Southern Border Horizontal Construction Services 2019

The Department of the Army Corps of Engineers Engineering District Fort Worth established this Master IDIQ on March 4, 2019, for horizontal construction services supporting DHS Border Patrol sectors (San Diego, El Centro, Yuma, Tucson) and USACE Southwestern and South Pacific Divisions, with a shared ceiling of $5 billion and an ordering period that closed May 7, 2024. The vehicle is no longer accepting orders; the last task order was awarded September 26, 2023.

The vehicle contracted Design-Build and Design-Bid-Build construction of border barriers, walls, patrol roads, access roads, gates, lights, drainage, levee walls, and miscellaneous repairs and alterations across southwestern border and Army installation locations. Task orders reflect heavy emphasis on primary and secondary barrier wall construction (miles of linear fencing and wall segments across El Paso, Tucson, Yuma, San Diego, and Rio Grande Valley sectors) and related infrastructure, with one recent order for Fort Johnson, Louisiana road repairs.

Fisher Sand & Gravel Co dominates by potential value, holding three orders worth $1.14 billion (roughly 49% of combined potential value). Slsco, LTD. is second with five orders totaling $457.2 million, followed by Posillico Civil Inc / Coastal Environmental Group Inc (Joint Venture) with three orders worth $292.7 million. These three primes account for 96% of combined potential value; the remaining nine awardees hold substantially smaller positions. Competition shows high concentration—the top two primes alone hold approximately $1.60 billion of the $2.31 billion total.

The Department of the Army Corps of Engineers Engineering District Los Angeles placed the highest-value orders ($1.56 billion across five task orders), while Engineering District Fort Worth placed the most orders by count (16 orders, $596.4 million combined potential value). The Department of the Army placed two orders ($134.6 million), and Installation Management Command Southwest Region one order ($18 million). All 24 task orders carry no set-aside designation.

Task orders are unrestricted, firm-fixed-price contracts. Of the $2.31 billion combined potential value, $2.27 billion has been obligated (99%). Notable mega-orders include a $962.9 million Tucson primary barrier contract and an $177.2 million El Paso primary barrier project. Order velocity declined sharply: 17 orders in 2019, dropping to six in 2020 and one in 2023, reflecting completion of the vehicle's primary border construction surge.

Master IDIQ for Horizontal Construction Services in support of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) San Diego, El Centro, Yuma and Tucson Border Patrol Sectors and the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Southwestern Division (SWD) and South Pacific Division (SPD). Construction services required include a wide variety of Design-Build and/or Design-Bid-Build (DBB) construction of fence, wall, patrol roads, access roads, lights, gates for access to border monuments, maintenance, and for Border Patrol operational use, drainage improvements, levee walls, and other miscellaneous improvements, repairs, and alterations.