Federal Orphaned Program - Plugging and Abandonment

The Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management National Office awarded this Master IDIQ on April 20, 2023, to procure plugging and abandonment services for orphaned oil and gas wells on federal lands, with ordering authority extending through April 24, 2028 — roughly 1 year 9 months of active opportunity remaining.

The vehicle carries a $50 million shared ceiling across all four awardees. Of that total, $13.6 million in combined potential value has been obligated across 19 task orders to date, leaving $36.4 million unobligated. Ordering activity has declined sharply: 8 orders in 2023, 7 in 2024, 3 in 2025, and only 1 in 2026, signaling a slowdown in execution or obligation authority.

Asrc Consulting & Environmental Services, LLC dominates the vehicle, holding 8 of 19 orders worth $6.5 million combined potential value — roughly 48% of all work obligated. Olgoonik Construction Services LLC and North Wind Site Services LLC each hold 4 orders; Brice Solutions, LLC holds 3. Competition is concentrated: the top two firms capture 68% of obligated value.

The Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management National Office funds 74% of orders ($5.2 million combined potential value). The National Park Service accounts for significant activity ($3.5 million from a single order for Jean Lafitte National Historical Park), while other Interior entities and offices are minor contributors.

Set-aside designations show a split: 53% of orders carry no set-aside, 32% are total small business awards, and 16% are Indian small business economic enterprise awards. Recent task orders reflect this mix — the most recent award in May 2026 was Indian small business set-aside for Wind River well plugging ($1.49 million), while earlier 2024 awards went to total small business and unrestricted primes across Wyoming wellsites, the Amarillo Helium Plant, and Jean Lafitte Park reclamation.

Individual task orders range widely in value. The largest is the Jean Lafitte National Historical Park order at $3.51 million; typical field orders run from $66 thousand to $1.9 million. Work spans Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming, and includes out-of-region sites in Louisiana and Arizona. Firm fixed-price structures dominate; completion dates typically range 6 to 18 months from award.

The purpose of this IDIQ is to procure a full range of services relating to the need for successful plugging and abandonment of orphaned oil and gas wells on Federal lands. The required services include site examination and inventory, field sampling and testing, site cleanup planning, wellbore and well schematics, well plugging design, site accessibility, mobilization and demobilization, well plugging and abandonment implementation and reclamation implementation.