Requests for Quotations

The United States District Court for the Northern District of California is seeking quotes for juror refreshments for the location at 1301 Clay Street, Oakland, CA, for the period of October 1, 2024 – September 30, 2025. Quotes are due September 20, 2024. Questions and quotes should be submitted to Terri_Jacobsen@cand.uscourts.gov

The United States District Court for the Northern District of California is seeking quotes for juror refreshments for the location at 280 South First Street, San Jose, CA, for the period of October 1, 2024 – September 30, 2025. Quotes are due September 20, 2024. Questions and quotes should be submitted to Terri_Jacobsen@cand.uscourts.gov

This is a solicitation for proposals to enter into a Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) for contracting court reporting services for the United States District Court - Northern District of California. The Court intends to award BPAs to one or more court reporters found to meet the court’s qualifications.

The Court reserves the right not to make any awards as a result of this solicitation. Award of a BPA does not guarantee that the contractor will receive orders for any particular aggregate dollar value, or in fact that any orders at all, for court reporting services.

Contractors responding to this solicitation should carefully review the Statement of Work, the minimum qualifications required, the court’s maximum transcript fee rates (non-negotiable including real-time feeds), and the BPA terms and conditions, all of which will be incorporated into any Blanket Purchase Agreement awarded under this solicitation.

Contractors wishing to be considered for this BPA must complete and return the pages in the attachment CAND_CR_BPA_Form_Fillable. Note, for each prospective contract court reporter, a minimum of 3 references must be identified for whom the reporter has performed work within 3-year period.

Please note that at this time our need is for in-person, not remote contract court reporters. Occasionally accommodation for remote reporting might occur but it will be offered only to those who are willing to provide in-person reporting.

The solicitation will be open for the period of March 28, 2024 through April 12, 2024. All forms must be submitted by 2:00 PM on April 12th. The contract period will run May 1, 2024 – April 30, 2025.
Any questions should be addressed in writing via email to the contracting officer, Helene_McVanner@cand.uscourts.gov. The completed BPA forms must be emailed to Procurement@cand.uscourts.gov by 2:00 PM on April 12, 2024.