Indefinite Delivery Contract 140R4026D0001

The Bureau of Reclamation awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity contract to Southwest Water Design, LLC, a small business engineering firm based in Albuquerque, New Mexico, with a ceiling value of $24 million and ultimate completion date of January 15, 2031. This Total Small Business set-aside contract provides hydrographic data collection services for the Upper Colorado Basin region, supporting the agency's water resource management and planning objectives across the southwestern United States. The contract was awarded on January 16, 2026, following a pre-solicitation notice issued in March 2024 that initially projected a $40 million, five-year requirement for surveying and mapping services under NAICS code 541360. Southwest Water Design, as prime contractor, leverages specialized technical capabilities in bathymetric and topographic field data collection, water operations modeling, and civil works engineering to deliver critical hydrographic information needed for water management and infrastructure planning.

The contracted services encompass hydrographic surveying, bathymetric and topographic data collection, and associated engineering support across waterways in the Upper Colorado Basin, building upon Southwest Water Design's demonstrated past performance with the Bureau of Reclamation. The contractor has executed multiple delivery orders under predecessor Reclamation contracts for similar work on the Middle Rio Grande and Lower Rio Grande, including operations monitoring, rangeline collection, and as-built surveying tasks ranging from approximately $17,000 to $216,000 per delivery order. Performance of work is executed as prime contractor without major subcontractors, allowing the firm to maintain direct technical control over field surveys and data collection operations. This indefinite delivery vehicle structure enables the Bureau of Reclamation to issue task orders on an as-needed basis to support ongoing hydrographic monitoring and data requirements throughout the Upper Colorado Basin region over the five-year contract period.