brand new, could you please provide the current / previous contract number?
Answer: This is a partial re-compete of services being performed under the below contract.
Contract number: 15JA05-20-D-00000004 Vendor: Free State Reporting, Inc.
Award Value: $4,271,155.00
2. Confirm the intended quantity for Item No. 0001 – 10 Business Day Grand Jury Transcript. The base year lists a quantity of 63,000 pages, while all subsequent option years (Items 1001, 2001, etc.) list 42,000 pages for the same service. Should the correct quantity for Item No. 0001 be 63,000 or should it align with the 42,000 pages listed in the option years?
Answer: CLINs 0001, 1001, 2001, 3001, and 4001 should reflect the same quantity of 63,000 pages. Please see the corrected CLINS in Amendment 1.
3. Item No. 4013 lists the wrong period of performance. I'm pretty sure it's not supposed to be 07/01/2029 - 06/30/2030.
Answer: CLIN 4013’s period of performance should match the Ordering Period Four CLINs.
The Period of Performance has been corrected to 09/01/2025 – 06/30/2030. Please see the Correct CLIN in Amendment 1.
4. Are the Spanish-speaking court reporters going to be asked to do official court translation during testimony? Transcription of English and Spanish provided media: Does quantity refer to the number of hours of audio given to be typed, or the number of hours it takes to type the audio?
For example, In Clin 0011 it states 10 hours of audio, so will the contractor be provided 10 hours to type and bill for those 10 hours, or will the contractor be provided 10 hours and bill the hours it takes to type the material?
Answer: No. Solicitation 15JA0525Q00000059 is for court reporting services only. Court Reporters shall not be utilized for court translation during proceedings. If required, the government will contract separately for in-court translation services from a translation company.
5. Transcription of English and Spanish provided media: Does quantity refer to the number of hours of audio given to be typed, or the number of hours it takes to type the audio?
For example, In Clin 0011 it states 10 hours of audio, so will the contractor be provided 10 hours to type and bill for those 10 hours, or will the contractor be provided 10 hours and bill the hours it takes to type the material?
Answer: CLIN 0011’s quantity is an estimate to the number of hours of work anticipated.
The contractor will invoice for the number of hours performed while transcribing the material.
6. On page 15 of the solicitation, it says that the questions aren’t due until July 9th.
Answer: Questions were due by 12PM EST on Wednesday, June 18, 2025. The above has been corrected in Amendment 1.
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