USACE Solar and Wind Power Plants 2012-2017

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Engineering District Sacramento established this Master IDIQ for design, construction, and installation of solar and wind power plants at Army facilities in 2012, but ordering closed on April 30, 2017, and is no longer available for new task orders.

The vehicle executed ten delivery orders totaling $40.2 million in combined potential value, of which $39.4 million (98 percent) has been obligated. Task orders funded renewable energy projects exclusively through the Engineering District Sacramento, including 2 megawatt solar photovoltaic arrays at Camp Parks and New Hogan Lake, a 1.8 megawatt wind turbine at Tooele Army Depot, and grid-tied solar systems at Fort Hunter Liggett and multiple Army Reserve Centers. Projects ranged from design-build solar installations to wind turbine procurement and energy storage feasibility work, all priced firm fixed.

Tri-Technic Inc. dominated the prime contractor base, capturing four orders and $11.2 million in combined potential value. Icenogle Construction Management, Inc. and Earthworks Mortenson Joint Venture each won two and one orders respectively, with the latter accounting for $7.1 million. The remaining two primes—Synergy Electric Company, Inc. and J.R. Conkey & Associates, Inc.—held smaller shares. No single firm concentration pattern emerged that would eliminate opportunity for new entrants had the vehicle remained open.

Small business set-asides accounted for 70 percent of awarded orders (seven of ten), split across firm fixed-price contracts with typical ceilings ranging from roughly $300,000 to $8.4 million. Unrestricted orders represented 30 percent and included the two largest single awards: a $8.4 million 2 megawatt solar array at Dugway Proving Ground and a $7.4 million wind turbine installation at Tooele Army Depot. Ordering momentum peaked in 2012 with four initial awards, then declined through 2016, with only one order issued in the final full year of vehicle operation.

All work was geographically scoped to Army installations within the South Pacific Division footprint, primarily in California and Utah.

Renewable energy (solar and wind) power plants for bases with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) South Pacific Division.