National Labor Relations Board, Division of Administration, Office of Procurement and Facilities Branch, 1099 14th Street, N.W., Washington, DC, 20570

R -- PROFESSIONAL, ADMINISTRATIVE, AND MANAGEMENT SUPPORT SERVICES SOL 00-CRS-00196 DUE 090100 POC Linda Blake, Contract Specialist, Phone (202) 273-4212, Fax (202) 273-2849, Email linda.blake@nlrb.gov -- Henrietta Brox, Contract Specialist, Phone (202) 273-4216, Fax (202) 273-2849, Email henrietta.brox@nlrb.gov WEB: Visit this URL for the latest information about this, http://www2.eps.gov/cgi-bin/WebObjects/EPS?ACode=P&ProjID=00-CRS-00196&LocID=3035. E-MAIL: Linda Blake, linda.blake@nlrb.gov. The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has a requirement for Verbatim Reporting and Transcription Services (VR&TS). This requirement is a mandatory two (2) year contract (base year and one (1) option year) which must be performed at locations throughout the 48 contiguous states, including Washington, DC, Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands (see solicitation for specific regions). These services will include a verbatim transcript of: 1) all Board (i.e., the "Board" means NLRB) case hearings and pretrial conferences held before a duly designated administrative law judge, officer, agent, person or persons; 2) all oral arguments and rule making hearings held before the Board in Washington, DC; 3) all court conferences, hearings and trials, including, but not limited to: Contempt and bankruptcy proceedings in any case where the Board is required to pay for recording and transcribing in full or in part (i.e., where an official report is prescribed by the Court); 4) all investigative anddiscovery depositions taken by the Board's attorneys; and 5) all other miscellaneous or administrative hearings held at any designated location, which may include but not limited to: i) personal presentations; ii) adverse actions; iii) Board employee-union grievances; iv) Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) complaint hearings; v) Labor-Management hearings before a third party at the request of the Board; vi) proceedings under the Rehabilitation Act; and vii) conferences and meetings, such as press conferences, advisory panel meetings, etc. (if ordered to be recorded and transcribed at the option of the Board). Bids submitted for any region and all geographical boundaries for that particular region must be serviced the entire mandatory two (2) year contract period. Once the solicitation has been issued on or about August 10, 2000, no deviations to the solicitation will be accepted. The bidders must demonstrate extensive court reporting experience for VR&TS. Any interested party may download the solicitation at http://www.nlrb.gov.proc/proc.html. Only bidders that can not download the solicitation and possess the capability and experience of verbatim reporting and stenotype recording of live legal proceedings and transcribing subsequent record materials may request a copy of the solicitation via e-mail -- Linda.Blake@nlrb.gov or Henrietta.Brox@nlrb.gov. The acquisition strategy for this requirement will be full and open competition under a 100 percent small business set-aside. NLRB will use FAR Parts 12, 13, and 15. FAR Part 13 will have precedent over FAR Parts 12 and 15. The Standard Industry Classification Code (SIC) is 7338 Secretarial and Court Reporting (except secretarial). Posted 08/04/00 (D-SN482468). (0217)

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