R -- Court Reporting (Houston)

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued.The Executive Office for United States of Attorney?s (EOUSA) invites contractors to submit a proposal for services described in the attached statement of work, under the authority of Part 12 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation. Enclosed you will find a Statement of Work for Grand Jury and/or Deposition Court Reporting Services. No later than 11:00AM on Monday, March 19, 2007, please provide this office with a price and technical proposal, to include proposed personnel resumes, to accomplish the work described in the attached Statement of Work. The selection process will consist of a Best Value source selection based on organizational past performance, organizational experience, key personnel and price. Under a Best Value source selection, non-price evaluation factors, when combined are significantly more important than price. However, EOUSA will not select an offeror for award on the basis of a superior capability without consideration of the amount of its price. In order to select the winning proposal, EOUSA will rank each offeror by making a series of paired comparisons between them, trading off the marginal differences in capability with the marginal difference in price. EOUSA intends to make multiple awards under this solicitation. This procurement is a 100% Small Business Set Aside. The NAICS code for this solicitation is 561492. In order to be considered a small business under this NAICS code, your average annual receipts must not exceed $6.5 million. The Government estimated value of this contract is $700,000.00 four one base year and four 12 months option years. The precise period of performance will be determined at the time of award. Proposals submitted in response to this RFP will be received in the following manner: via regular mail, hand carried, and email. Proposal may also be forwarded by Courier or Overnight Mail Service to the attention of the undersigned at EOUSA. Hand-Carried and Mailing Address: Executive Office for the United States Attorney?s Office 600 E Street, NW, Suite 2400 Washington, DC 20530 Attention: Erika Eam Email Address: [email protected] Proposals that are faxed will not be accepted. Proposals must be received by the closing date and time stated above. Please refer any questions concerning this request to Erika Eam at (202) 307-1291 or by email at [email protected].