Hartgen Archeological Associates, Inc.

Hartgen Archeological Associates, Inc., a for-profit Subchapter S corporation headquartered in Rensselaer, New York, delivers Phase 1A and Phase 1B archaeological surveys, cultural resources management, and historic preservation consulting services to federal agencies as a prime contractor, competing predominantly under small business set-asides and total small business designations on single-award BPAs through the GSA Multiple Award Schedule.

The vendor's footprint is sharply concentrated in environmental and archaeological compliance work for the Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service Northeast Region, which accounts for 69 of 101 total awards (88% of all customer award count) and $8.8 million of the $11.7 million combined potential value. Hartgen performs Phase 1A and Phase 1B archaeological investigations supporting Environmental Quality Incentives Program conservation projects and agricultural conservation easements across New York State, with secondary work in Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, New Jersey, and eastern Pennsylvania. The Department of the Interior's National Park Service Northeast Region places 12 awards valued at $335 thousand, and the Forest Service R9-Eastern Region holds two awards worth $1.2 million. Dollar concentration diverges sharply from award count — the Forest Service and GSA Federal Acquisition Service together account for $2.3 million (20% of potential value) across only three awards, while NRCS Northeast Region's 69 awards spread across multiple small BPA calls and delivery orders.

Hartgen holds five active Blanket Purchase Agreements: a $6 million single-award BPA with NRCS Northeast Region for cultural resources and historic preservation services in New York State through September 2027 (awarded October 1, 2024, with more than 68 call orders issued); a $1 million single-award BPA with NRCS Northeast Region for Connecticut and Rhode Island cultural resources investigations through November 2028 (awarded November 27, 2023); a $365 thousand single-award BPA with NRCS Northeast Region for New Jersey cultural resources services through July 2027 (awarded August 1, 2026); a $250 thousand single-award BPA with NRCS New Hampshire through June 2028 (awarded June 26, 2023); and a $900 thousand single-award BPA with the Forest Service Region 9 for historic preservation services through February 2028 (awarded February 3, 2023). A separate $250 thousand multi-award Blanket Purchase Agreement with the Forest Service Region 9 for facilities construction and commercial services runs through February 2032. Representative work includes a $61.7 thousand delivery order from NRCS Northeast Region for archaeological services supporting parking drainage work at a federal facility in Hyde Park, New York (August 2026, firm fixed price); a $148 thousand BPA call from the National Park Service for archaeological and historic preservation services under the Secretary of the Interior's Professional Qualification Standards (February 2024); a $140.8 thousand call from the Department of the Interior for cultural resources management activities in Rhode Island (July 2025); and a $75.3 thousand delivery order from NRCS Northeast Region for cultural resources work on the Whitestown FPE Recovery Project (February 2024, extended through January 2025).

Activity has grown steadily — six awards in 2022 to 18 in 2025 — though 2026 activity (11 awards through August) sits below the prior year's pace. Only one award reaches ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months (combined potential value $62 thousand), positioning Hartgen with minimal recompete exposure in the near term; the bulk of the BPA portfolio runs through mid-to-late 2027 and beyond. All 114 task orders under the Multiple Award Schedule carry roughly $9.7 million in combined potential value, the primary vehicle for NRCS and NPS work. Hartgen's obligated dollars total $2.1 million (18% of combined potential value), reflecting the typical cash-flow lag on federal archaeological and compliance services work. The vendor subcontracts minimally — two sub-awards across the source data, one as a NEPA consulting sub to WSP USA Solutions Inc. (July 2023) and one for archaeological monitoring to HDR-OBG A Joint Venture (June 2024). Work is performed primarily in upstate New York (Rensselaer, Syracuse, project sites throughout the Northeast) with administrative oversight and some field work from the Rensselaer headquarters. The vendor has been registered in SAM.gov since 2002 and operates exclusively in the environmental consulting services and archaeological investigation space.

Section 106 Compliance Services; Cultural Resource Management; Phase 1A, 1B, 2, and 3 archeological survey and documentation; Archeological monitoring; Archeological geophysical remote sensing surveys (Ground-penetrating radar and Magnetometry); Historic Resource Survey; National Register of Historic Places nominations; HABS (Historic American Building Survey); HAER (Historic American Engineering Record); HALS (Historic American Landscape Survey); Cultural Landscape Study; Cultural Resource Management Plans; Terrestrial Laser Scanning documentation.