143d AW Court Reporter Services

This Sources Sought Notice is being issued in accordance with FAR Part 10, Market Research, to provide information for planning purposes only. This Notice shall not be construed as either a solicitation or obligation on the part of the Government.

The purpose of this posting is to gain knowledge of interest, capabilities, and qualifications of various business concerns and to assist in determining if this effort can be obtained competitively and/or as a total Small Business Set-Aside. The Government will use gathered information to determine the best acquisition strategy for a potential procurement. The Government is interested in all socioeconomic contracting programs. 

No decision or award of contract will be made based on responses from industry. The Government will not pay for the preparation of, nor the subsequent use of, information submitted in response to this Notice. Respondents will not be notified of the outcome of the Government’s review of the information received. Additionally, the Government does not intend to hold discussions concerning this Notice with any interested parties but reserves the right to contact vendors if additional information is required for clarifications as it pertains to the Notice.

The Government requests that interested parties respond to this Notice with capabilities and identify your small business status with respect to the identified NAICS code.  If a solicitation is released, it will be synopsized and posted on the www.sam.gov website.  It is the responsibility of the potential offerors to monitor the SAM site for additional information pertaining to this requirement. 

DESCRIPTION:  The 143d Airlift Wing, Rhode Island Air National Guard, may issue a solicitation with intended Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) for a service requirement titled, “143d AW Court Reporter Services”. Under such requirement, a vendor/provider would, at a minimum, be expected to meet the following scope:

-           In-person, skilled, accurate court reporting; record capture (stenographic); and

 transcription services

-           Ideally located within commuting distance of Quonset Air National Guard Base, North

 Kingstown, RI to provide on-demand (within 48 hours) services

-           Timely (10 business days) turn-around of transcriptions

-           Professional certification and experience with military terms and procedures are preferred

 but not required

The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this project is 561492 (Court Reporting and Stenotype Services) / PSC R606 (support- administrative: court reporting).

INFORMATION AND INSTRUCTIONS:  Interested sources should submit a written response identifying provider capabilities no later than the deadline posted with this notice. Responses to this Sources Sought should also include a demonstration of the company’s socioeconomic status according to the U.S. Small Business Administration (i.e., Small Business, 8(a), HUBZone, EDWOSB, WOSB, SDVOSB, etc.).

1. Company Information:  Your Company’s name, address, point of contact with email address and telephone number, Federal Cage Code, Unique Entity Identification (UEI) and business size.  Your company must be registered in System for Award Management (SAM) to receive an award. To register, go to https://www.sam.gov.
2. A Statement of Capabilities demonstrating the skills, experience, knowledge, and capabilities necessary to meet the summary of requirements outlined above.  Please limit your relevant past performance to three (3) years and include the Contract Number(s) or Customer/Company Name.
3. Capability package responses must be sent via email. Oral communications ARE NOT acceptable in response to this notice.
4. Please provide the project title in the subject of your message. Limit your responses to no more than ten (10) standard document pages (i.e., Microsoft Word, Adobe PDF, etc.). Do not send compressed (i.e., .zip or .exe extension) or other file types as they could be stripped from your message.
5. Responses are due by 1700 EST, October 17, 2024.
   1. Submit your responses directly to MSgt Sandra Yazidjian, sandra.e.yazidjian.mil@army.mil

Paper copies of this announcement will not be provided.  Any information received will be used solely for the purpose of market research.