A-E Easement Boundary Surveying Services

USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) established this Master IDIQ for professional land surveying services to reestablish conservation easement boundaries nationwide on September 12, 2019, with ordering authority ending September 22, 2024. The vehicle is now closed to new orders and has completed its lifecycle.

The scope covers legal boundary surveys, cadastral surveying, land surveying, geodetic surveying, and geographic information system base mapping for easement acquisitions. Work includes field surveys, monumentation, boundary marking, plat maps, and written descriptions of easement areas. The contract is structured as a total small-business set-aside at the vehicle level, though task-order execution shows 91 percent unrestricted and small-business mixed orders.

Of 226 awarded task orders, the most recent was issued October 15, 2024, indicating delayed final orders after the September 2024 ceiling date. The vehicle sustained consistent ordering momentum: 30 orders in 2020, 51 in 2021, 47 in 2022, 49 in 2023, and 44 in 2024, averaging 44 orders per year. Combined potential value is $25.5 million, with $24.9 million obligated (98 percent).

Among the 20 prime contractors, five firms dominate. Midland Surveying, Inc. holds 38 orders valued at $3.6 million; NTB Associates, Inc. holds 21 orders worth $4.1 million; and Ldsi-Gct, LLC, Artisan Consulting Engineers LLC, and Ragan-Smith-Associates, LLC round out the top tier. These five capture 51 percent of task-order count and 60 percent of combined potential value.

Funding is concentrated heavily in NRCS regional offices. The Central Region accounts for 91 orders totaling $8.9 million (40 percent of portfolio value); Southeast Region holds 55 orders worth $7.4 million; and Northeast Region holds 48 orders worth $4.1 million. Together, these three regions represent 194 of 226 orders (86 percent).

Most task orders range from $20 thousand to $300 thousand, with typical durations of six to eighteen months. Two mega-orders to a Forest Service customer exceeded $1.6 million each. Individual easement surveys typically cost $30 thousand to $150 thousand. Set-aside mix across awarded orders is 91 percent unrestricted, 8 percent total small business, and 0.4 percent service-disabled veteran-owned small business.

Work is performed nationwide across CONUS and OCONUS territories, with geographic concentration in the Midwest and Mid-South reflecting NRCS conservation easement acquisition footprint.

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)-Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) has awarded a Master IDIQ for professional land surveying services to complete all legal survey for easement boundary being reestablished, including ingress and egress routes if required. The work will consist of various services including legal boundary surveys, measurements, computations, monumentation, marking and drawings.