Provide Court Reporting Services on an as Needed Basis for the

Agency:	State Government of Louisiana
State:	Louisiana
Type of Government:	State & Local
NAICS Category:	561492 - Court Reporting and Stenotype Services
Posted Date:	Sep 2, 2026
Due Date:	Sep 17, 2026
Solicitation No:	JPP-SOQEvent#154
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Bid Number	Description	Date Issued	Bid Open Date/Time
JPP-SOQEvent#154	Provide Court Reporting Services on an as Needed Basis for the Parish of Jefferson Original: JPP-SOQEvent#154	09/02/2026	09/17/2026 3:30:00 PM CT

Contact Information for Bid # JPP-SOQEvent#154

Department	Non State - Jefferson Parish Purchasing Department
Section	Jefferson Parish Purchasing
Dept Code	JPP
Contact	Misty Camardelle
Address	200 Derbigny St., Suite 4400 Gretna, LA 70053
Phone	504-364-2678
Fax	504-364-2693
Email	purchasing@jeffparish.net

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PUBLIC NOTICE

SOQ EVENT NO. 154

PROVIDE COURT REPORTING SERVICES ON AN AS NEEDED BASIS FOR THE

PARISH OF JEFFERSON

The Parish of Jefferson, authorized by Resolution No. 149077 is hereby soliciting a

Statement of Qualifications (Jefferson Parish General Professional Services

Questionnaire) from professional firms interested and qualified to Provide Court

Reporting Services on an as Needed Basis for the Parish of Jefferson including but not

limited to all Parish departments, boards and commissions.

Deadline for Submissions: 3:30 p.m., September 17, 2026

General

The firms submitting a Statement of Qualifications (Jefferson Parish General

Professional Services Questionnaire) must identify all sub-consultant firms which they

expect to use to provide professional services, and submit a Statement of Qualifications

(Jefferson Parish General Professional Services Questionnaire) for each sub-consultant

firm. (Refer to Jefferson Parish Code Ordinance, Section 2-928).

With regard to the questionnaire, Principal means the sole proprietor of the firm, or one

who shares an ownership interest with other persons in the firm, including but not

limited to, a partner in a partnership, a shareholder in a corporation, or a member of a

limited liability corporation.

Compensation

The cost of these Laboratory Services will be negotiated by the Jefferson Parish

Department of Engineering.

Minimum Requirements for Selection

1. one principal who is a professional engineer, who shall be registered as such

in Louisiana.

2. a professional in charge of the project who is a professional engineer, who

shall be registered as such in Louisiana, with a minimum of five (5) years of

experience in the disciplines involved.

3. one employee who is a professional engineer, who shall be registered as

such in Louisiana in the field or fields of expertise required for the project (A

sub-consultant may meet the requirement only if the advertised project

involves more than one discipline.)

Evaluation Criteria

The following criteria will be used to evaluate the statement of the firms submitting:

1) Professional training and experience in relation to the type of work required

for laboratory testing services for inspection of materials and equipment - 35

points.

2) Size of firm, considering the number of professional and support personnel

required to perform laboratory testing tasks, including drafting of reports – 10

points.

3) Capacity for timely completion of newly assigned work, considering the factors

of current unfinished workload, and person or firm’s available professional and

support personnel - 20 points.

4) Past Performance by person or firm on projects of similar or comparable size,

scope, and scale - 10 points (Assertions of fault by a person or firm, which shall

include time delays, cost over-runs, and or design inadequacies in prior work

completed for the Parish shall be evidenced by substantiating documentation

provided by the Director of Public Works for the requesting department or the

Director of Engineering and received by the Chairman of the Evaluation

Committee a minimum of two (2) weeks prior to the scheduled date of the

Technical Evaluation Committee Meeting.).

5) Location of the principal office - 15 points (Preference shall be given to

persons or firms with a principal business office as follows: (A) Jefferson Parish,

including municipalities located within Jefferson Parish (15 Points); (B)

Neighboring Parishes of the Greater New Orleans Metropolitan Region, which

includes Orleans, Plaquemines, St. Bernard, St. Charles and St. Tammany

Parishes (12 Points); (C) Parishes other than the foregoing (10 Points); (D)

Outside the State of Louisiana (6 Points).

6) Adversarial legal proceedings between the Parish and the person or firm

performing professional services, in which the Parish prevailed or any ongoing

adversarial legal proceedings between the Parish and the person or firm

performing professional services, excluding those instances or cases where the

person or firm was added as an indispensable party, or where the person or firm

participated in or assisted the public entity in prosecution of its claim - 15 points

(In the event that the person or firm fails to provide accurate and detailed

information regarding legal proceedings with the Parish, including the absence of

legal proceedings, the person or firm shall be deemed unresponsive with regard

to this category, and zero (0) points shall be awarded.).

7) Prior successful completion of projects requiring laboratory testing services for

which firm has provided verifiable references - 15 points.

The maximum cumulative fee that can be charged for all work on this contract shall not

exceed $500,000 per year unless increased by contract amendment approved by the

Jefferson Parish Council. There is no limit to the number of assignments that can be

awarded to a firm.

Each firm’s lowest and highest score shall be dropped and not count towards the firm’s

score. Only those persons or firms receiving an overall cumulative score of at least

seventy (70) percent or greater, of the total possible points for all categories to be

assigned by the participating technical evaluation committee members shall be deemed

qualified to perform laboratory testing services tasks.

All firms (including sub-consultants) must submit a Statement of Qualifications

(Jefferson Parish General Professional Services Questionnaire). Please obtain the

latest questionnaire form by calling the Purchasing Department by telephone at (504)

364-2678 or using our web address: jeffparish.gov. Submissions shall be submitted on

the eProcurement site at www.JeffParish.gov/Supplier.

The firms submitting a Statement of Qualifications (Jefferson Parish General

Professional Services Questionnaire) must identify all sub-consultant firms which they

expect to use to provide professional services, and submit a Statement of Qualifications

(Jefferson Parish General Professional Services Questionnaire) for each sub-consultant

firm. (Refer to Jefferson Parish Code Ordinance, Section 2-928).

Proposals are to be submitted on the new Supplier Portal and eProcurement site at

www.jeffparish.gov/supplier. Submissions will only be accepted electronically via the

Parish’s e-Procurement system. Suppliers are able to browse solicitations

anonymously, but will be required to register for free in order to submit for any

solicitation.

Affidavits and Proof of Insurance are not required to be submitted with the Statement of

Qualifications (Jefferson Parish General Professional Services Questionnaire) but shall

be submitted prior to contract approval.

No Statements will be accepted after the deadline.

Disputes/protests relating to the decisions by the evaluation committee or by the

Jefferson Parish Council shall be brought before the 24th Judicial Court.

(Resolution No. 149077).

Parish-Wide.

ADV: The New Orleans Advocate: September 2, and September 9, 2026

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