Industry Question Responses

Industry Questions
1. Subcontracting and experience: May a small-business prime contractor propose qualified courtreporting and videography subcontractors to perform the services? Can the subcontractors' relevant past performance be used in the evaluation when the prime does not have directly comparable court-reporting experience, and is any specific portion of the work required to be performed by the prime? Answer: Please review page 82 Volume II of Past Performance should sub-contractors perform services.
2. Minimum personnel: The SOW and Volume I instructions require at least three court reporters and three videographers per location, while the cover letter mentions three court reporters and at least three transcriptionists if separate transcriptionists are used. Can you confirm the exact minimum staffing required for the Alabama requirement? Answer: A minimum of three court reporters is required to ensure backup coverage. If Grand Jury proceedings and depositions are being held at the same time, the District will have a reporter available to cover them. Depositions may also take place in multiple locations, as shown by the addresses in Mobile and Selma. 3. Places of performance: Section 1.1(d) of the SOW mentions Raleigh, Greenville, and Wilmington, although the solicitation and remaining SOW identify Mobile and Selma, Alabama. Can you confirm that the North Carolina references do not apply and clarify the locations for which pricing is required? Answer: Please see updated SOW 4. Security approval timing: Must proposed reporters, videographers, and transcriptionists already hold the required DOJ background approval when the quotation is submitted, or may the investigations and approvals be completed after award but before performance? Would primecontractor management personnel who will not access grand-jury materials require the same approval? Answer: Please review Terms and Conditions EOUSA AI-10-1E Federal Grand Jury Court Reporting Security Requirements. Any individual access to grand-jury material will require a Tier 4 Security requirement. Please see Attachment 5 – Facility Government Review Document.
5. Past-performance references: Volume II requests up to three organizational references, while Evaluation Factor 2 refers to up to two. Which limit should offerors follow? Answer: Page 82, Volume II – Instructions, Conditions, and Notices to Offerors (Sept 23), Past Performance: Offerors shall provide up to three (3) past performance references. Page 88, within Volume II,