R. Christopher Goodwin & Associates, Inc.

R. Christopher Goodwin & Associates, Inc., a for-profit cultural resource management firm headquartered in Jefferson, Louisiana, delivers archaeological surveys, Phase I and Phase II site investigations, historic property assessments, and federal compliance documentation exclusively as a prime contractor to civilian land management agencies and the Army Corps of Engineers. The vendor operates across 402 federal awards spanning forty years, with combined potential value of $607.4 million, and competes under both total small business set-asides and full-and-open designations roughly in equal measure across its prime footprint.

The vendor's customer concentration is extreme and centered on a single customer district. The Department of the Army Corps of Engineers Engineering District New Orleans accounts for 84 awards with $472.7 million in combined potential value — roughly 78% of the vendor's total potential-value base. The broader Corps footprint (all districts plus the main contracting office) adds another 125 awards worth $52.2 million combined. The Department of Agriculture Forest Service accounts for 48 awards across the Washington Office ($50 million LMIR BPA) and Region 8 Southern Region ($14.3 million), and the Department of the Interior National Park Service, Department of Veterans Affairs, and Federal Highway Administration represent smaller customer relationships. Of the vendor's 402 total prime awards, the top five customer entities or offices account for 73% of award count and 97% of potential value. Obligated dollars total $42.6 million across the portfolio — only 7% of potential value — indicating a backlog of unexecuted ceiling value typical of indefinite delivery vehicles.

Goodwin's vehicle portfolio is anchored by three large indefinite delivery contracts. The vendor holds a $457.7 million indefinite delivery contract (DACW2901D0017) with the Corps of Engineers, against which 36 task orders have been issued for Phase I and Phase II cultural resources investigations and archaeological surveys. A $50 million Land Management Integrated Resources National BPA (LMIR) awarded by the USDA Forest Service Washington Office in March 2024 runs through March 2033 and carries a no-set-aside designation; task orders under this vehicle range from $184,476 to $203,915 for archaeological surveys spanning thousands of acres across Bienville, Kisatchie, and other Southern Region national forests. The vendor also holds a $20 million single-award indefinite delivery contract with the Corps' Mississippi Valley Division (awarded June 2025, total small business set-aside) for cultural resources professional services across New Orleans, Vicksburg, and Memphis districts. GSA Multiple Award Schedule task orders represent the vendor's fourth-largest vehicle, with 107 task orders totaling $8.6 million combined potential value. Recent MAS orders include a $199,945.96 delivery order from the Department of Veterans Affairs for an archaeological survey in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania (August 2025), a $187,900.50 delivery order from the National Park Service for Section 110 archaeology at Brandywine Valley National Recreation Area in Delaware, and a $157,420.16 delivery order from the Federal Highway Administration for cultural resource survey at El Yunque National Forest, Puerto Rico.

Award activity has been volatile and uneven. Over the past five years, the vendor averaged eight awards per year, ranging from five in 2023 to twelve in both 2022 and 2025. Only eleven awards carrying combined potential value of $1.8 million face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, indicating minimal near-term recompete exposure relative to the vendor's total backlog. The most recent award was a September 1, 2026 BPA call from the Forest Service Region 8 for Phase 1 heritage survey work at Muddy Creek, Arkansas (ceiling $161,350.33). The vendor's work is characterized by firm fixed-price delivery orders and BPA calls, with typical order values between $30,000 and $250,000 for Phase I surveys and $70,000 to $200,000 for Phase II investigations and heritage assessments.

GSA Schedule labor rates span $52.59 to $210.35 per hour across 25 active categories, supporting field-level archaeologists, field directors, and nautical archaeologists at the lower end ($52–$75 range) through senior architectural historians and principal investigators at the higher end ($113–$210 range). Advanced roles require master's degrees and up to fifteen years of experience; no clearance is specified for any labor category. The portfolio characterizes a specialized, credentials-intensive professional services operation with no apparent defense or classified-work capability, no subcontractor footprint, and geographic concentration in the Deep South and Southeast, with recent expansion to the Mid-Atlantic and Puerto Rico. Work is organized around Phase I and Phase II archaeological investigations, Section 106 National Historic Preservation Act compliance documentation, and heritage surveys supporting federal land stewardship obligations at national forests, national parks, Army Corps projects, and veterans' facilities.

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