Build America Bureau Market Demand Advisory Services

The Federal Highway Administration established this Master IDIQ on behalf of the Department of Transportation in February 2019 to provide economic and market demand advisory services for surface transportation infrastructure finance under the Build America Bureau, but ordering closed in February 2024 and no new task orders may be placed.

The vehicle is effectively exhausted. Nine task orders totaling $1.7 million in combined potential value have been awarded across a seven-year lifecycle, with $1.6 million obligated (95% of potential value). The last task order was awarded in August 2022, more than three years ago. Ordering activity peaked in 2020 with four orders, then declined to two in 2021 and one in 2022, signaling wind-down before the February 2024 ordering deadline. All task orders are firm fixed price with no set-aside designations.

Resource Systems Group, Inc. and WSP USA Solutions Inc. dominate the vehicle, each holding four of nine awards and together capturing approximately 98% of combined potential value ($1 million and $483 thousand respectively). HDR Engineering, Inc. holds the single remaining order valued at $125 thousand. Competition is concentrated among these three firms; the vehicle does not support a broad contractor base.

Task orders fund toll revenue forecasting and market demand analysis for regional transportation infrastructure projects, primarily express lanes and bridge replacement initiatives. The Department of Transportation Immediate Office of the Secretary Transportation funded eight of nine orders ($1.1 million combined potential value), with the Federal Highway Administration funding the single remaining order ($538 thousand).

Individual task-order values range from approximately $23 thousand to $538 thousand, with typical durations of one to two years. Notable recent work includes the SR 400 Express Lanes Project (most recent award, August 2022, $537,838 obligated through May 2025) and the I-25 North Tolled Express Lanes Project (September 2021, $112,180 obligated through August 2023). Geographic concentration spans tolled corridor projects across California, Texas, Colorado, Virginia, Maryland, and Alabama.

This vehicle is no longer available for new pursuit.

The objective of the Build America Bureau Market Demand Advisory Services IDIQ is to provide economic and market demand advisory services in the surface transportation infrastructure finance area to support the activities of the Build America Bureau.