Water Resources Analytical and Professional Support Services

The Water Resources Analytical and Professional Support Services is a multiple-award Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract vehicle issued by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Institute for Water Resources (IWR). The contract supports comprehensive analytical and professional services across three primary domains: program management and research, business and financial management, and facilitation, outreach, and training support. Originating from a solicitation with a partial small business set-aside, the contract has a shared ceiling of $48,335,000 and was awarded on February 4, 2022, with a last date to order of February 3, 2027. The vehicle is designed to provide flexible, task-order-based support for the Corps' civil works mission, enabling rapid procurement of specialized water resources analytical services.

Task orders under this IDIQ consistently demonstrate a focus on technical and analytical support for water resource management, with contract values typically ranging from approximately $50,000 to $2,000,000 and performance periods spanning one to four years. Prime contractors frequently winning task orders include CDM Smith, AECOM Technical Services, Booz Allen Hamilton, The Council Oak, LLC, and ABT Associates, with work predominantly performed in locations such as Carbondale, Illinois, Falls Church, Virginia, and Los Angeles, California. The task orders cover diverse activities including climate adaptation research, geospatial modeling, decision support system maintenance, risk analysis training, regional climate literature synthesis, and facilitation of technical committees. No set-aside designations were used in the majority of task orders reviewed, indicating a competitive full and open procurement approach. The contract supports the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' critical mission of water resources management, infrastructure planning, and environmental protection.