ACE Federal Reporters, Inc.

ACE Federal Reporters, Inc., a for-profit Subchapter S corporation based in Washington, D.C., provides court reporting, transcription, and litigation support services to federal agencies as a prime contractor, competing predominantly under full and open competition on the GSA Multiple Award Schedule and through single-award and multiple-award blanket purchase agreements with civilian agencies.

ACE Federal Reporters holds two primary indefinite delivery vehicles anchoring its federal footprint. The Government Accountability Office awarded a $350,000 blanket purchase agreement in March 2023, valid through March 2028, covering recording and transcription services across GAO teams including Applied Research and Methods, Natural Resources and Environment, and Forensic Audits and Investigative Service. Army Central Command established a single-award blanket purchase agreement in September 2021, with nominal ceiling value, enabling procurement of court reporting and litigation support services through September 2025. The contractor operates predominantly through the GSA Multiple Award Schedule, which accounts for 42 of its recent task orders and $2.4 million in combined potential value.

Customer concentration is fragmented across 49 agencies, with the top five by potential value accounting for 94% of recent combined value. The Defense Contract Management Agency leads at $7 million across six awards, followed by the Department of Energy's Federal Energy Regulatory Commission at $6.1 million across six awards and the GSA Federal Acquisition Service at $6.1 million across two awards. By award count, the Department of the Treasury's Internal Revenue Service places the most orders (16 awards, $20 thousand combined value), followed by the Smithsonian Institution (10 awards, $57 thousand), and FERC (6 awards, $6.1 million), reflecting the vendor's broad engagement across civilian agencies in small, discrete transcription and reporting calls. Representative recent work includes a $167,726.15 firm fixed-price delivery order from FERC for court reporting services awarded June 2025, a $114,872.05 delivery order from FERC for professional verbatim reporting awarded March 2026 under a Total Small Business set-aside, a $79,186.50 delivery order from the GAO Inspector General Team for transcription services awarded January 2024 under Total Small Business, and a $5,000 delivery order from the U.S. International Trade Commission for court reporting services awarded March 2026 under full and open competition. ACE Federal Reporters records 130 total prime awards in the source data spanning from 1992 to March 2026, with $21.3 million in combined potential value and $4.7 million obligated, reflecting the contract-per-call nature of the business (22% obligation rate). Activity has accelerated from 2023 forward — one award in 2022, twelve in 2023, four in 2024, five in 2025, and two in 2026 year-to-date — though the sample remains consistent with transcription and court reporting call work rather than large sustained programs. One award valued at $115 thousand completes within the next twenty-four months, presenting minimal recompete exposure given the call-order structure of the business model. The vendor's work is categorized under 81 awards in Court Reporting and Stenotype Services (NAICS 921140), 34 in Temporary Help Services, and 4 in Document Preparation Services, with PSC coding concentrated on administrative support for court reporting (70 awards) and transcription services (13 awards).

Verbatim reporting and transcription services for depositions, hearings and conferences. Same-day delivery of electronic version of transcript. Realtime available.