ANN Thornton Berry, LLC

ANN Thornton Berry, LLC, operating as Berry ANN Thornton Certified, is a woman-owned small business based in Chandler, Texas, that delivers court reporting and transcription services to federal agencies as a prime contractor competing in open market (no set-aside) environments across 294 awards since 2005. The vendor operates as a sole proprietorship and performs all services directly without subcontractors, delivering verbatim transcripts and documentation support for administrative hearings, legal proceedings, and investigative functions.

The vendor's customer base is heavily concentrated in four civilian agencies that account for 89 percent of awards: the Merit Systems Protection Board (181 awards, $472 thousand combined potential value) dominates volume and anchors the vendor's core business, followed by the Department of Labor's Office of the Solicitor (51 awards, $362 thousand), the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (11 awards, $593 thousand), and OSHA (12 awards, $94 thousand). When ranked by dollar value, OSHRC moves to the top tier due to higher-value purchase orders, but MSPB remains the workhorse customer. Across all 19 customer agencies served, the portfolio covers federal employee appeals adjudication, occupational safety and health proceedings, workplace compliance investigations, and wage-and-hour litigation support. The vendor has served the Drug Enforcement Administration, Internal Revenue Service, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and the Environmental Protection Agency among other agencies in smaller volumes.

ANN Thornton Berry holds five active parent vehicle positions, all BPAs. The largest is a single-award BPA with MSPB (41311423A0003MSP) established October 1, 2023, with a $120 thousand ceiling through September 30, 2026, from which 48 call orders have been issued. Two legacy MSPB BPAs (41311420A0002MSP and 41311418A0002MSP) carry 61 and 59 task orders respectively with combined potential value of $105 thousand and $131 thousand. A Department of Labor indefinite delivery contract (DOLJ14FN22824) carries 22 task orders valued at $119 thousand. Recent representative awards include a $10.77 thousand definitive contract with DOL's Office of the Solicitor for a certified court transcript in a wage enforcement matter (September 2025), a $70 thousand firm fixed-price purchase order with OSHRC for court reporting services through August 2026 (September 2025), a $4.88 thousand purchase order with the Drug Enforcement Administration for transcript services (February 2024), and numerous MSPB BPA calls ranging from $225 to $5,150 for Dallas Regional Office and Washington, D.C. court reporting support. A single award worth $70 thousand reaches ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, representing modest recompete exposure.

Activity has been stable to declining — 24 awards in 2024 fell to 18 in 2025 and 9 in the first half of 2026 — but the vendor maintains deep incumbency across its core customer agencies. The portfolio concentrates on NAICS 541612 (Court Reporting and Stenotype Services), covering 263 of 294 awards, with secondary work under All Other Legal Services (21 awards). PSC coding reflects Support-Administrative: Court Reporting (253 awards) and transcription services (22 awards). The vendor has been registered in SAM.gov since February 2003, establishing more than two decades of continuous federal contractor status. Work is performed at Washington, D.C. and regional locations including Dallas, with all services delivered on firm fixed-price terms and no socioeconomic set-aside designations across the footprint.

Court Reporting Services