USCG Nationwide Ocean Architect Engineering 2016-2021

The U.S. Coast Guard awarded this Master IDIQ on July 1, 2016, to provide professional ocean engineering services supporting the civil engineering program nationwide, with the ordering period closing on June 30, 2021—five years and two weeks ago. This vehicle is no longer active; no new task orders may be placed against it. The vehicle shared a combined ceiling of $19.9 million across all contractors, though actual task-order awards totaled $27.6 million in combined potential value with $27.3 million obligated, representing 99 percent utilization.

The work encompasses waterfront inspections, structural analysis, hydrographic surveys, design services for dock and pier repairs, aids to navigation (ATON) inspections, dredging studies, and seismic or environmental assessments across U.S. Coast Guard facilities nationwide, with the majority of work performed in the fifty states and U.S. territories including Puerto Rico and Guam. Recent task orders document projects including hydrographic survey and sediment sampling at Station South Padre Island, waterfront inspections at multiple stations and sectors throughout Districts 5, 7, 8, 9, 11, and 13, and waterfront design services in Florida and Georgia.

Appledore Marine Engineering, LLC dominated the competitive landscape, winning 43 of 99 task orders and capturing $12.7 million in combined potential value—46 percent of the portfolio. Childs Engineering Corporation, Consor Engineers LLC, Taylor Engineering, Inc., and Reid Middleton, Inc. held the remaining four award positions with substantially smaller shares. This represents a heavily concentrated, five-contractor pool.

Task orders distributed across only one customer agency—the Coast Guard itself—with no interagency ordering. Approximately 77 percent of task orders carried no set-aside designation, while 23 percent were designated Total Small Business, indicating a modestly small-business-friendly procurement posture. Task-order values ranged widely, from under $10,000 to over $1.6 million, with durations typically between three and twelve months, though some extended to two or three years. Most recent awards prior to vehicle closure in 2021 were firm fixed price, single-location or multi-location task orders issued competitively or through existing teaming arrangements.

The U.S. Coast Guard has awarded a Master IDIQ to provide professional ocean engineering services to support the civil engineering program. Projects will include a variety of assignments nationwide. Services may be required in any of the United States, U.S. territories, or any place where the USCG may have a mission interest. However, a majority of the work shall be confined to the fifty states and its territories (Puerto Rico, Guam etc.).