NASA Environmental Restoration and Compliance Contract (NERC)

NASA Kennedy Space Center established a $375 million Master IDIQ for environmental restoration and compliance services on January 31, 2024, with ordering authority extending through January 30, 2029—approximately two and a half years of active pursuit window remaining. The vehicle is unrestricted (no set-aside applied) and carries a shared ceiling across all 29 awarded task orders to date.

Environmental restoration dominates the scope: CERCLA remedial actions, groundwater and vapor-intrusion modeling, confirmatory sampling, construction oversight, post-closure landfill inspection, and treatment-system management for chlorinated solvents, PFAS, and other contaminants. The work also encompasses A&E environmental compliance services—permit applications, compliance audits, waste management, spill cleanup, air and water regulatory support, storage-tank management, NEPA documentation, and risk communication. Munitions investigations and land-use control inspections round out the contract's technical breadth.

Ordering momentum has slowed markedly: 14 task orders awarded in 2024, 13 in 2025, but only 2 to date in 2026, with the most recent award on July 1, 2026. Of the $76 million combined potential value across all 29 orders, $61 million (80%) is already obligated, signaling mature execution rather than procurement growth.

Competition concentrates among four primes. Tetra Tech holds 12 orders worth $31.8 million combined potential value—the largest share by both count and dollars. Hydrogeologic follows with 4 orders and $22 million potential value; Jacobs Geosyntec A Joint Venture holds 9 orders for $16.8 million; and AECOM Technical Services carries 4 orders for $5.5 million. These four capture 100% of awards.

Customer concentration centers on NASA space centers. Goddard Space Flight Center leads with 8 orders ($20.2 million potential value), followed by Kennedy Space Center with 4 orders ($17.8 million), Marshall Space Flight Center with 4 orders ($10.2 million), and Glenn Research Center with 3 orders ($1.8 million). Together these four account for 76% of task orders. Orders span ten distinct customer agencies across the NASA system.

Task-order values range from under $200 thousand to over $17.8 million ceiling, with firm-fixed-price, single-year to multi-year completions. The largest recent orders include environmental restoration at NASA Ames ($17.9 million ceiling, obligated June 2026) and PFAS/sitewide support at Wallops ($7.4 million ceiling, obligated August 2024).

This IDIQ will include technical consultation, environmental assessment, confirmatory sampling, conceptual site modeling, risk assessments, groundwater modeling, and remediation of contaminants such as chlorinated solvents, PFAS, and other pollutants. This includes managing affected media and treatment systems, overseeing construction, and inspecting post-closure landfills. The contract also entails munitions investigations, land use control inspections, permit applications, public meeting support, and risk communication. Additionally, the contract encompasses A&E Environmental Compliance Professional Services, involving technical consultation, permit applications, and compliance plans and reports. Compliance activities include audits, waste management, spill cleanup, air and water compliance, storage tanks, sustainability, community outreach, NEPA support, and regulatory risk analysis.