Seepage Relief Wells

The Department of the Army Corps of Engineers Engineering District Memphis awarded this Master IDIQ on August 1, 2019, but ordering closed on August 24, 2024, and the vehicle is no longer accepting new task orders.

The vehicle was established as a total small business set-aside with capacity for up to five contractors. The solicitation anticipated a combined potential value between $10 million and $40 million. The nine task orders awarded between February 2020 and August 2021 cover seepage relief well construction, repairs to existing relief wells, and earthen embankment work within the Memphis District area of responsibility spanning Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, and Tennessee. Work scope includes clearing and grubbing, excavation and borrow placement, pilot hole drilling, culvert construction and replacement, geotextile and riprap placement, gravel resurfacing, levee ramp construction, and turf establishment and environmental protection.

Syte Corporation dominates the vehicle, holding five of nine orders representing $13.2 million of the $20 million combined potential value. Kinder Brothers Excavating, Inc. holds two orders worth $2.4 million combined; C & M Contractors, Inc. holds one order worth $3.2 million; and Randy Kinder Excavating Inc. holds one order worth $1.2 million. All nine orders were placed by the Army Corps of Engineers Memphis District with no set-aside designations applied despite the vehicle's small business structure. All orders used firm fixed price pricing.

The $20 million combined potential value has been fully obligated. Task orders ranged from $743,354.50 to $4.59 million, with completion dates between 2022 and 2023. Ordering activity concentrated in 2020 (eight orders) with only one order placed in 2021. The vehicle is closed to new activity and should not be pursued.

All plant, labor, materials, and equipment for construction of relief wells, repairs to existing relief wells, and construction of earthen berms. Work for relief well construction and earthen embankment construction may include clearing and grubbing; debris disposal; excavation, hauling, and placement of sourced borrow material; stockpiling of material; rebuilding and slope flattening of landside levee embankments; construction of drainage ditches and swales; modifications to existing ditches and swales; grading for new relief wells; pilot hole drilling and testing; culvert construction/replacement; placement of geo-textile, bedding material, and riprap stone protection; gravel resurfacing; levee ramp construction; and establishment of turf and environmental protection.