Water Resources Division

The Department of the Interior's U.S. Geological Survey Water Resources Division administers federal contracts and grants supporting water-resources research, monitoring, and technical services on behalf of the survey's mission to study freshwater systems and provide hydrologic data.

The Division has awarded 83 federal contracts totaling $2.2 million in combined potential value since 2009, with 7 awards in 2023, 3 in 2024, 4 in 2025, 8 in 2026, and 1 recorded as of early 2027. All obligated funds have been drawn down. The Division transacts with 43 distinct prime contractors. Recent activity shows 3 of the last 28 awards (11 percent) unreported in potential value, typical of Schedule task orders, BPA calls, or below-threshold purchase orders. Contract competition is fragmented: over the last five years, the top five primes by award count — Owyhee Air Research LLC (5 awards, $17 thousand), Ecoscan Resource Data LLC (4 awards, $82 thousand), Mccall Aviation Inc. (3 awards, $13 thousand), JL Aviation, Inc. (3 awards, $197 thousand), and Liquidspace, Inc. (2 awards, $236 thousand) — hold 61 percent of recent awards but account for only 34 percent of combined potential value when ranked by dollars. This disparity reflects the prevalence of small-dollar task orders and consulting engagements across the prime base. No set-aside used accounts for 73 percent of awards; total small-business set-asides represent 27 percent. Award sizes cluster in the tens to low-hundreds of thousands.

Grant activity is nominal. The Division obligated $171 thousand across 2 Cooperative Agreements, both awarded in 2017. No grant awards have been issued since mid-2017. Grant recipients and current funding opportunities are not active.

No recent contract opportunities or grant opportunities are recorded against the Division.