IWR Navigation Data and Systems Support

The Department of the Army Corps of Engineers Institute for Water Resources established this Master IDIQ on February 15, 2019 to procure analytical and professional support services for Civil Works Navigation mission analysis, data systems, and decision support, with ordering authority ending February 23, 2024. The vehicle is now closed to new orders and carries an unrestricted, full-and-open-competition structure with a shared ceiling of $47.2 million across all awardees.

The vehicle is substantially obligated. Fifty-six task orders have been issued since July 2019, with $23.9 million obligated against a combined potential value of $28.4 million (84% obligation rate). Activity peaked in 2021 with 20 orders, declining to 7 orders in 2023 and 2 orders in early 2024 before the ordering period closed. Task orders span data analysis, GIS applications, systems modernization, and infrastructure decision support across Civil Works' Navigation, Flood Risk Management, Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration, Hydropower, Regulatory, Recreation, and Water Supply mission areas.

Recent work exemplifies the scope: task orders have funded Real Time Evacuation Planning Model improvements, Transportation Operations and Waterborne Statistics System modernization, Dredging Information System backlog reduction, Lock Performance Monitoring System artificial intelligence enhancements, and flood risk management studies including a Mississippi River low-water event response.

ABT Global LLC dominates with 21 orders worth $12.5 million in combined potential value, representing roughly 44% of awarded task orders. CDM Federal Programs Corporation follows with 16 orders totaling $7.1 million, while a smaller set of orders went to Booz Allen Hamilton (4 orders, $1.1 million) and AECOM Technical Services (3 orders, $627 thousand). The Department of the Army Corps of Engineers proper placed 35 orders ($15.9 million potential value), with the National Capitol Region Humphreys Engineer Center Support Activity and the Institute for Water Resources itself placing 12 and 9 orders respectively. All 56 task orders carry firm-fixed-price pricing under unrestricted, full-and-open competition with no set-aside designations. Individual task-order ceiling values typically range from under $200 thousand to roughly $2.6 million, with most modifications reflecting government-caused delays requiring no-cost time extensions.

The U.S. Army Engineer Institute for Water Resources (IWR) provides the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Civil Works (CW) Program with the capability to analyze and anticipate emerging water resources trends and issues facing our nation. This requirement will encompass analytical and professional support services to assist in accomplishing all aspects of the Civil Works Navigation mission area, as well as other related mission areas to include Flood Risk Management, Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration, Hydropower, Regulatory, Recreation, and Water Supply, etc. The major components of this requirement includes support for the Navigation and other USACE business lines, such as Decision Support, which consist of data analysis, graphical representation of data, GIS applications, and Future Directions work.