Northwestern Pre-placed Remedial Action Contract

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Northwestern Division awarded this Master IDIQ for hazardous, toxic, and radioactive waste remediation projects on November 21, 2018, with ordering authority closed as of May 20, 2024. The vehicle is no longer accepting new task orders.

Over its active ordering period, the IDIQ generated 18 task orders totaling $72.3 million in combined potential value, with $63.4 million obligated (88% of the ceiling). Ordering momentum declined sharply in recent years—five orders annually in 2019 and 2020, but only two in 2023 and one in 2024—indicating the vehicle's strategic importance had diminished before closure. The $75 million shared ceiling was never fully consumed.

Scope centers on environmental remediation across both civilian and military sites within the Army Corps of Engineers Northwestern Division footprint (Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Nebraska, Iowa, Colorado, Kansas, and Missouri), as well as EPA Region 2. Awarded task orders document sludge pond closures (Bunker Hill, Kellogg, Idaho; ASARCO slag shoreline caps in Tacoma), landfill remediation, groundwater studies, superfund site source-area removal, and decommissioning projects including a Brookhaven National Laboratory stack demolition.

Competition concentrated among seven primes. Olgoonik FPM JV, LLC and Innovex-Errg Joint Venture each held four orders worth $15.4 million and $14.6 million respectively. Brice-Aecom JV1 captured the single largest award at $16.3 million (decommissioning work). The top five contractors collectively held 90% of combined potential value. Customer concentration was pronounced—the Army Corps of Engineers Engineering District Seattle issued 12 of 18 orders worth $41.5 million (57% of total potential value), with EPA Region 2 placing two orders for $10 million.

Set-asides were minimal. Seventy-two percent of orders carried no set-aside designation; 22% were competitive 8(a), and a single small-business order completed the mix. Task-order values ranged from under $50 thousand (well-sampling studies) to $16.3 million (major decommissioning), with durations typically two to five years. Most awards were firm fixed price, though two major remediation actions used cost-plus fixed fee pricing.

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Northwestern Division and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 2, for hazardous, toxic and radioactive waste (HTRW) remediation projects for both civilian and military agencies of the Federal Government. The PRAC will support existing and future USACE customers of the five Districts (Seattle, Walla Walla, Portland, Kansas City, and Omaha) within the Northwestern Division of the Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), which has a geographic footprint covering the following states: Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Nebraska, Iowa, Colorado, Kansas, and Missouri.