Veolia Water West Operating Services Inc.

Veolia Water West Operating Services Inc., a foreign-owned corporation headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, operates and maintains wastewater treatment infrastructure for the International Boundary and Water Commission U.S.-Mexico as a prime contractor, exclusively on a full-and-open basis with no set-aside designations. The vendor delivers operations, maintenance, emergency repair, and capital rehabilitation services at the South Bay International Wastewater Treatment Plant (SBIWTP), a 25 million gallon per day facility treating wastewater originating from Tijuana, Baja California, in San Diego, California.

Veolia's federal footprint is highly concentrated and specialized. All twelve awards in recent years come from a single customer agency—the International Boundary and Water Commission U.S.-Mexico—totaling $191.5 million in combined potential value across both routine operations and emergency response work. The customer concentration reflects Veolia's role as the standing operations and maintenance contractor for SBIWTP; the vendor has served the Commission since at least 2015. Concrete recent work includes a $27.29 million firm fixed-price definitive contract awarded April 1, 2026, for ongoing operation of the SBIWTP through May 2027; a $13.25 million contract awarded May 17, 2025, for repair and rehabilitation of belt filter presses addressing plant infrastructure failures and permit violations, with completion scheduled for August 2026; and a $3.5 million cost-plus-no-fee emergency contract awarded September 30, 2023, for replacement of Waste Activated Sludge Pumps and related equipment following damage from Tropical Storm Hilary. The vendor also holds smaller contracts for discrete maintenance tasks—sand removal, gate lifting, grit chamber cleaning, bar screen repairs, and pump replacement—valued between $150 thousand and $1 million, typically awarded on firm fixed-price terms for work in August 2023 and ratified as unauthorized commitments. An additional $6.99 million contract for temporary bypass pumping to support the JB-1 rehabilitation project (awarded August 10, 2023, due June 2026) rounds out the portfolio.

Activity shows a sharp spike in 2023 (eight awards, primarily emergency work and maintenance tasks following tropical storm damage) with a single award each in 2025 and 2026. Two awards totaling $40.5 million in combined potential value reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, creating recompete opportunity in the operations and maintenance cycle. Obligated spend is high relative to potential value—$173.4 million of the $191.5 million combined potential value has been obligated (91%)—indicating active draw-down of contract ceilings. The vendor operates as a 100% prime contractor with no subcontract footprint in the source data. NAICS concentration is narrow: sewage treatment facilities represent all twelve awards, with performance split primarily between operation of sewage and waste facilities (PSC code, six awards) and installation of water purification and sewage treatment equipment (five awards).