Taber Drilling

Taber Drilling is a minority-owned, woman-owned small business headquartered in West Sacramento, California, that specializes in geotechnical exploration and drilling services for federal infrastructure projects. The company provides comprehensive subsurface investigation capabilities including soil and rock drilling, cone penetration testing, aquifer testing, water quality analysis, and instrumentation installation to support civil works, transportation, and water resource development initiatives across the United States. Taber Drilling maintains active federal contracting relationships with multiple government agencies and holds specialized expertise in geotechnical characterization of soil and rock formations for both public works and emergency response projects.

Taber Drilling has received prime federal contract awards totaling approximately $1.3 million across multiple federal agencies, with the vast majority of work performed under delivery orders and blanket purchase agreement calls issued by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District and the Federal Highway Administration. The company's recent prime awards include a $917,800 firm fixed-price delivery order from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for geotechnical exploration services supporting Orange Vale Water Company's municipal water supply well development in Orangevale, California, with work scheduled for completion by March 28, 2026. Prior Corps of Engineers delivery orders include $107,155 for geotechnical explorations supporting the American River Common Features Natomas project, $52,460 for the Natomas Basin West Drainage Canal project, and $94,695 for drilling services at the Shafer Headquarters location. Taber Drilling has also provided services to the Federal Highway Administration through multiple blanket purchase agreement calls valued between $7,000 and $15,000, including pavement drilling work on Hot Spring Road, Eagle Lake Road, and emergency relief projects in national forests across California. The company performed a $40,000 purchase order for geophysical and borehole drilling services to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Pacific Southwest Research Station. None of Taber Drilling's individual prime contract awards carried set-aside designations, though the company qualifies for and has leveraged small business set-asides. The company has also served as a subcontractor, performing subsurface investigation and exploratory boring services for Tetra Tech-Black & Veatch JV in February 2025 and providing remediation services as a subcontractor to CH2M Hill, Inc. in February 2024.

Taber Drilling holds a $9.9 million indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity multiple-award contract with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Engineering District Sacramento, set aside for total small businesses, running through April 13, 2028. This contract vehicle authorizes the company to provide comprehensive testing and drilling services supporting the Corps' civil works mission throughout California. The scope of work under this IDIQ includes soil drilling and sampling using various methods such as hollow stem flight augers, solid stem flight augers, and mud-rotary techniques; sonic drilling; rock core drilling up to six inches in diameter; in-situ testing including standard penetrometer and Shelby tube sampling; test pit excavation; cone penetrometer testing; and installation of piezometers, observation wells, percolation tests, inclinometers, and related instrumentation. The contract requires preparation of associated logs, records, and as-built diagrams, as well as provision of licensed geologist or engineer support on request. The Corps of Engineers Sacramento District has issued multiple delivery orders under this IDIQ vehicle, demonstrating an active procurement relationship that enables rapid deployment of specialized hydrogeological services for water resource infrastructure projects and civil works initiatives.