Curation and management of archaeological collections for the arlington national cemetery (ANC) section 60 artifact collection at the veterans curation program (VCP) laboratory

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (ENDIST St. Louis) awarded a delivery order valued at $235,906.55 to New South Associates, Inc., a Woman-Owned Small Business headquartered in Stone Mountain, Georgia, for curation and management of the Arlington National Cemetery Section 60 artifact collection at the Veterans Curation Program laboratory in Fort Myer, Virginia. The contract, issued December 19, 2025, with an ultimate completion date of June 18, 2027, is structured as a labor-hours delivery order under a woman-owned small business set-aside designation. This award represents work under New South Associates' $41.8 million single-award Indefinite Delivery Contract with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (awarded September 13, 2024, through March 12, 2030), which provides comprehensive cultural resource management services including archaeological surveys, historic preservation assessments, tribal consultations, and artifact curation across the Corps' operational areas.

New South Associates brings substantial expertise in federal cultural resource compliance and museum operations, with more than 150 prime federal contract awards across multiple agencies including the Army Corps of Engineers, USDA Forest Service, National Park Service, General Services Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs, and military branches. The company's service portfolio encompasses artifact curation and rehabilitation services, archaeological fieldwork, historic preservation assessments, and heritage documentation programs in support of federal compliance with the National Historic Preservation Act, Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, and related regulations. The Veterans Curation Program, under which this delivery order is executed, represents a significant component of New South Associates' recent federal contracting activity, with major task orders valued over $4 million supporting museum and curation laboratory operations across the Department of Defense.