New South Associates Awarded $10 Million USACE Cultural Resources Contract
Anna Davis08/15/2026
Contract Award Defense
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced it has awarded a contract for cultural resources services to New South Associates worth up to $10 million over five years. The firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract covers work in the continental United States and overseas and was set aside for women-owned small businesses.
Work to be Completed Under the Cultural Resources Services Contract
The contract will provide multidisciplinary cultural resources support to the USACE Mobile District’s civil works and military programs and its customers.
New South Associates will conduct terrestrial and marine archaeological investigations, historic architectural work, architectural history studies, and historic building documentation. The resulting technical data will support USACE Mobile decision-makers as they carry out the district’s engineering and environmental responsibilities.
The work also includes preparing cultural landscape assessments, Historic Property Management Plans, and Integrated Cultural Resources Management Plans. These services may support compliance and planning activities under federal preservation requirements, including the National Historic Preservation Act.
Additional tasks may include museum support, artifact conservation, curation assessments and inventories. The contractor may also prepare summaries, inventories, and other documentation associated with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act and the Archaeological Resources Protection Act, as well as assist with agreement documents.
The scope further covers Geographic Information System and Global Positioning System services, historic studies, equipment, supplies, and specialized personnel needed to perform cultural resources assignments. Specific work locations, requirements, and funding will be established through individual task orders, with overall contract completion estimated for August 13, 2031.
New South Associates Wins Competitive USACE Award
New South Associates is based in Stone Mountain, Georgia. USACE solicited bids online and received six responses before awarding contract W91278-26-D-A075. The Mobile District in Mobile, Alabama, is the contracting activity.
The company has previously performed cultural resources work for USACE, including a terrestrial survey at Tyndall Air Force Base, a marine cultural resources survey at Eglin Air Force Base, and a cultural resources survey at Bay Springs Lake.
This award was disclosed by the DoW in its daily press release. Additional contract details will be available on HigherGov once disclosed by the government in approximately 90 days under W9127826DA075 after the contract is formally disclosed by the government.
