Far Western Anthropological Research Group, Inc.

Far Western Anthropological Research Group, Inc., a for-profit Subchapter S corporation headquartered in Davis, California, delivers archaeological surveys, cultural resource management, historic preservation compliance, and tribal consultation services to federal agencies across the western United States, Hawaii, and Pacific Islands as a prime contractor (100% of recent awards). Far Western competes predominantly in full-and-open procurement — the majority of its recent awards carry no set-aside designation, though a subset of work is awarded under Total Small Business set-asides.

Far Western's customer base is concentrated in defense and Interior Department installations. The Department of the Navy Naval Facilities Engineering Command anchors the footprint with 57 awards worth $130.7 million combined potential value, representing a disproportionate share of dollars relative to award count. The United States Marine Corps places 69 awards ($11.2 million), and the Department of the Army Corps of Engineers Engineering District Sacramento holds 10 awards worth $52.8 million, reflecting the vendor's specialization in federal military and infrastructure project support. The top five customer agencies account for 50% of recent awards and 81% of combined potential value, with the Navy NAVFAC customer alone representing roughly 50% of the dollar footprint. This concentration reflects Far Western's established position on defense installation cultural resource vehicles and its role in National Historic Preservation Act and archaeological compliance work at domestic military sites and sensitive ranges.

Far Western holds three primary parent vehicles. The NAVFAC Southwest Cultural Resources Related Services vehicle (2011–2014 period, now legacy) carries 114 task orders worth $23.2 million. The GSA Multiple Award Schedule, established October 2022 through October 2027, enables nationwide task-order access and carries 106 task orders ($21.2 million); the Schedule posts 25 labor categories ranging from $68.75 per hour (Staff Archaeologist C) through $203.56 per hour (Principal Investigator A), with education requirements from high school through master's degree and no security-cleared roles. Two Navy indefinite delivery contracts — N6247320D0009 and N6247314D1413 — carry 56 and 19 task orders respectively. Far Western also holds a $49 million Total Small Business set-aside Indefinite Delivery Contract with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Engineering District Sacramento (awarded September 2022, performance through September 2027) under the Cultural and Environmental Resources Services Multiple Award Task Order Contract framework, and a single-award $499,989.21 Indefinite Delivery Contract with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Region 1 covering Pacific Islands cultural resource investigations (awarded September 2024, through September 2027).

Representative recent prime contract work includes a $830,150.55 firm fixed-price delivery order from Naval Facilities Engineering Command for post-fire survey at San Clemente Island (awarded September 2024, completion October 2026); a $997,364.32 delivery order from Navy Installations Command for NAS Fallon FRTC B-17 Survey (awarded February 2024, completion February 2026); a $1.45 million delivery order under the Army Corps MATOC for the Lower San Joaquin River Project Phases A–F (awarded March 2024, completion March 2029); a $479,625.52 Total Small Business set-aside delivery order from Navy Installations Command for post-fire archaeological and Native American monitoring at San Clemente Island (awarded September 2024, completion September 2026); and a $897,558 BPA call from the U.S. Forest Service Idaho Region for archaeological inventory at Caldwell (awarded June 2026, completion March 2027). These awards reflect Far Western's core capability in systematic archaeological survey, site recordation, GIS documentation, Ground Penetrating Radar and Magnetometry deployment, tribal coordination, and environmental compliance reporting at federal installations and public-lands projects.

Activity has been stable to growing over the past five years — ten awards in 2022, twelve in 2023, seventeen in 2024, with only five recorded in the current 2025 data window and one in 2026, reflecting partial-year reporting. Eleven awards (combined potential value $6.6 million) reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months and therefore face recompete exposure. The vendor's SCI-reported invoiced activity is minimal — $119 thousand across FY2023 (0.4 FTEs) with zero FY2024 invoicing, suggesting that most delivery orders and task orders are not crossing the $150,000 SCI reporting threshold or that invoicing has not yet been reported. The SCI footprint is too sparse to characterize workforce scale or subcontract engagement at the enterprise level; the broader award portfolio shows Far Western operating as a 100% prime contractor with negligible sub-award presence (two sub-awards across 433 total awards), suggesting the vendor builds its own delivery teams rather than leaning on subcontractors.

Far Western holds one visible sub-award — a $1.45 million NTTR goods-and-services sub-award to Leidos under a contract running December 2025 through September 2028 — and one grant sub-award as a sub-recipient under a California Department of Parks and Recreation Historic Preservation Fund grant for Mission La Purisima Concepcion documentation (awarded May 2023). The overwhelming prime focus and minimal sub presence indicate Far Western operates as an integrated service provider rather than as a feeder to larger contractors.

Categorically, Far Western's work falls under Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services (NAICS 541690, 153 awards), Environmental Consulting Services (NAICS 541620, 115 awards), and Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities (NAICS 541720, 83 awards); in PSC terms, Special Studies/Analysis—Archeological/Paleontological dominates (190 awards), followed by Special Studies/Analysis—Historical (109 awards). The vendor's geographic scope spans active work at installations and public lands across California, Nevada, Utah, Idaho, and Pacific territories, with administrative oversight and proposal development anchored in Davis.

Far Western specializes in prehistoric archaeology and the management of these cultural resources. The firm has been contracting with State, Federal and private businesses since 1979. Calif. and the Great Basin are our areas of expertise.