Structures, Hydraulics, and Geotechnical Best Practices

The Structures, Hydraulics, and Geotechnical Best Practices Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract, awarded by the Federal Highway Administration's (FHWA) National Highway Institute (NHI), focuses on delivering comprehensive training, technical development, and reference materials for transportation infrastructure professionals. The contract supports the advancement of engineering practices in structures, hydraulics, and geotechnical domains through the development, update, and delivery of instructor-led training (ILT), web-based training (WBT), and reference manuals. These products are designed to disseminate current best practices, technologies, and standards to state and local transportation partners, federal agencies, consultants, and other transportation professionals.

Task orders under this IDIQ consistently demonstrate a focus on developing and updating technical training courses, reference materials, and instructional content across various transportation engineering disciplines. Prime contractors frequently include Ayres Associates, Michael Baker International, Greenman-Pedersen, WSP USA, Applied Research Associates, and Kilgore Consulting, with contract values ranging from approximately $150,000 to $5.2 million and typical performance periods of 12-36 months. The task orders predominantly target course development in areas such as bridge inspection, geotechnical engineering, highway hydraulics, tunnel safety, and structural design methodologies. Notably, all task orders reviewed carried no specific small business or socioeconomic set-aside designations, and performance locations typically spanned locations like Albuquerque, Fort Collins, Denver, Pittsburgh, and Washington, DC. The Federal Highway Administration serves as the primary funding agency, with a shared contract ceiling of $19,100,000 for this multiple-award IDIQ vehicle.