HDR Environmental Awarded $75 Million Navy Marine and Biological Species Monitoring Contract
Anna Davis09/19/2025
Contract Award Defense
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The Naval Facilities Engineering Command Atlantic (NAVFAC Atlantic) has awarded an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract for marine and biological resources monitoring and program management services to HDR Environmental, Operations & Construction. The contract is valued at up to $75 million over a potential five-year period, with work to be performed at various locations worldwide. The contract was competed on an unrestricted basis, with no set-aside, and the place of performance includes NAVFAC Atlantic and Pacific Areas of Responsibility as well as global sites.
Work to be Completed Under Marine and Biological Resources Monitoring Contract
According to the solicitation, the primary objective of this contract is to provide marine resources monitoring and program management services in support of U.S. Navy environmental compliance and regulatory reporting requirements. The scope covers the Commander, Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command Atlantic and Pacific Areas of Responsibility (AOR), as well as other Department of Defense or federal agency sites worldwide.
Services under the contract will be delivered through individual task orders over a base year plus four option years, not exceeding 60 months in total. The contractor will be responsible for implementing components of the U.S. Navy’s Marine Species Monitoring Program, which includes:
- Aerial, shipboard, and land-based visual surveys
- Passive acoustic monitoring
- Tagging and tracking of marine species
- Behavioral monitoring
- Biopsy sampling
- Habitat assessments
- Data management
- Preparation of management plans and regulatory reports such as Marine Mammal Protection Act authorization requests and Endangered Species Act Biological Assessments
The contractor must provide access to professional expertise, research facilities, equipment, tools, instrumentation, materials, labor, supervision, and transportation necessary for these services. Additionally, HDR Environmental will be required to manage multiple field studies concurrently across several geographic regions.
The contract also stipulates strict quality assurance measures. According to the Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan (QASP), performance will be monitored through regular deliverables such as progress reports, work plans, fieldwork summaries, and annual project reports. Payments are structured on a monthly basis contingent upon Navy review and acceptance of deliverables.
Background information from the sources sought notice highlights that all work must comply with a range of federal environmental laws—including the Sikes Act, Clean Water Act, Endangered Species Act, Marine Mammal Protection Act—and relevant Department of Defense regulations. Work outside the United States must adhere to international and host nation laws as well as Status of Forces Agreements where applicable.
The contractor is expected to maintain physical office locations in San Diego (CA), Norfolk or Virginia Beach (VA), and Honolulu (HI), ensuring regional coverage for Navy training and testing activities in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, Pacific Ocean, and beyond.
Awardee Details: HDR Environmental Operations & Construction
The contract was awarded to HDR Environmental Operations & Construction, based in Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania. The company has a history of supporting NAVFAC Atlantic on similar environmental monitoring projects. Notable recent contracts include:
- LANT IDIQ - Unomia Removal ($11.6M)
- Atlantic Behavioral Response Study II - Continuously Active Sonar ($4M)
- P-209 DD3 Replacement Marine Mitigation Actions ($3.7M)
- Sediment Sampling for Ocean/Upland Disposal ($2.7M)
- Sediment Sampling for Ocean/Upland Disposal ($2M)
- X001 P271 E-XX CCD ($2M)
- Nearshore & Mid-Shelf Baleen Whale Monitoring (2022-2023) ($1.8M)
- Task Order N6247020F4024 - A-E Services for DBB Package ($1.6M)
- Update Standard Magazines ($1.6M)
- US Marine Species Monitoring Program Management ($1.6M)
This new award further extends HDR Environmental’s portfolio in supporting Navy environmental stewardship initiatives through advanced marine species monitoring and compliance activities.
This award was disclosed by the DoD in its daily press release. Additional contract details will be available on HigherGov once disclosed by the government in approximately 90 days under N6247025D0010 after the contract is formally disclosed by the government.
