The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers awarded a $99,688 firm fixed-price delivery order to ECS Southeast, LLC for Varney River Channel Enlargement Drilling services in Memphis, Tennessee. The contract, awarded on June 4, 2025, with an ultimate completion date of July 31, 2025, represents work performed under ECS Southeast's $10 million multiple-award indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract with the Corps of Engineers, effective through July 31, 2028. This IDIQ authorizes the Memphis-based geotechnical and engineering consulting firm to provide comprehensive drilling and testing services across six Mid-South states—Illinois, Missouri, Kentucky, Arkansas, Tennessee, and Mississippi. The award carries no small business set-aside designation, reflecting ECS Southeast's status as a full-scale federal contractor competing in the open market.
ECS Southeast, LLC specializes in geotechnical investigation and drilling services essential to the Corps of Engineers' civil works infrastructure projects, including soil borings, sample recovery, cone penetration testing, and installation of monitoring equipment such as piezometers and inclinometers. The firm has maintained an active portfolio of delivery orders under its IDIQ vehicle, with task orders ranging from $10,000 to $169,375, demonstrating capacity to execute assignments of varying scope and complexity. ECS Southeast operates throughout the Mid-South region and has established itself as a reliable contractor for the Corps of Engineers' infrastructure development and maintenance objectives, leveraging expertise in specialized geotechnical services that directly support federal agencies' civil works and military infrastructure missions.