The Ottery Group, Inc.

The Ottery Group, Inc., a for-profit Subchapter S Corporation based in Silver Spring, Maryland, delivers archaeological surveys, cultural resource management, and historic preservation compliance services as a prime contractor (100% of recent awards) across civilian federal agencies, operating predominantly under GSA Multiple Award Schedule task orders with a split between total small business set-asides and full-and-open competition.

The Ottery Group specializes in Phase I and Phase II archaeological surveys, archaeological monitoring and testing, geophysical surveys, and determinations of National Register of Historic Places eligibility — work that supports federal agencies' compliance with the National Historic Preservation Act and the National Environmental Policy Act. Representative prime work includes a $308,189.88 delivery order from the National Park Service (National Office) for archaeological monitoring across OMR North & South properties (awarded April 4, 2024); a $198,854.36 delivery order from the Department of Energy's Southeastern Power Administration for a Phase 1 archaeological survey of transmission line structures in Arkansas (awarded August 27, 2025); and a $206,848.62 delivery order from the National Park Service for archaeological evaluation and monitoring supporting Ohanapecosh Campground rehabilitation at Mount Rainier National Park in Washington State (awarded March 5, 2026). The company also holds a single-award Blanket Purchase Agreement with the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (Delaware office) valued at $500,000 and running through March 19, 2027, which establishes a framework for task orders supporting cultural resource compliance across the Northeast Region.

Customer concentration clusters within the Department of the Interior's National Park Service National Office, which represents 11 awards and $1.6 million in combined potential value (about one-third of the total portfolio), followed by the USDA NRCS Northeast Region (7 awards, $589 thousand), the Department of Energy's Southeastern Power Administration (5 awards, $569 thousand), and the Department of the Army Installation Management Command Headquarters (3 awards, $459 thousand). The top five agencies account for 73% of recent awards by count and potential value. The vendor operates across 13 distinct federal agencies, with the National Park Service dominance reflecting both National Office assignments and regional Northeast office work.

The Ottery Group places all work against the GSA Multiple Award Schedule (34 task orders, $3.2 million combined potential value) and an Army Indefinite Delivery Contract (W9124710D0029, 2 task orders, $459 thousand). The vendor's GSA Schedule labor portfolio carries 12 active categories spanning Archaeological Technician I roles at $27.93 per hour (bachelor's degree, one year experience) through Principal Investigator positions at $84.79 per hour (master's degree, fifteen years experience), with no security-cleared labor offered. Mid-tier roles include Archeologist (Field or Lab Supervisor) at $58.85 per hour and Senior Archeologist (Field or Lab Director) at $69.82 per hour.

Activity over the past five years shows pronounced volatility, peaking at eleven awards in 2023, then declining to four in 2024 and three in 2025 before stabilizing at two awards to date in 2026. Combined potential value across all 48 awards totals $5 million, with $3.6 million obligated (72% execution rate). Four awards with ultimate completion dates in the next twenty-four months carry combined potential value of $848 thousand and represent recompete exposure. The vendor competes across both total small business set-asides (approximately 40% of recent awards) and unrestricted delivery orders, with no subcontract footprint — all 48 awards are prime positions.

The firm is a full-service cultural resource management firm. We provide a wide variety of technical and regulatory services in archeology, historic preservation, geophysics, and cultural resource planning and have extensive experience in preparing EAs and EISs under NEPA as well as implementing Sections 106 and 110 of the NHPA.