Definitive Contract W913E525C0006
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- This is a $5,254,875.00 firm fixed-price definitive contract awarded by the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) to the Nevada System of Higher Education, doing business as the Desert Research Institute (DRI). The contract was awarded under ERDC's Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) 19-0079 for research and development services across areas such as hydraulics, coastal engineering, geotechnical engineering, environmental processes, and information technology. The contract has...
- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Engineer Research and Development Center awarded a $5 million firm fixed price definitive contract to the Nevada System of Higher Education Research Administration Services and Compliance Division, doing business as the Desert Research Institute, in response to the 2022 ERDC Broad Agency Announcement. The contract is for advancing methods for rapid and remote prediction of soil conditions encountered during gap-crossing operations over a three year period from...
- The Department of the Army Corps of Engineers Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) awarded a $5,636,246 firm fixed price contract to the Nevada System of Higher Education, acting through its Desert Research Institute division, to conduct research and development in support of the ERDC's various laboratories. This contract was issued under the ERDC's Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) 20-0001, which solicited proposals across topic areas including hydraulics, coastal engineering,...
- This federal contract award to the Nevada System of Higher Education's Desert Research Institute (DRI) provides $623,188.00 in funding for the "S356 FIELD TEST" over a base period through February 28, 2018. The contract was awarded by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and does not have a set-aside designation. DRI, a non-profit research organization, will be the prime contractor, with Cardno, Inc. as a subcontractor providing on-site field support services. This contract...
- This federal contract award, valued at $149,977.00, was issued by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Humphreys Engineer Center Support Activity to the Nevada System of Higher Education's Desert Research Institute (DRI). The contract, which does not have a set-aside designation, tasks DRI with providing scientific and technical services in support of the NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION RC-265 program. As a leading environmental research organization, DRI will leverage its expertise in...
- This firm fixed-price purchase order was awarded by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Humphreys Engineer Center Support Activity to the Nevada System of Higher Education's Desert Research Institute (DRI) for the exploratory development of energetic and pyrotechnic combustion characterization apparatus. The $149,896.00 contract does not have a set-aside designation. DRI is a leading environmental research organization that frequently secures prime federal contracts and grants to provide...
- This federal contract award to the Nevada System of Higher Education's Desert Research Institute (DRI) by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has a ceiling value of $4,686,962.00. The contract is a Definitive Contract with a Firm Fixed Price pricing type, and an ultimate completion date of July 31, 2020. The contract was awarded on August 1, 2016 and does not have a set-aside designation. Under this award, DRI provides scientific and technical services to the government, leveraging its expertise in...
- This is a firm fixed price contract awarded by the Department of the Army Corps of Engineers Engineer Research and Development Center to the Desert Research Institute, a division of the Nevada System of Higher Education, a non-profit organization. The contract is for $1,500,000.00 and provides research and development (R&D) services related to the quantification of electromagnetic, acoustic, thermal, and seismic signatures in near-surface soil environments to improve countermine sensor...
- This is a $2,274,530.00 Definitive Contract awarded by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) to the Nevada System of Higher Education, doing business as the Desert Research Institute (DRI), a non-profit research organization. The contract, which is a Firm Fixed Price arrangement, supports a Commercial Solutions Opening (CSO) for the development of a "Package for Prediction of Blowing Snow Conditions Using Multiple Sensor and Analysis...
- This is a $2,562,523.00 firm fixed-price definitive contract awarded by the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) to the Nevada System of Higher Education (NSHE), which operates the Desert Research Institute (DRI), a non-profit research organization. The contract supports the ERDC's Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL) in executing projects focused on building cold region domain awareness, enhancing mobility and maneuver in cold region environments,...
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) awarded a $5.0M firm fixed-price definitive contract to the Nevada System of Higher Education, operating as the Desert Research Institute (DRI), under Broad Agency Announcement #24-0007 titled "Exploring Emerging Sensor and Computational Technologies for Target Detection in Diverse Environmental Conditions." The contract, which carries no set-aside designation, was awarded on August 27, 2025, with an ultimate completion date of August 26, 2026, and will be performed in Reno, Nevada. This BAA solicitation, originally posted on December 29, 2023, sought research and development proposals across multiple engineering and environmental disciplines, with ERDC's continuous review process ultimately identifying DRI's capabilities in sensor technology and computational methods as responsive to the government's research objectives. As a research arm of Nevada's higher education system, DRI brings substantial expertise in environmental characterization, technical services, and scientific research to support military and federal agency missions. The organization's track record includes soil analysis for Army Test and Evaluation Command, environmental monitoring services, and specialized technical research through multiple existing IDIQ contracts valued in the millions. This contract award aligns with ERDC's mission to advance engineering research across hydraulics, geotechnical studies, protective structures, and environmental processes, leveraging DRI's interdisciplinary research capabilities and state-of-the-art facilities to develop advanced detection technologies applicable to diverse operational environments.
Name | Description | Solicitation Number | FederalAgency | Type | PostedDate |
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2024 ERDC Broad Agency Announcement | W912HZ24C0064 | Department of the Army Corps of Engineers Engineer Research and Development Center | Award Notice 8/16 | 8/21/24, 11:13 AM | |
2024 ERDC Broad Agency Announcement | W912HZ24C0050 | Department of the Army Corps of Engineers Engineer Research and Development Center | Award Notice 5/16 | 8/2/24, 2:57 PM | |
2024 ERDC Broad Agency Announcement | W912HZ24C0044 | Department of the Army Corps of Engineers Engineer Research and Development Center | Award Notice 2/16 | 7/24/24, 10:54 AM | |
2024 ERDC Broad Agency Announcement | W912HZ24C0051 | Department of the Army Corps of Engineers Engineer Research and Development Center | Award Notice 10/16 | 8/26/24, 4:57 PM | |
BAA Award for Water Hazard Model Data Management Catalog Pilot | W912HZ25C0031 | Department of the Army Corps of Engineers Engineer Research and Development Center | Award Notice 12/16 | 5/6/25, 9:45 AM |
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | Not listed | $1.4m | 8/25/25 |