DOE UGPR Construction Services IDIQ 2015-2018

The Department of Energy's Western Area Power Administration established this Master IDIQ on April 13, 2006, for miscellaneous general construction, alteration, and repair of Upper Great Plains Region facilities. Ordering closed on July 7, 2018; the vehicle is no longer active. The shared ceiling was $9 million, and all 88 task orders issued under the vehicle have obligated their full combined potential value of $10.9 million.

Activity under the vehicle has been minimal in recent years. The most recent task order was awarded in April 2017, with only one order in that year. Order pace declined markedly in 2016 (two orders) and 2017 (one order) after a 2015 baseline of seven orders.

Task orders procured concrete and site work to expand or upgrade existing substations. Awarded work reflects this scope: foundation construction and replacement across multiple sites (Watertown, Woonsocket, Morris, Denison substations), building repairs and roof replacement (Bismarck Administration Building, Leeds Substation, Miles City Converter Station), erosion remediation and oil-containment modifications (Fort Thompson No. 2, Huron, White, Denison substations), and transmission-line structure repairs. Orders ranged from under $4 thousand to approximately $538 thousand obligated value, with most in the $25 thousand to $350 thousand range.

Mccarthy Anderson Inc. dominated the vehicle, holding 49 of 88 orders (56% of total) and $5.9 million of the $10.9 million combined potential value. CS Dubois Construction, Inc. placed second with 19 orders and $2.4 million. Complete Concrete, Inc. claimed seven orders and $1.4 million. These three firms captured roughly 95% of the vehicle's activity. A small field of 8(a)-certified contractors and general construction firms competed for the remainder.

Work concentrated in the Upper Great Plains: South Dakota and North Dakota dominated geographically, with substantial activity in Iowa, Nebraska, Minnesota, and Montana. All ordering activity funded the Western Area Power Administration; no other federal agency placed orders under the vehicle.

Set-aside distribution reflected a 8(a) preference: 55 orders (63%) were 8(a) sole-source awards; 25 orders (28%) carried no set-aside; and eight orders (9%) were competitive 8(a). All task orders were firm fixed price.

Department of Energy's Western Area Power Administration (Western), Upper Great Plains Region (UGPR), requires miscellaneous general construction, alteration and repair of its facilities located within the territory of the UGPR. The types of work includes concrete, grading and other site work required to expand or upgrade existing substations.