Verbatim Stenographic Reporting Services

Added: Jul 20, 2012 4:20 pm This amendment adds the solicitation document.  The due date for proposals is August 22, 2012 at 12:00 P.M. Eastern.  Questions are due by August 8th, 2012 at 12:00 P.M. Eastern.  This is a TOTAL SMALL BUSINESS SET ASIDE.

Added: Jun 26, 2012 5:49 pm This project is an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contractual vehicle for verbatim stenographic reporting services in support of the Office of Administrative Law Judges (OALJ) for the Western Region (The entire states of Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming including the Territories of Guam and Spain), the Southern Region (The entire states of Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma, and Texas), The Eastern Region (The entire states of Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia) and the Northeast Region (The entire states of Connecticut, Delaware, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Wisconsin, including the District of Columbia, and territories of Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands).

The Government may award one or more contracts. Each contract awarded will contain a basic 12-month period and four 12-month option periods. Work to be performed will be within the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code 561492 Court Reporting and Stenotype Services, size standard $7.0 M.

It has been determined that competition will be limited to a total small business set aside.

The Government will evaluate offers and select the awardee(s) utilizing a best value approach in accordance with FAR 15.101. In using this best value approach, the Government seeks to award to those offerors who give the Department of Labor the greatest confidence that they will best meet the requirement at a fair and reasonable price. While the government evaluation team will strive for maximum objectivity, the best value award process, by its nature, is subjective. This may result in an award being made to higher rated, higher priced offerors where the decision is consistent with the evaluation factors in the Request for Proposal (RFP) and it has been determined that the technical superiority or superior past performance of higher priced offerors outweighs the cost difference.

All successful awardees are guaranteed a minimum of $2,500.00. An actual solicitation is expected to be issued on or about 11 July 2012. The closing date and time for submission of offers will be contained in the solicitation package. The entire solicitation will be made available only on the Electronic Posting System (EPS) single government point of entry (GPE) web site at http://www.fedbizopps.gov at that time. Potential offerors are responsible for monitoring this site for the release of the solicitation package and any other pertinent information and for downloading their own copy of the solicitation package. Potential offerors MUST register at http://www.fedbizopps.gov in order to receive notification and/or changes to the solicitation. All contractors MUST be registered in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) database and have and have a current record on the Online Representations and Certifications Application (ORCA). Contractors can obtain further information on the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) at http://www.ccr.gov. Contractors can obtain further information on the Online Representations and Certifications Application (ORCA) at http://orca.bpn.gov. This notice does not obligate the Government to award a contract or multiple contracts nor does it obligate the Government to pay for any bid/proposal preparation costs.