Sylvia Kerr, CSR

Sylvia Kerr, CSR is a woman-owned small business sole proprietorship based in Corpus Christi, Texas, specializing in professional court reporting and verbatim transcription services for federal legal proceedings. Registered in SAM.gov since January 2010, the entity is classified as a minority-owned business and operates as a for-profit organization. Sylvia Kerr, CSR provides comprehensive court reporting support to federal agencies requiring detailed documentation of grand jury sessions, depositions, and other judicial proceedings.

Since 2021, Sylvia Kerr, CSR has consistently received federal contract awards from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Texas, with all awards issued by the Department of Justice. The entity has secured five delivery orders under an indefinite delivery contract vehicle, with individual award values ranging from $24,422.50 to $94,572.50. These delivery orders, all structured as time and materials contracts with no set-aside designations applied at the task order level, have supported court reporting operations in Laredo, Houston, and Corpus Christi, Texas. The most recent delivery order, awarded on September 16, 2025, was valued at $90,732.50 with a completion date of September 15, 2026. Prior delivery orders were awarded on September 16, 2024 ($94,572.50), September 16, 2023 ($28,365.70), September 16, 2022 ($24,422.50), and September 10, 2021 ($35,030.50). All contracts have focused exclusively on grand jury and deposition court reporting services to facilitate federal litigation and investigative operations throughout the Southern District of Texas.

Sylvia Kerr, CSR holds a single-award indefinite delivery contract (IDC) issued by the U.S. Department of Justice, Offices, Boards and Divisions on September 1, 2021, with a ceiling value of $445,227.50 and a period of performance extending through September 15, 2026. This woman-owned small business set-aside IDC provides grand jury and deposition court reporting services to support the United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Texas on an as-needed basis. The contract utilizes time and materials pricing and has generated five delivery orders ranging from approximately $24,400 to $94,600, demonstrating consistent utilization by the contracting agency. The IDC framework allows the U.S. Attorney's Office to efficiently acquire verbatim transcription support for federal legal proceedings across the Southern District without requiring new competition for each individual requirement, while maintaining the woman-owned small business set-aside designation at the master contract level.