Pre-placed Remedial Action Contracts for USACE Mississippi Valley Division and EPA Regions 5 and 7 2022-2027

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers established this Master IDIQ on August 19, 2022, with a shared ceiling of $88.1 million and ordering authority through August 18, 2027—approximately one year remains to place orders. The vehicle is 100% small-business set-aside and procures personnel, plant, and equipment for hazardous waste remediation, pollution prevention, and compliance activities under NAICS 562910, primarily supporting USACE Mississippi Valley Division and EPA Regions 5 and 7.

Activity has been sparse. Three task orders awarded between May 2023 and November 2023 represent the entire ordering record; the vehicle has generated no awards in the past two years. Combined potential value across those three orders totals $39.2 million, with $37.3 million obligated—95% of the pool already committed. The shared ceiling of $88.1 million therefore has approximately $49 million remaining, but the cessation of ordering since late 2023 signals either satisfied demand or inactive customer engagement.

Competition is narrow and concentrated. Kemron Environmental Services, Inc., holds the single largest order at $24.7 million (63% of combined potential value); Pe Ayuda Joint Venture LLC captured $13.7 million (35%); Environmental Quality Management, Inc., received $742 thousand (2%). All three awardees split the order count evenly, but Kemron dominates by dollar volume. The vehicle was advertised as a five-awardee pool, but only three firms received orders over the window of record.

The customer base is entirely Army Corps of Engineers, split between the Engineering District St. Louis (which received the single largest order, the Old American Zinc Facility Area Remediation worth $24.7 million) and the broader USACE organization. Work is site-specific remediation, with ultimate completion dates clustered between August 2025 and March 2028. All awarded orders are firm-fixed-price, and the set-aside designation split slightly favors small business (two of three orders), with one unrestricted competition.

Prospective contractors should note the vehicle's shallow activity curve, the substantial remaining ceiling relative to the truncated ordering window, and the concentration risk of a three-awardee pool with one dominant prime.

Pre-placed Remedial Action Contracts (PRACs) under NAICS Code 562910, in support of existing and future USACE customers of the Districts within the Mississippi Valley Division of the Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5 and Region 7