Elizabeth Dunn

Elizabeth Dunn is a woman-owned small business sole proprietorship located in Benton, Illinois that provides services to support operations at facilities managed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Through prime contract awards and calls issued against blanket purchase agreements, Elizabeth Dunn has provided attendant services, including gate attendant and park attendant services, at Rend Lake in southern Illinois.

The attendant services contracted to Elizabeth Dunn entail disseminating information to visitors, registering campers, collecting fees, managing reservations, cleaning facilities, and generally supporting access control and oversight of publicly accessible areas. All the prime contract awards and calls were set aside solely for small businesses. The Army Corps of Engineers has contracted with Elizabeth Dunn for these services, valued between $5,610 and $9,480, with periods of performance ranging from several months to over a year. The awards aimed to facilitate efficient operations and security at Rend Lake by providing attendant coverage on an as-needed basis.

Additionally, the Army Corps awarded Elizabeth Dunn two five-year blanket purchase agreements as small business set-asides to provide attendant services at Rend Lake with potential values of $100,000 and $455,025. The BPAs establish terms for the Corps to procure intermittent attendant services through 2027 and 2028. Under one BPA focused on gate attendant services, the Corps has already issued Elizabeth Dunn a $5,610 call for services through November 2022 and a $9,480 call for services through August 2022. The other BPA covers park attendant services, against which a $7,812 call was placed through October 2023. The BPAs and associated calls provide flexibility in obtaining attendant services from Elizabeth Dunn to support public access and oversight of Rend Lake recreation areas managed by the Army Corps.