Environmental Services and Sediment Sampling and Analysis

The Department of the Army Corps of Engineers Seattle District awarded a Master IDIQ for environmental services and sediment sampling and analysis on May 15, 2019, with a shared ceiling of $5 million and a last date to order of March 15, 2024—ordering closed more than two years ago and no new task orders may be placed against this vehicle.

The contract structure includes up to four firm fixed-price multiple-award task order contracts with a base year and four option years. Work centers on field and laboratory sampling, data collection, field studies, and compliance documentation under NEPA, the Clean Water Act, and the Endangered Species Act. Tasks include sediment and biota collection, chemical and biological testing, sediment profile imaging, bioassays, bioaccumulation testing, and environmental coordination in marine, estuarine, and freshwater environments across western Washington, western Oregon, and southeastern Alaska.

Ordering momentum peaked in 2020 with six task orders, declining to one order in 2023 before the vehicle closed. Seventeen task orders have been issued against the vehicle since May 2019. Combined task-order potential value reached $1.3 million, with $921 thousand (72 percent) obligated as of the most recent award in January 2023.

Competition is concentrated among three primes: ECO Analysts, LLC holds seven orders with $684 thousand combined potential value; Nuglobal Solutions LLC holds seven orders with $569 thousand combined potential value; and Geo-Stanley Joint Venture 1 holds three orders with $28 thousand combined potential value. All task orders carry no set-aside designation and are competed as unrestricted awards.

Customers are split between the Department of the Army Corps of Engineers (nine orders, $808 thousand potential value) and the Corps of Engineers Seattle District (eight orders, $473 thousand potential value). Task-order ceilings have ranged from $2,500 (minimum guarantees) to $295 thousand, with typical values between $25 thousand and $110 thousand. Representative work includes dredged material sampling and processing, eelgrass delineation surveying, sediment cap monitoring in Juneau, Alaska, and environmental assessments supporting navigation projects.

The Seattle District US Army Corps of Engineers has awarded a Master IDIQ for environmental services. Work will include utilization of established field and laboratory sampling and data collection protocols, conducting field studies, development of relevant documentation required by Federal and state regulations.