Ohio Valley Archaeology, Inc.

Ohio Valley Archaeology, Inc., a Columbus, Ohio-based women-owned small business and SBA 8(a) certified firm, provides archaeological surveys, geophysical investigations, cultural resource management planning, and related environmental compliance services to federal agencies as a prime contractor (94% of recent awards). The vendor holds certifications as an economically disadvantaged women-owned small business, women-owned small business, and is minority-owned; the 8(a) certification expires January 19, 2027.

Ohio Valley Archaeology operates almost exclusively under set-aside vehicles. Across the recent prime footprint, awards split between 8(a) sole-source and total small-business set-aside designations, with a smaller share of competitive 8(a) and full-and-open awards. The vendor's capability portfolio centers on Phase I and Phase II archaeological field investigations, subsurface testing, geophysical surveys, historic property assessments, Integrated Cultural Resources Management Plans, Section 106 consultation support, and cultural resource inventory work across federal installations and public lands. Representative prime contracts include a $717,321 8(a) sole-source delivery order (August 2025) from Navy Installations Command for maritime context and submerged cultural resources assessment at Naval Station Norfolk through September 2028; a $541,635 delivery order (July 2022) from Naval Facilities Engineering Command for multiple installation archaeology surveys across northern Rocky Mountain and Northwest regions through July 2024; and a $216,641 total small-business purchase order (October 2026) from the Department of Agriculture Forest Service for Phase I heritage and cultural resources inventory surveys across approximately 1,000 acres on Wayne National Forest in southeastern Ohio through September 2027.

Customer concentration is severe: Naval Facilities Engineering Command dominates at 28 awards valued at $14.1 million combined potential value — 65% of all recent awards and 65% of the combined $21.6 million potential value across the entire portfolio. The Department of Agriculture Forest Service (9 awards, $5.1 million combined potential value across two line items in the top-customer split) and the Department of the Interior National Park Service (9 awards, $541 thousand combined potential value) follow distantly. The concentration reflects Ohio Valley Archaeology's embedded position as the single-award 8(a) sole-source IDIQ holder on NAVFAC Atlantic's cultural resource management contract, awarded March 6, 2023, with a $4.5 million ceiling through March 5, 2028.

The vendor holds two primary parent IDIQs. The NAVFAC Atlantic cultural resource management IDIQ (N6247023D0009, $4.5 million, 8(a) sole source, single award) has issued 12 delivery orders totaling $2.8 million combined potential value and covers Phase I and Phase II archaeological surveys, geophysical investigations, historical property assessments, and ICRMPs across Naval Station Norfolk, Naval Air Station Oceana, Naval Station Great Lakes, Naval Support Activity Cutler, NSA Crane, Marine Corps Reserve Center Joliet, and Weapons Beach in Beaufort, South Carolina. A second NAVFAC IDC (N6247018D7001, value not stated) has issued 17 task orders totaling $3.9 million combined potential value for similar cultural resource management services. The vendor also placed 10 task orders under the GSA Multiple Award Schedule totaling $698 thousand combined potential value, primarily for National Park Service archaeological services at Cape Cod National Seashore, Petersburg National Battlefield, Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park, and Hopewell Culture National Historical Park. A third vehicle is the Department of Agriculture Forest Service Monongahela National Forest multiple-award IDIQ (AG55N9C100002, $3.6 million, total small business, awarded September 2026 through August 2031), for which the vendor was one of three to six awardees; work covers cultural resource surveys across ten West Virginia counties with deliverables including West Virginia archaeological forms and GIS shapefiles requiring National Park Service professional qualifications under 36 CFR Part 61.

Activity has remained modest and flat over five years — four awards in 2022, trending to ten in 2023, then eight in 2024 and four in 2025 (including one in October 2026). Twelve awards with ultimate completion dates in the next twenty-four months carry a combined potential value of $2.9 million, creating near-term recompete exposure across multiple NAVFAC delivery orders and GSA MAS task orders.

Ohio Valley Archaeology operates predominantly as a prime contractor but maintains a small sub-award footprint (6% of recent awards by count) as a sub-recipient of federal grant work under the Department of Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency's Cooperative Agreement (CFDA title Field Investigations and Recovery Activities). The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine serves as the prime recipient, issuing sub-awards to Ohio Valley Archaeology for archaeological Phase I field survey, Phase II field testing, and Phase III archaeological recovery operations in Cambodia (Ta Veng District, Ratanakiri Province and Siem Pang District, Stung Treng Province) and Germany (Münster, Nordrhein-Westfalen) dated October 2023, June 2024, October 2024, and January 2026. No SCI-reported invoiced revenue appears in the Service Contract Inventory dataset; the two SCI sub-records in FY2025 represent 0.1 FTEs and account for negligible scope.

GSA Schedule labor portfolio spans 17 categories priced from $41.18 per hour (Field/Lab Technician I, associates degree) through $136.19 per hour (Senior Principal Investigator, master's degree plus ten years experience), with mid-range specialties including Cartographer/GIS Specialist ($70.08/hr), Geophysical Survey Specialist ($102.67/hr), and Senior Project Manager ($98.18/hr). No security-cleared roles are offered. The wage scale reflects Ohio Valley Archaeology's positioning as a field-operations and technical-services firm rather than a cleared-defense contractor.

OVAI has been WBENC Certified through both WBE and WOSB programs. OVAI develops innovative solutions to cultural resource management problems. Its main disciplines are: Prehistoric and Historic Archaeology; Geophysical Survey; GIS Applications; and Cemetery Studies. OVAI has one of the most comprehensive Archaeo-Geophysical programs in the country, having conducted surveys worldwide. Since 1997, OVAI has completed over 1000 cultural resource management projects for a wide variety of federal, state, and local agencies, & private sector clients throughout the US & several foreign countries (Poland, UK, South Africa, and Mexico). OVAI's work includes Sections 106 & 110 NHPA compliance. OVAI held a 4 year IDIQ with the Wayne National Forest, OH and served as cultural resource sub-consultant for DOE contractors. OVAI has successfully completed multiple projects as prime for NPS, DPAA, and has partnered with USACE.