The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has awarded a multiple-award Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract to provide professional geotechnical field exploration and laboratory testing services, with a potential value of $20M. The contract was partially set aside for small businesses and has a 3-year base period and one 2-year option period. Task orders issued under this IDIQ have included firm-fixed price delivery orders to the prime contractor, Qri-Tetra TECH JV, a woman-owned small business, to conduct geotechnical field work and testing at various sites in Texas. The delivery orders have ranged in value from $0 (minimum guarantee) to $774,793.43. Services provided under this contract support the Army Corps of Engineers' civil works, military, and interagency projects located across varied terrain and water bodies within the Southwestern U.S. Division.
The original solicitation for this IDIQ indicated the Corps' intent to award multiple contracts, including both unrestricted and small business set-aside vehicles, to provide a range of geotechnical investigation and testing services. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 541380 - Testing Laboratories, with a $16.5M small business size standard. The maximum task order values are $3M for the unrestricted pool and $100K for the small business pool. The IDIQ will be used to fulfill the Corps' requirements for geotechnical assessments, sampling, and laboratory analyses in support of civil, military, and interagency projects across various land and water environments in the Southwestern U.S.