Worldwide Environmental Restoration and Construction 2009 (WERC09)

The Air Force Installation Contracting Agency established WERC09, a master IDIQ focused on environmental remediation and construction at Department of Defense sites worldwide, with ordering authority expiring September 25, 2020—the vehicle is no longer accepting new orders and ordering closed five years nine months ago. The shared ceiling is three billion dollars.

WERC09 awarded 324 task orders between November 2008 and September 2015, delivering $1.35 billion in combined potential value across 49 prime contractors and seven customer agencies. Obligated dollars reached $1.26 billion, representing 93% of combined potential value. Task-order velocity declined sharply after 2013: the vehicle issued 59 orders in 2011, 72 in 2012, 43 in 2013, 39 in 2014, and only 1 in 2015, signaling wind-down activity ahead of the September 2020 ordering deadline.

Scope centers on petroleum, oil, and lubricant (POL) facility repairs and fuel tank inspection and maintenance at Air Force bases worldwide, complemented by performance-based remediation projects at major sites including Hill Air Force Base Utah ($71.2 million obligated), Tyndall Air Force Base Florida ($32.3 million), Galena Alaska ($45.8 million), and Eielson Air Force Base Alaska ($21.6 million). Work spans CONUS and OCONUS locations including Germany, Turkey, Portugal, Japan, South Korea, and United Kingdom. Task orders typically employed firm fixed price, with representative values ranging from under one million to eight million dollars; notable mega-orders for performance-based remediation reached $45.8 million (Galena) and $71.2 million (Hill AFB).

Competition concentrated among five primes holding 44% of task-order count: Aptim Federal Services (29 orders, $162.5 million), Gilbane Federal (36 orders, $71.3 million), WSP USA Environment & Infrastructure (30 orders, $76.4 million), Weston Solutions (26 orders, $90.8 million), and Environmental Chemical Corporation (23 orders, $36.1 million); the remaining 44 primes split the balance. By potential value, concentration was less pronounced: Aptim led at $162.5 million, followed by FPM Remediations ($108.5 million), Cape Environmental Management ($97.4 million), Weston ($90.8 million), and WSP ($76.4 million), with the top five holding roughly 40% of combined potential value.

Customer concentration skewed heavily toward Defense Logistics Agency Energy, which placed 163 orders ($259.6 million) representing roughly 50% of task-order volume and approximately 19% of combined potential value; Air Force Civil Engineer Center placed 49 orders ($1.03 billion), representing about 76% of combined potential value. Set-asides remained minimal: 77% of orders carried no set-aside, 15% were small business, 5% competitive 8(a), and 2% partial small business, reflecting the vehicle's focus on large environmental remediation programs where unrestricted competition dominated.

WERC09, administered through the Air Force Center for Engineering and the Environment (AFCEE), is a five-year Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (ID/IQ) contract focused on environmental remediation and site cleanup at Department of Defense sites, mostly Air Force bases, around the world.