R. Christopher Goodwin & Associates, Inc.

R. Christopher Goodwin & Associates, Inc., a for-profit cultural resource management firm headquartered in Jefferson, Louisiana, operates exclusively as a prime contractor (100% of awards) delivering archaeological surveys, Phase I and Phase II site investigations, historic property assessments, and federal compliance documentation to civilian land management agencies and the Army Corps of Engineers. The firm competes across both set-aside (Total Small Business) and full-and-open vehicles, with roughly 60% of recent awards carrying small-business designations, particularly on Forest Service BPA calls and GSA Schedule delivery orders.

Customer concentration is acute and anchored by two entities: the Army Corps of Engineers Engineering District New Orleans dominates dollar value at $472.5 million across 82 awards, while the broader Army Corps of Engineers organization (all districts combined) accounts for 123 awards totaling $32 million in potential value. The Department of Agriculture Forest Service Southern Region (Region 8) ranks third by volume with 41 awards worth $13.6 million, followed by the Forest Service Washington Office with a single $50 million Land Management Integrated Resources (LMIR) BPA. These top four customers represent 97% of combined potential value across the vendor's 396-award footprint. The concentration signal is material: the New Orleans District alone carries nearly 78% of all dollars.

Goodwin sits on three primary indefinite delivery vehicles. The largest is Indefinite Delivery Contract DACW2901D0017 (Army Corps of Engineers), a $457.7 million IDIQ generating 36 task orders. The $50 million LMIR BPA with USDA Forest Service Washington Office (awarded March 2024, running through March 2033) anchors longer-term forest-service work; three task orders are visible in the source, ranging from $184 thousand to $203 thousand for Bienville National Forest archaeological surveys. A $7.5 million single-award BPA with Forest Service Region 8 (December 2021 through December 2026, set aside for total small business) supports cultural heritage work across multiple Southern Region national forests; six visible task orders total approximately $1.02 million, including a $249 thousand archaeological survey of 1,646 acres at Kisatchie National Forest's Winn Ranger District and a $199 thousand Phase II site evaluation at the Calcasieu District. The Professional Services Schedule (GSA MAS) carries 107 task orders worth $8.6 million. A newly awarded $20 million single-award IDIQ with the Army Corps of Engineers (June 2025, running through June 2030, set aside for small business) covers cultural resources services across the Mississippi Valley Division (New Orleans, Vicksburg, Memphis Districts) with firm fixed-price task orders and a $10 thousand minimum guarantee.

Recent representative work spans the vendor's geographic and capability range. A $555 thousand Army Corps of Engineers delivery order (February 2022) covered Phase I archaeological survey, topographic data collection, and soils analysis for National Register of Historic Places eligibility in St. James Parish, Louisiana. A $249 thousand Forest Service BPA call (October 2024) executed archaeological surveys across 1,646 acres of four compartments at Kisatchie National Forest's Winn Ranger District. A $215 thousand Forest Service Region 8 BPA call (October 2024) for heritage survey of a proposed timber sale area in Jackson, Mississippi carried a no-cost weather extension through December 2025. The vendor also holds delivery orders across the Eastern United States—a $187 thousand National Park Service order (awarded September 2023) for Section 110 archaeology and abandoned mine lands surveys at Brandywine Valley National Recreation Area in Delaware, and a $199 thousand Department of Veterans Affairs order (August 2025) for an archaeological survey in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania.

Activity has grown modestly in recent years—12 awards in 2022, declining to 5 in 2023, then rising to 7 in 2024 and 12 in 2025—with only 2 awards in 2026 year-to-date. Only 7 awards (combined potential value $1.1 million) reach ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months, presenting a shallow recompete cliff. The vendor's award history stretches back to December 1986; combined potential value across the 396-award portfolio stands at $606.5 million, of which $41.7 million is obligated (7% of ceiling).

Goodwin's labor portfolio on the GSA Schedule spans 25 categories at hourly rates between $52.59 and $210.35, grounded in archaeology and earth science credentials. Field-level positions (Field Archaeologist, $52.59/hr) require a bachelor's degree and three years' experience with no clearance. Senior roles include Nautical Archeologist II ($75.07/hr, master's, two years), Senior Architectural Historian ($113.03/hr, master's, ten years), and Principal Investigator ($210.35/hr, master's, fifteen years). No security-clearance positions are listed across the portfolio, consistent with the firm's civilian cultural resource compliance focus.

The top NAICS categories are Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities (113 awards) and Environmental Consulting Services (96 awards), with the PSC code Special Studies/Analysis–Archeological/Paleontological dominating at 242 awards. The vendor has no named subsidiaries, operates as a single entity under a for-profit corporate structure, and performs no subcontracted work in the visible portfolio.

Cultural Resources Management, Archaeological and Historic Architectural Services, Preservation Planning, Marine Archaeology