FHA Roadwork Architect Engineering IDIQ 2016-2021

The Federal Highway Administration established this Master IDIQ on May 12, 2016, with a final ordering date of August 2, 2021. The vehicle is now closed to new task-order awards.

The FHA Roadwork Architect Engineering IDIQ funded rapid-response architecture and engineering services for repetitive road construction and repair on low-volume and low-speed gravel roads across Wyoming, Colorado, Nebraska, and Kansas, with secondary activity in California, Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah, and other Western states. Work supported Air Force Space Command OMAD programs, the Refuge Road Program, the Emergency Relief for Federally Owned Roads Program, and the Forest Land Access Program. Scope included site scoping, preliminary and final design, post-design services, environmental and cultural resources studies, and construction support spanning design phases from 0–30% concept through 100% final design and permitting.

Over its five-year life, the vehicle generated 197 task orders totaling $54.8 million in combined potential value, with 100 percent of that value obligated by the final order date. Order activity peaked in 2019 and 2020 (49 and 51 orders respectively) before declining sharply in 2021 (16 orders) as the ordering period drew to a close. All task orders were awarded as unrestricted (no set-aside).

Three prime contractors dominated the vehicle. HDR Engineering, Inc. received 105 orders valued at $16.9 million combined potential; Ch2M Hill, Inc. held 87 orders valued at $18 million; Pine Bluffs Gravel & Excavating, Inc. won only 5 orders but captured $19.8 million, reflecting higher per-order values. Task-order ceilings ranged from under $1,000 to approximately $6.8 million for construction mega-orders, with typical design-phase orders ranging from $20,000 to $300,000. All 197 task orders funded Federal Highway Administration programs exclusively—no other federal agencies placed orders.

CFL has a need for a rapid response road construction and repair contracting tool for repetitive 1R, 2R and 3R work on gravel roads in the Midwest and Inter-Mountain Regions. Projects primarily include improvements to low-volume and low-speed roadways. Projects may be located in environmentally sensitive areas that necessitate context-sensitive construction techniques and processes. The predominant geographic area includes Wyoming, Colorado, Nebraska and Kansas. These projects are primarily part of the Air Force Space Command OMAD program, the Refuge Road Program (RRP),) and to a lesser extent the Emergency Relief for Federally Owned Roads Program (ERFO) and the Forest Land Access Program (FLAP).