Edwards Hunter

Edwards Hunter, doing business as Alpine Test Services, is a self-certified small disadvantaged business and limited liability company based in Alpine, Texas. The firm operates as a sole proprietorship specializing in sediment sampling, hydrological monitoring, and gage maintenance services that support environmental and geological research activities for federal agencies. Alpine Test Services performs field data collection directly in its home market of Alpine, Texas, and has established itself as a reliable partner for the U.S. Geological Survey's water resource monitoring and geological survey programs.

Alpine Test Services has received multiple federal contract awards from the U.S. Geological Survey Office of Acquisitions and Grants, primarily focused on sediment sampling and gage maintenance services along the Rio Grande in and near Big Bend National Park, Texas. The company's contract award history includes a purchase order contract awarded on March 14, 2022, valued at $179,098.35 with a completion date of December 31, 2026, which was designated as a Total Small Business set-aside. Additionally, the firm has received two delivery order task orders under its larger indefinite delivery contract: one awarded on June 9, 2023, valued at $41,863.60 with a completion date of December 31, 2023, and another awarded on December 4, 2024, valued at $36,076.66 with a completion date of December 8, 2025. Most recently, on December 2, 2025, Alpine Test Services received a firm fixed-price delivery order valued at $49,620 for continued sediment sampling and gage maintenance services at Rio Grande in Big Bend National Park, with an ultimate completion date of December 31, 2026. None of the delivery order task orders were subject to set-aside designations, though they were issued under the larger IDIQ contract that was originally solicited as a total small business set-aside. All of these contracts support the USGS's mission to collect and disseminate water resource data for hydrological monitoring and watershed condition analysis.

Edwards Hunter holds a single-award indefinite delivery contract with the U.S. Geological Survey Office of Acquisitions and Grants, awarded on June 1, 2023, with a potential ceiling value of $499,999 and an ultimate completion date of May 31, 2028. This five-year IDIQ contract was originally solicited as a total small business set-aside and provides support for sediment sampling and gage maintenance activities along the Rio Grande. The contract enables the USGS to issue periodic task orders for ongoing field data collection and hydrological monitoring activities. To date, the USGS has awarded multiple task orders under this IDV vehicle, demonstrating the agency's continued confidence in Alpine Test Services' capability to deliver these specialized environmental monitoring services through May 2028.