USACE New Orleans A-E Design 2016-2021

The Department of the Army Corps of Engineers Engineering District New Orleans established this Master IDIQ for architect-engineer and design services on March 23, 2016, with a shared ceiling of $15 million. Ordering closed on July 18, 2021—nearly five years ago—and the vehicle is no longer active. This is a closed vehicle suitable only for work that may still be performed under existing task orders or for firms evaluating historical performance data for future USACE opportunities.

The contract vehicle procured design investigations, feasibility studies, civil and hydraulic engineering, structural and geotechnical design, BIM/CIM, CAD drafting for design documentation reports, operation and maintenance manuals, periodic inspection reports, value engineering, and engineering-during-construction support focused on Louisiana flood control, levee inspection, pump station design, and environmental infrastructure projects.

Four prime contractors held all 98 awarded task orders: Linfield, Hunter & Junius, Inc. (49 orders, $11.6 million), ECM Consultants, Inc. (18 orders, $8.8 million), N-Y Associates Inc. (17 orders, $13.2 million), and Aims Group Inc. (14 orders, $14.5 million). The largest prime by dollar value was Aims Group, reflecting the vehicle's emphasis on complex, higher-value design work. Ordering momentum declined sharply after 2019—30 orders in 2017, 25 in both 2018 and 2019, 13 in 2020, and just one in 2021—signaling the approach of vehicle closure.

The Engineering District New Orleans placed 58 task orders valued at $25.5 million, while the parent Army Corps of Engineers placed 31 orders for $20.6 million. The Engineering District Vicksburg accounted for 9 orders at $2.1 million. About 77 percent of task orders carried no set-aside designation; the remaining 23 percent were small-business set-asides. Of the combined $48.2 million potential value across all task orders, $47.5 million (99 percent) had been obligated by the most recent award date. Work was performed across Louisiana and Mississippi, primarily in support of West Shore Lake Pontchartrain hurricane and storm damage risk reduction projects, design of flood control structures on the Comite and Amite Rivers, and levee inspection and geotechnical investigations tied to the Southeast Louisiana Hurricane and Storm Damage Risk Reduction Project (SELA).

The work may involve investigations, comparisons, data evaluations, analysis, design, water quality analysis, technical writing, civil design, hydraulic design, structural design, geotechnical design, mechanical design, electrical design, architectural design, building and civil information modeling (BIM/CIM); and CAD drafting for design documentation reports (DDRs), geotechnical reports, feasibility studies, plans and specifications, operation and maintenance (O & M) manuals, periodic inspection reports, value engineering, or other engineering documents; and engineering design support during advertisement (EDA) and engineering during construction (EDC).