Mount Weather Design-Build 2008-2011

The Federal Emergency Management Agency awarded this design-build Master IDIQ on March 31, 2008, to establish terms for repairs, alterations, and design-build services at the Mount Weather Emergency Operations Center in Mount Weather, Virginia and the satellite facility in Gaithersburg, Maryland. Ordering closed on April 14, 2011, making this vehicle inactive for new task orders for over 15 years. The vehicle carries a shared ceiling of $174 million, though awarded task orders reached only $50.6 million in combined potential value, with $25 million obligated across 27 orders.

Activity concentrated heavily in 2009 and 2010, when the vehicle issued 13 of its 27 orders. The pace slowed dramatically after the ordering deadline; the final two task orders were awarded in 2012 and 2013, well after the vehicle closed to new issuances. The last order award was September 19, 2013.

Work performed spans design-build construction, facility renovations, infrastructure projects including underground utilities, fire protection and alarm systems, roof repairs, and emergency repairs to government buildings. Orders typically include firm fixed pricing and ultimate completion dates ranging from 2008 through 2015. Representative recent work included demolition and renovation of existing structures, underground utilities projects, and construction of miscellaneous facilities, all at the primary Mount Weather location or the Olney, Maryland satellite site.

Meltech / W.m. Schlosser, LLC A, Joint Venture dominated by combined potential value, holding five orders worth $28.4 million—approximately 56% of the vehicle's total potential value. N-Powell Company, Inc. and The Matthews Group Inc. completed the top tier with five and nine orders respectively, totaling $9.7 million and $9.1 million. The top three primes captured roughly 80% of combined potential value, with smaller plays going to Affiliated Construction Group Inc. and Alutiiq International Solutions, LLC.

Funding concentrated almost entirely within FEMA, with the National Community Section issuing 18 of 24 principal orders valued at $47.3 million. The set-aside mix tilted toward competitive 8(a), which accounted for 59% of orders, with the remainder unrestricted. All orders used firm fixed pricing.

The purpose of this contract is to establish terms and conditions upon which the contractor(s) will provide repairs and alterations including design-build to various federal emergency management agency (fema) government buildings at the mount weather emergency operations center (herein referred to as the facility) in mt. weather, virginia 20135 and its satellite location in gaithersburg maryland (herein reference to as olney) under task orders issued by the dhs office of procurement operations.