Grand Jury Court Reporting Services; USAO, Eastern District of Tennessee (Knoxville, Chattanooga, Greeneville)

Federal · Department of JusticeDue Wednesday, November 11, 2026

Client: Department of Justice
Solicitation No.: —
Posted: 10/21/2026
Category: Court Reporting
Budget: Looking for Proposals
NAICS: 561492
Set-aside: Small Business Set Aside - Total
Contact: Brandon Wish
Email: brandon.wish@usdoj.gov

Description

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The government requires offsite grand jury court reporting services to record and transcribe grand jury testimony on an as-needed basis for the USAO, Eastern District of Tennessee. The contractor must acknowledge work orders, name the attending reporter, and deliver original transcripts that meet specific title page details. Next business day transcripts must arrive before 9:30 a.m. following each day's proceedings. Technical recording requirements include monitored multi-microphone recording systems, steno mask recording when permitted, real-time recording, and computer-aided transcription. Eligibility is limited to onshore, United States organizations only. Contractors must perform the work offsite within their own office premises and satisfy applicable Service Contract Act wage determinations for covered court reporting and administrative personnel. The buyer is currently seeking proposals for this effort, but the solicitation text does not disclose proposal submission deadlines, question deadlines, evaluation criteria, contract term length, or specific budget amounts.

Official SAM.gov notice

Solicitation number: 15JA0527Q00000001
Agency: Department of Justice
Buying office: Offices, Boards and Divisions › Eousa-Acquisitions Staff
Notice type: Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
Responses due: Nov 11, 2026, 1:00 PM ET
Posted on SAM.gov: Oct 21, 2026
NAICS: 561492 · Court Reporting and Stenotype Services
Product/service code: R606
Set-aside: Small Business Set Aside - Total
Place of performance: Knoxville, TN, 37902
Contracting contact: Brandon Wish
brandon.wish@usdoj.gov
8032972111

Read the official notice description

** Full Solicitation in Attachments **

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for Grand Jury Court Reporting Services (commercial items) for the U.S.

Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of Tennessee, prepared in accordance with FAR 12.201-1, as supplemented with

additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotes are being

requested and a written solicitation will not be issued.

This acquisition is being conducted as a Small Business Set-Aside. All offerors are required to verify their small

business status under NAICS code 561492 in their quote. Any quotes from offerors that do not meet the

socioeconomic requirement and small business size standard will not be considered for award.

Specific instructions to offerors and minimum quote submission criteria are located in Section 8, Addendum

to 52.212-1- Instructions, Conditions and Notices to Offerors (Mar 2023)

Questions in regard to this solicitation are due November 2, 2026 at 1:00 PM Eastern to the Contracting

Officer via email at [email protected]. Questions submitted after this deadline may not be responded to.

Quotes are due November 11, 2026 at 1:00 PM Eastern to the Contracting Officer via email at

[email protected].

For further information regarding this solicitation, contact:

Brandon Wish

Contracting Officer

Executive Office for United States Attorneys

[email protected]

803-297-2111

Source: SAM.gov contract opportunities data (U.S. federal public data).

Incumbent

Likely prior awards for this requirement

Likely match

Awarded by the same buying office (15JA05) with descriptions matching "grand jury", performed in TN. The notice does not name its current contract, so confirm before relying on it.

Vendor and award	Value	Ends
ON THE RECORD LLC15JA0526F00000479 · GRAND JURY AND DEPOSITION COURT REPORTING SERVICES FOR THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY'S OFFICE	$85,000	Sep 29, 2027
FREE STATE REPORTING, INC.15JA0526F00000470 · GRAND JURY & DEPOSITION COURT REPORTING (LUBBOCK AND AMARILLO) U.S. ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, NOR	$56,756	Sep 29, 2027
NEAL R. GROSS AND COMPANY, INC.15JA0526F00000462 · GRAND JURY AND DEPOSITION COURT REPORTING SERVICES FOR THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY'S OFFICE	$25,000	Sep 29, 2027
FREE STATE REPORTING, INC.15JA0526F00000442 · GRAND JURY & DEPOSITION COURT REPORTING (BROWNSVILLE AND MCALLEN) U.S. ATTORNEY'S OFFICE,	$140.1K	Sep 29, 2027
FREE STATE REPORTING, INC.15JA0526F00000437 · GRAND JURY AND DEPOSITION COURT REPORTING SERVICES FOR THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY'S OFFICE	$136.6K	Sep 29, 2027

Market context

Awards in the same category (Court Reporting and Stenotype Services). This is not this requirement's award history.

Recent similar awards: Department of Justice, NAICS 561492, performed in TN

Vendor and award	Value	Ends
COUNTY COURT REPORTERS INC15JA0526F00000100 · GRAND JURY & DEPOSITION COURT REPORTING	$114.8K	Apr 30, 2027
VERITEXT LLC15JA0526F00000099 · GRAND JURY & DEPOSITIONS COURT REPORTING	$87,000	Mar 28, 2027
COUNTY COURT REPORTERS INC15JA0526F00000039 · GRAND JURY COURT REPORTING SERVICES	$41,425	Feb 28, 2027
COUNTY COURT REPORTERS INC15JA0525F00000099 · GRAND JURY & DEPOSITION COURT REPORTING	$47,968	Apr 30, 2026
VERITEXT LLC15JA0525F00000090 · GRAND JURY & DEPOSITIONS COURT REPORTING	$54,218	Mar 28, 2026

Top vendors in this category: Department of Justice, NAICS 561492, since Oct 1, 2024

920 contract awards in this NAICS over the period.

1. FREE STATE REPORTING, INC.$5.4M
2. ACXENTRA LLC$3.3M
3. BEHMKE REPORTING AND VIDEO SERVICES, INC.$1.9M
4. DIVERSIFIED REPORTING SERVICES, INC.$1.8M
5. COUNTY COURT REPORTERS INC$1.4M

Source: USAspending.gov federal award data (U.S. federal public data). A contract is called the incumbent only when the notice or its documents cite it by number.

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