USDA Headquarters Construction 2016-2019

The Department of Agriculture Office of Operations established this Master IDIQ for construction, design, and design-build projects at USDA Headquarters buildings (South and Whitten Buildings) and the George Washington Carver Center in Beltsville, Maryland, with ordering authority that closed on October 13, 2019. The vehicle's shared ceiling is $96 million, though only $31.7 million of combined potential value has been obligated across 520 task orders awarded to three primes.

Ordering momentum has stalled since the October 2019 deadline; the most recent task order was issued in February 2022. Annual order volume peaked in 2018 at 124 orders, dropped to 59 in 2019 as the ordering window closed, recovered slightly to 63 in 2020 and 114 in 2021, then collapsed to 9 in 2022. This vehicle is no longer active for new orders.

The work consists almost entirely of interior renovation and maintenance: carpet and cove-base replacement, ceiling and lighting fixture removal and installation, partition demolition and construction, painting, drywall repair, electrical device replacement, and asbestos abatement. Multi-room renovations are common; representative orders include $596.6 million full renovation of multiple rooms with suspended ceiling systems, lighting, and flooring (September 2021); $488.2 million suspended ceiling system removal and replacement across multiple rooms (May 2021); and $470 million full renovation of rooms 5065–5086 with ceiling and lighting overhaul (September 2021).

B3 Enterprises LLC dominates the vehicle, holding 321 of 520 orders (62%) and $23.7 million of the $31.7 million combined potential value (75%). Pennoyer Construction LLC earned 196 orders and $8 million in combined potential value. Blanchard's Contracting LLC received 3 orders with zero combined potential value. The Department of Agriculture Office of Operations placed 500 orders valued at $29.7 million; the remaining customer agencies—the Office of the Chief Financial Officer, Agricultural Research Service Central Program Planning Coordination and Support, and Office of the General Counsel—account for 20 orders and roughly $2 million combined.

About 78% of orders carried no set-aside designation; 22% were Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business. Task orders are firm fixed price. Individual order values range from less than $1,000 to over $596 million, with typical base orders in the $5,000–$50,000 range and larger renovation packages in the $200,000–$500,000 range. All work is located in the Washington, DC metropolitan area or Beltsville, Maryland.

The USDA has awarded a Master IDIQ for construction, design, and/or design build projects at the Department of Agriculture Headquarters (South and Whitten Buildings) and other buildings (George Washington Carver Center (GWCC) in Beltsville, MD) in the Washington, DC metropolitan area.