Natural Resources Consulting Engineers, Inc.

Natural Resources Consulting Engineers, Inc., doing business as N R C E, provides expert witness services, litigation support, and environmental engineering consultation to federal agencies on a full-and-open basis as a prime contractor, with a secondary footprint in international infrastructure engineering through an IDIQ vehicle. The Oakland, California–based for-profit entity has no SBA set-aside designations and competes in unrestricted procurements across NAICS 541613 (All Other Legal Services), 541330 (Engineering Services), and 541620 (Environmental Consulting Services).

The vendor's federal footprint is heavily concentrated in litigation and expert witness work. The Department of Justice Environment and Natural Resources Division dominates the portfolio—68 awards with $17.1 million combined potential value represent 69% of award count coverage. Work spans environmental protection, public lands, wildlife, and water infrastructure litigation, performed on time-and-materials purchase orders with ultimate completion dates extending through 2031. Representative recent awards include a $660,233 ceiling expert witness contract (June 2025, DOJ), a $419,505.55 expert witness order (August 2024, Justice Management Division), a $354,764 expert witness engagement (August 2024, DOJ), and a $175,042 expert witness purchase order (February 2026, DOJ). Performance locations include Oakland and Fort Collins, Colorado. The Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs Western Region contributes 12 awards ($2.2 million combined potential value), and smaller exposure exists with the Department of Agriculture and Bureau of Indian Affairs education programs.

The vendor holds a substantial indefinite delivery contract with the U.S. Agency for International Development under the Global Architecture Engineer Services III multiple-award IDIQ. Two USAID awards—valued at one billion dollars and $800 million respectively—anchor the combined potential value at $1.85 billion overall, though these represent speculative IDIQ ceilings rather than obligated work. Active task order penetration on the USAID vehicles is minimal; the source identifies one task order under the Water and Development IDIQ worth $26.8 million. Eight awards (combined potential value $4 million) reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, presenting recompete exposure concentrated in the DOJ litigation support segment.

Activity has declined modestly over the past five years—two awards in 2022 through five in 2024, with three in 2025 and four in 2026—suggesting a stable but not expanding pipeline. Across SCI-reportable federal service contracts, the vendor invoiced $6.2 million over FY2022–FY2025, with a peak of $3.3 million (31.6 FTEs) in FY2022 declining to $1.2 million (3.0 FTEs) in FY2025. Government-paid hourly rates on federal service contracts ran a median of $204.28 per hour, with 10th percentile rates of $134.79 per hour and 90th percentile rates of $240.84 per hour. The vendor operates as a 100% prime contractor with zero subcontractor engagement across both the contract portfolio and SCI records, indicating full self-performance of all work and no teaming footprint as a sub or supplier to larger integrators.

NRCE is a civil, environmental, and water resources consulting engineering firm. Our services range from appraisal-level feasibility studies to detailed engineering design reports, investigations, and expert witness testimony.