MODIFICATION
R -- Verbatim Hearing Recording Products for the Office of Disability Adjudication and Review (ODAR)in Region 8
- Notice Date
- 10/30/2009
- Notice Type
- Modification/Amendment
- NAICS
- 561492
— Court Reporting and Stenotype Services
- Contracting Office
- Social Security Administration, Office of Budget, Finance, and Management, Office of Acquisition and Grants Western Region 8, 1961 Stout Street, Denver, Colorado, 80294, United States
- ZIP Code
- 80294
- Solicitation Number
- SSA-RFQ-10-1077
- Archive Date
- 12/21/2009
- Point of Contact
- Lisa Walker, Phone: 303-844-7344
- E-Mail Address
-
lisa.walker@ssa.gov
(lisa.walker@ssa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- The Social Security Administration (SSA) - Region 8 is publishing this pre-solicitation synopsis notifying interested parties of its intent to release a Request for Quote for the establishment of Blanket Purchase Agreements (BPAs) in order to, on an as needed basis, acquire Verbatim Hearing Recording (VHR) Products for Disability Hearings for SSA's Office of Disability Adjudication and Review (ODAR). Orders will be placed against these BPAs for the VHR products. This requirement is a 100% set aside for small business. The NAICS Code is 561492 and size standard is $7.0 million (based on average annual receipts for the three most recent fiscal years). The period of performance for the BPAs will be for a one year base plus 4 one year option periods. The Place(s) of Performance will be at several hearing sites/offices throughout Region 8. The States that are within Region 8 are: Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, South Dakota, North Dakota, Montana and Fergus Fall, Minnesota. The VHR Contractor for a SSA hearing, before an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) will be responsible for the delivery of a final product con sisting of: 1. Complete, legible and accurate notes, in the Agency provided software format for digital proceedings, summarizing all aspects of hearing testimony and Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) directives at each hearing proceeding before a SSA ALJ; 2. A complete set of proposed and admitted exhibits offered by the claimant on the day of the hearing, along with any background records associated with the record available at the sites; and 3. A complete audible digital recording, on compact Disc (CD) and computer hard drive, of the verbatim record for each hearing proceeding before an SSA ALJ, labeled with the claimant's name, social security number, hearing date and digital recording identification. SSA will provide the VHR Contractor access to, and use of, its recording equipment and a CD, pursuant to the Federal Acquisition Regulations on providing government-furnished equipment to contractors, codified at 48 C.F.R. Subpart 45.3. However, the VHR Contractor shall provide his or her own note paper and pens/pencils. SSA - Region 8 anticipates issuing the solicitation at this website no later than 11/10/09. The solicitation will contain the details of this requirement, terms and conditions for the BPA, instructions for submitting a quote and how the quotes will be evaluated. All contractors must be registered in the Central Contractor Registration at www.ccr.gov prior to award. Also, all interested parties must undergo a security background screening prior to performance of any work under the BPA. This acquisition will be for commercial supplies/services prepared in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) Part 12 and will be conducted using simplified acquisition procedures in accordance with FAR Part 13.
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/SSA/DCFIAM/SSAR8/SSA-RFQ-10-1077/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: Hearing sites/offices in Colorado, Utah, Montana, South Dakota, North Dakota, Fegus Fall, Minnesota and Wyoming (See Attached Place of Performance Document)., United States
- Record
- SN01995330-W 20091101/091030235141-a6d300ccecfdff78e12d37bdfd2ebe7f (fbodaily.com)
- Source
-
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