The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR) requires court reporting services on an ongoing basis to fulfill statutory requirements and to secure accurate records of various complex proceedings, meetings, or conferences. Bidders shall provide court reporters who will take verbatim dictation of various proceedings, meetings, conference, hearings, etc., and provide IDFPR with a certified typewritten verbatim transcription, including a record of appearances. The engagements, some of which may extend multiple days, will cover a wide variety of topics that discuss up to and including legal, medical, and scientific terms and notations. Most engagements will take place Monday through Friday between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. but may also take place outside these hours.