Kauai Program of Bridge Construction MATOC 2017-2022

The Federal Highway Administration's Central Federal Lands Highway Division awarded this Master IDIQ in partnership with the Hawaii Department of Transportation to execute a program of bridge construction and related infrastructure work on Kauai; ordering closed on March 1, 2022, and the vehicle is no longer active.

The MATOC issued four delivery orders between February 2017 and March 2019, all firm-fixed-price construction contracts under an unrestricted, competitive vehicle structure. Work included permanent bridge replacement (Hanapepe River Bridge, Kapaa Stream Bridge), temporary detour bridge construction, and bridge rehabilitation across multiple state transportation projects. All four orders have reached completion or final modification, with the most recent award—a $25.2 million Kapaa Stream Bridge and Mailihuna intersection project to W.W. Clyde & Co.—closed in March 2019. The vehicle obligated its full combined potential value of $71.8 million across the four orders, leaving no remaining capacity.

Competition concentrated heavily on two local or regional general contractors: W.W. Clyde & Co. received two orders worth $41.5 million combined (57.8% of total value), and Hawaiian Dredging Construction Company, Inc. received two orders worth $30.3 million combined (42.2%). All ordering activity served a single customer—the Federal Highway Administration itself—making this a purpose-built vehicle for a defined capital program rather than a open-ended procurement platform.

Task-order values ranged from approximately $3.9 million to $37.6 million, with typical durations of 12–18 months from award to substantial completion. The vehicle's firm-fixed-price structure and geographic scope to Kauai made it unsuitable for firms without Hawaii-based or regional heavy-civil-construction capacity. Because ordering authority expired more than four years ago and all potential value has been obligated, this vehicle presents no pursuit opportunity; it serves as a reference case for how FHWA structures multimodal bridge-replacement programs under MATOC authority.

The Central Federal Lands Highway Division (CFL) of the Federal Highway Administration in partnership with the Hawaii Department of Transportation has awarded a Multiple Award Task Order Contract (MATOC) for a Kauai Program of Bridge construction.