Cardinal Court Reporting Services, LLC

Cardinal Court Reporting Services, LLC, a woman-owned small business based in St. Louis, Missouri, provides grand jury and deposition court reporting services exclusively to the U.S. Department of Justice's U.S. Attorney's Offices as a prime contractor across single-award indefinite delivery contracts. The company holds two IDCs with the Department of Justice covering the Southern District of Illinois ($526,238 ceiling) and the St. Louis area ($444,180 ceiling), both running through 2027, from which it issues time-and-materials delivery orders to support federal litigation and law enforcement activities. Cardinal Court Reporting Services is structured as a sole proprietorship and self-certified as a small disadvantaged business and woman-owned small business; it competes in the full-and-open market with no set-aside designations across its recent award footprint.

All twelve recent awards in the portfolio are prime contracts issued by the U.S. Attorney's Offices, representing 100% customer concentration with the Department of Justice. The two IDC vehicles anchor the vendor's work: the Southern District of Illinois contract (15JA0522D00000097) carries five task orders totaling $362,000 in combined potential value, and the St. Louis-area contract (15JA0522D00000113) carries five task orders totaling $316,000. Representative delivery orders include an $88,896 order (March 31, 2026) for St. Louis-area grand jury and deposition services with completion through March 2027, an $82,616 order (May 1, 2026) covering services in Creve Coeur, Missouri with completion through April 2027, and a $97,490 order (May 1, 2025) for grand jury and deposition support with completion through April 2026. The vendor has invoiced $637,000 against a combined potential value of $1.6 million across all awards, representing 39% drawdown of ceiling capacity.

Activity has remained flat over the past four years at approximately two awards per year, with modest year-to-year variation. Two awards carrying a combined potential value of $172,000 face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months and will require recompete. The vendor operates exclusively in court reporting — all twelve awards fall under NAICS Court Reporting and Stenotype Services and PSC Support - Administrative: Court Reporting — with service delivery centered in southern Illinois (Benton, East St. Louis, Fairview Heights) and the St. Louis metropolitan area. Cardinal Court Reporting Services has maintained no subcontract activity and no subsidiary relationships across the federal award footprint, operating as a direct service provider with no teaming arrangements or secondary prime affiliations.