Free State Reporting, Inc.

Free State Reporting, Inc., a woman-owned small business headquartered in Annapolis, Maryland, provides court reporting, transcription, translation, and litigation support services to federal agencies as a prime contractor across more than ninety distinct customer agencies, competing predominantly under total small business set-asides and woman-owned small business designations while also winning open-competition awards. The vendor operates across NAICS 561492 (Court Reporting and Stenotype Services) and related codes, with a federal footprint spanning 1,229 awards—all prime—totaling $388.7 million in combined potential value since 1982, though awards per year have declined from 67 in 2022 to 18 through mid-2026.

Free State Reporting's capability portfolio centers on verbatim transcription and real-time court reporting for grand jury proceedings, depositions, administrative hearings, immigration court proceedings, and federal litigation support. Representative work includes a $5.07 million delivery order from the Executive Office for Immigration Review for transcription services (awarded February 2026), a $2.4 million Indefinite Delivery Contract from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York for grand jury and deposition services (awarded August 2024), a $30 million multiple-award IDIQ from the Executive Office for Immigration Review for immigration court transcription across multiple districts (awarded February 2026), and a $1.46 million contract from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York for grand jury and deposition services (awarded April 2024). The vendor also delivers audio and video transcription, translation and interpretation services, litigation support, and court reporting for administrative proceedings.

Customer concentration is severe: the Executive Office for Immigration Review accounts for $169.6 million (44% of combined potential value) across 17 awards, while the Department of Justice U.S. Attorney's Offices command $73.3 million across 269 awards (the vendor's highest-volume customer by count). Together, these two DOJ components represent approximately 73% of the vendor's potential value. The Department of Defense Inspector General, the Department of Labor's Office of Administrative Law Judges, and the Department of Health and Human Services follow distantly. The split between volume and value is pronounced: U.S. Attorney's Offices drive transaction count but EOIR drives dollars.

Parent vehicle position reflects a GSA Multiple Award Schedule footprint (314 task orders, $24.9 million potential value) and numerous single-award Indefinite Delivery Contracts with individual U.S. Attorney's Offices, the EOIR, and other DOJ components. The vendor holds a $4.58 million Federal Supply Schedule contract with GSA (awarded May 2024, total small business set-aside, through May 2029), a $750 thousand Blanket Purchase Agreement with the National Transportation Safety Board (awarded September 2025, no set-aside, through September 2030), a $6.22 million BPA with the Department of Labor's Office of Administrative Law Judges (awarded December 2023, total small business set-aside, through December 2026), and a $1 million BPA with USDA's Office of Administrative Services (awarded July 2023, total small business set-aside, through June 2028). The EOIR multiple-award IDIQ ($30 million ceiling, awarded February 2026) is the vendor's largest single vehicle, awarded under total small business set-aside.

Activity trajectory shows contraction: awards declined from 67 in 2022 to 18 in 2026 through September. Within the next twenty-four months, 31 awards with combined potential value of $9.5 million reach ultimate completion, creating recompete exposure. Several single-award IDICs with U.S. Attorney's Offices—particularly the Northern District of Illinois ($2.39 million), Southern District of New York ($2.4 million), Eastern District of New York ($1.46 million), and Northern District of Texas ($915 thousand)—anchor much of the recompete risk in the DOJ customer base.

Set-aside posture: Free State Reporting competes predominantly under total small business set-asides (491 of 1,229 awards under Court Reporting NAICS) and woman-owned small business designations (including three woman-owned sole-source awards visible in recent IDICs with U.S. Attorney's Offices), with substantial secondary activity in full-and-open awards. The vendor's woman-owned small business certification is a recurring qualification signal across the award portfolio.

Subcontractor footprint: The source contains no evidence of subcontract work; all 1,229 awards are prime awards to Free State Reporting. The vendor does not appear as a sub on federal contracts in this data.

Free State Reporting has registered with SAM.gov since May 2002 and maintains a long-standing role as the primary court reporting provider to the Department of Justice and the Executive Office for Immigration Review. Recent awards show consistent selection as incumbent contractor on rebid of single-award IDICs, reflecting past-performance strength in specialized federal transcription operations.