Alaska's statewide speech-to-text contract
Alaska is soliciting one statewide contract to convert speech, live or recorded, into written text for general, medical and legal records. The notice says every state governmental entity may use the resulting contract, naming the Legislative Branch, the Court System, the University of Alaska, boards and commissions, cities, boroughs, school districts and federally recognized tribes. The public notice does not use the terms artificial intelligence, machine learning or automated speech recognition.
How the public reaches this
A vendor solicitation, not a rulemaking, so no public comment period exists. Proposals closed August 28th and are evaluated privately. The notice and the named procurement officer are public, though the notice's own archive date has now passed. No award has been posted.
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2026-08-02 Tracked. RFP 2026-0200-0064, published July 31, proposals due August 24. Procurement officer Joshua Hartman. The reach clause and the absence of any technology term were read directly from the published notice.
2026-08-07 Re-verified today against the state public notice, id 224684. Proposals on RFP 2026-0200-0064 are due at 9:30 a.m. Alaska Daylight Time on Monday, August 24, 2026. No amendment, extension or award has been posted.
2026-08-12 Re-verified against the state notice. Proposals for RFP 2026-0200-0064 are still due 9:30 a.m. Alaska Daylight Time on August 24th, with no addenda posted.
2026-08-18 Amendment 1 moved the deadline. Vendor proposals for RFP 2026-0200-0064 are now due 3:30 p.m. Alaska time August 28th, extended from August 24th, per the state notice.
2026-08-21 Re-verified against the state notice. Proposals for RFP 2026-0200-0064 are still due 3:30 p.m. Alaska Daylight Time on Friday, August 28th, extended from August 24th by Amendment 1, which posted August 17th. No further amendment is listed.
2026-08-25 Re-verified against the state notice. Proposals on solicitation 2026-0200-0064, Statewide Transcription Services, are due at 3:30 p.m. Alaska Daylight Time on Friday, August 28th, 2026. Amendment One moved that date out from Monday, August 24th and carried answers to questions raised at the pre-proposal conference.
2026-08-26 Checked against the state notice. RFP 2026-0200-0064, statewide transcription services for the Department of Administration, takes vendor proposals until 3:30 p.m. Alaska Daylight Time on Friday, August 28th, 2026. Amendment 1 moved that from Monday, August 24th and answered questions from the pre proposal conference. The contract converts speech to text for general, medical and legal records and is available to every state entity as needed, which is what makes a transcription contract an artificial intelligence question rather than a clerical one.
2026-08-27 Checked against the state notice. Proposals on RFP 2026-0200-0064, statewide transcription services for the Department of Administration, are due at 3:30 p.m. Alaska Daylight Time tomorrow, August 28th, 2026. That date came from Amendment One, which moved it out from Monday, August 24th. One day remains and the date is unchanged.
2026-08-28 Proposals are due today. The state notice for RFP 2026-0200-0064, id 224684, prints the deadline as 3:30 P.M. Alaska Daylight Time on Friday, August 28, 2026, extended from Monday, August 24, 2026 by Amendment 1. Re-verified against the notice today, which was last modified August 17th and carries no award and no cancellation. The procurement officer is Joshua Hartman.
2026-09-01 Re-verified against the state notice, id 224684. Proposals for RFP 2026-0200-0064 were due at 3:30 p.m. Alaska Daylight Time on August 28th, and that deadline has passed with no award or intent to award posted. The notice carries an archive date of August 31, 2026, so it may stop being reachable at that address.
2026-09-05 Re-verified against the state public notice, id 224684. Proposals on solicitation 2026-0200-0064, Statewide Transcription Services, closed at 3:30 p.m. Alaska Daylight Time on August 28th, extended from August 24th by Amendment 1. No award and no intent to award has been posted. The notice's own archive date, August 31st, has passed, so the state has stopped surfacing it and evaluation is not public.
2026-09-09 Checked and unchanged. RFP 2026-0200-0064, Statewide Transcription Services, closed to proposals at 3:30 p.m. Alaska daylight time on Friday, August 28th, 2026. That deadline was set by Amendment 1 on August 17th, which also answered questions from the pre-proposal conference and moved the date from August 24th. The notice archived on August 31st and carries no intent to award, no award and no cancellation. The contracting officer of record is Joshua Hartman at the state Office of Procurement and Property Management.
2026-09-13 Checked and unchanged. The notice for RFP 2026-0200-0064, Statewide Transcription Services, still shows Amendment 1 of August 17th, which moved the proposal deadline to 3:30 p.m. August 28th. Sixteen days after proposals were due, no award, no intent to award and no cancellation is posted.
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What is Alaska's statewide speech-to-text contract?
Alaska is soliciting one statewide contract to convert speech, live or recorded, into written text for general, medical and legal records. The notice says every state governmental entity...
Who decides Alaska's statewide speech-to-text contract?
Alaska Department of Administration, Office of Procurement and Property Management
Can I comment on Alaska's statewide speech-to-text contract?
A vendor solicitation, not a rulemaking, so no public comment period exists. Proposals closed August 28th and are evaluated privately. The notice and the named procurement officer are public, though the notice's own archive date has now passed. No award has...
Has Alaska's statewide speech-to-text contract been decided?
It is pending a decision. Proposals are due today. The state notice for RFP 2026-0200-0064, id 224684, prints the deadline as 3:30 P.M. Alaska Daylight Time on Friday, August 28, 2026, extended...
What happens next with Alaska's statewide speech-to-text contract?
No further date is published. It is pending a decision and the record is checked against its source every day.
What changed on Alaska's statewide speech-to-text contract?
Proposals are due today. The state notice for RFP 2026-0200-0064, id 224684, prints the deadline as 3:30 P.M. Alaska Daylight Time on Friday, August 28, 2026, extended...
What kind of decision is Alaska's statewide speech-to-text contract?
A procurement, decided by Alaska Department of Administration, Office of Procurement and Property Management.
When did Alaska's statewide speech-to-text contract start?
Tracked since August 2nd, 45 days ago. The earliest date on its record is July 31st.
Where can I read the sources for Alaska's statewide speech-to-text contract?
Alaska Online Public Notice System. Every one is listed with its date on the decision page.
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