Advanced Contracting Initiative Debris Removal

The Department of the Army Corps of Engineers established the Advanced Contracting Initiative Debris Removal master IDIQ on October 18, 2013, with a combined potential value of $1.01 billion across 72 task orders. Ordering closed on September 25, 2019, making this vehicle inactive for new task orders as of today.

The vehicle is structured across two tracks—Unrestricted and Small Business—with the vast majority of orders (86%, or 62 of 72) issued without set-aside. The 14 percent small-business orders, predominantly concentrated in minimum-guarantee line items awarded to small business pools between May and June 2014, carried values ranging from $10,000 to $16,493 and served as floor commitments rather than representative task-order sizing.

Task-order activity peaked in 2017 and 2018, driven by emergency disaster-response work following Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, Maria, and Michael, as well as California wildfires. The portfolio shows 28 orders in 2018, 20 in 2017, 15 in 2014, 8 in 2013, and only 1 in 2016. All $1.01 billion in combined potential value has been obligated. The most recent task-order award closed in November 2018. Representative task-order values range from under $38,000 for pre-execution planning to over $177 million for major debris-removal and disposal campaigns (e.g., Puerto Rico debris removal at $177.4 million; California wildfire debris removal at $160.5 million). Firm fixed-price pricing dominates across all awards.

Three primes dominate the portfolio: Environmental Chemical Corporation and Ashbritt Inc. each hold roughly 31 percent of combined potential value ($311 million and $310.9 million respectively), while Ceres Environmental Services holds approximately 20 percent ($202.7 million). These three firms account for approximately 82 percent of combined potential value across 51 orders. Xpert's LLC, with three orders worth $177.4 million, ranks fourth by value but represents a smaller order count. The remaining six primes hold minimal combined value.

Customer concentration centers on Army Corps of Engineers districts. Sacramento District led by order value with $618.2 million across 14 orders, followed by Savannah District with $139.7 million across 15 orders. New Orleans, Wilmington, and broader Army Corps of Engineers programs collectively account for the remainder. Geographic performance reflects disaster response: most recent work concentrated in Georgia counties (Hurricane Michael response), California (wildfire debris), Puerto Rico (Hurricane Maria), and U.S. Virgin Islands (Hurricanes Irma and Maria).

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans district, debris removal for the Advanced Contracting Initiative (ICE).