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***Response to Questions posted 10/17/2022***

The Executive Office for United States Attorneys (EOUSA) on behalf of United States Attorney’s Office, Southern District of Ohio (USAO-OHS), contemplates the Single Award of an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract for grand jury and depositions court reporting services for the Columbus Main Office. The award of this IDIQ will assist USAO-OHS in fulfilling the mission for United States Attorneys to serve as the nation’s principal litigators under the direction of the Attorney General. Anticipated award date is in November 2022.

The ordering period will be one (1) base year period with one (1) option year period. This action is a 100% small business set-aside. The award will be made under North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code 561492, Court Reporting and Stenotype Services, with a small business size standard of $16.5M in average annual receipts. All task orders awarded under this IDIQ will be T&M and will comply with FAR 16.505, ordering procedures.

The Contractor shall provide the labor, supervision, and transportation necessary to provide the court reporting services as described in the Solicitation.

Interest parties are advised that this solicitation includes the provision FAR 52.204-7 System for Award Management (SAM) which requires than an Offeror be registered in SAM when submitting a quote and continue to be registered throughout the duration of the contract. Quoters shall include a cover page or complete the SF1449 that includes their SAM Unique Entity ID (UEI) and Tax Identification Number (TIN). For additional information, please call 866-606-8220 or visit the SAM website at https://www.sam.gov/. The Contracting Officer will verify registration in the SAM database prior to award by entering the potential awardees UEI into the SAM database.

All questions shall be submitted via e-mail to Maddy Flournoy at mateaus.flournoy@usdoj.gov no later than 10/13/2022, at 12:00 p.m. ET.

All quotes shall be emailed to submitted to Maddy Flournoy at mateaus.flournoy@usdoj.gov no later than 10/28/2022, at 5:00 p.m. ET. Faxed, hand delivered, or mailed quotes will not be accepted.

Please review Attachment 3 - RFQ Checklist of the Solicitation for mandatory contents to be included with all quote submissions.

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