USDA Nationwide SB A-E Services 2015-2020

The Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service (ARS) awarded a small-business set-aside Master IDIQ for architect-engineer services that expired on August 31, 2020, making this vehicle closed to new task orders.

ARS Central Program Planning Coordination and Support established the vehicle on September 1, 2015, with a shared ceiling of $10 million. Ordering closed nearly six years ago. The portfolio contains 138 task orders, with combined potential value of $23.2 million and $22 million obligated (95% of potential value). The final task order awarded on February 27, 2021, was issued after the ordering cutoff, suggesting closeout activity. Award velocity peaked in 2020 with 40 orders before declining to 8 in the truncated 2021 activity.

The vehicle contracted design, plans, specifications, and cost estimates for ARS research and administrative facilities nationwide, encompassing renovations, repairs, and alterations to laboratories, greenhouses, breeding facilities, and farm buildings; building condition assessments; historic building rehabilitation; project management and construction inspection; CADD services and drawing digitization; and environmental surveys for hazardous materials removal and abatement. Task orders reflect architectural and engineering design work at discrete ARS locations—fire alarm system upgrades, HVAC renovations, greenhouse construction, building envelope repairs, roof replacements, structural improvements, and drainage work across regional research centers.

The Johnson-Mcadams Firm, P.A. dominates by order count with 76 awards and $7.5 million combined potential value, followed by Louviere Stratton & Yokel LLC (28 orders, $5 million) and Setty & Associates, LTD. (15 orders, $8.6 million by potential value). Five distinct primes shared the vehicle. Customer concentration mirrors ARS structure: ARS Field Research Implementation and Information Delivery (nationwide and regional variants) placed the plurality of orders, with Northeast Area (27 orders, $4 million), Midwest Area (24 orders, $2.3 million), and Plains Area (16 orders, $2.2 million) as major regional customers; ARS Central Program Planning Coordination and Support placed 18 orders totaling $9.4 million.

About 75 percent of orders carried no set-aside; the remaining 25 percent were designated Total Small Business. Task-order values ranged widely from under $10 thousand to roughly $600 thousand. The vehicle served ARS locations nationwide, including Beltsville, Maryland; Leetown and Kearneysville, West Virginia; Athens, Georgia; Stoneville, Mississippi; Fort Pierce, Florida; Mayaguez, Puerto Rico; and locations in the Northeast, Midwest, and Plains regions.

USDA Agricultural Research Services (ARS) has awarded a Small Business Set-Aside Master IDIQ for Architect-Engineer services. The scope of work under this vehicle includes, but is not limited to: Architect Services and engineering design coordination for the preparation of designs, plans, specifications and cost estimates for various projects. Designs and/or feasibility studies for new structures, various repairs, alterations and/or improvements to administrative facilities, research laboratory facilities including greenhouses and specialized farm buildings such as breeding and rearing facilities, barns, stock-watering systems/facilities, and other existing facilities or infrastructure. Work may also include preparation of building condition reports, rehabilitation of historic buildings and structures, project management and inspection services for construction projects, and Computer Aided Design and Drafting (CADD) services, including the scanning or digitization of existing construction drawings, environmental surveys, reports, studies, and designs for the clean-up, removal, monitoring and/or abatement of asbestos, hazardous toxic materials and petroleum products.