Transcription Services
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1. Purpose This is a Sources Sought Notice issued solely for market research in accordance with FAR Part 10. This notice does not constitute a solicitation. No award will be made based on this notice. The Government will not reimburse costs for responding. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Veterans Health Administration (VHA), Office of Accountability and Whistleblower Protection (OAWP), is seeking information from responsible and capable vendors to support delivery of the Transcription Services as described in the attached Performanance Work Statement (PWS). This notice is issued on an UNRESTRICTED basis. All qualified vendors are encouraged to respond. 2. Background The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Office of Accountability and Whistleblower Protection (OAWP), promotes and improves accountability through unbiased investigations of allegations involving senior-leader retaliation, misconduct, poor performance, and whistleblower retaliation by VA supervisors. To support these investigations, OAWP requires professional transcription of approximately 1,400 recorded interviews each year. 3. Requirement: The Contractor shall provide all personnel, equipment, systems, and other resources needed to transcribe OAWP-furnished audio and/or video recordings of testimony and investigative interviews. Services shall be virtual using a mutually agreed, VA-approved platform. The Contractor shall provide timely, accurate, secure, professionally formatted transcripts suitable for official Government case files. The Contractor shall access only specifically assigned recordings, not other records within an investigative case folder. The anticipated workload is approximately 1,400 interviews annually. Unless otherwise directed by the designated Ordering Representative or Contracting Officer�s Representative (COR), a completed transcript package shall be delivered within one business day after assignment. The deliverable and quality criteria are specified in Sections 7, 8,…