Office of Environment Health Safety and Security

The Department of Energy Office of Environment Health Safety and Security is a civilian sub-agency within the Department of Energy responsible for procuring environment, health, and safety services and funding related research and operational programs across the federal nuclear complex and energy enterprise.

The Office has awarded 72 federal contracts totaling $579 million in combined potential value since 2004, with $415.5 million obligated to date. Contract activity has remained steady over the last five years, averaging between 5 and 8 awards annually: 5 awards in 2022, 6 in 2023, 8 in 2024, 6 in 2025, and 6 year-to-date in 2026. The competitive landscape is concentrated by value. Centerra Group, LLC leads recent activity with a single $187.7 million award, followed by Global Engineering & Technology Inc. with $70.2 million and Decisiveinstincts, LLC with $41.9 million; these three firms hold 54 percent of combined potential value in recent awards. By award count, concentration is more fragmented—the top five primes by count (The Escal Institute Of Advanced Technologies, Inc., Ambitec, Inc., Red Six Solutions, LLC, Daniel J Edelman Inc., and Assyst Inc.) collectively hold 29 percent of recent awards, each with one to two contracts. Across the 51 distinct prime contractors in the portfolio, 82 percent of awards carry no set-aside designation, with the remainder split among small-business set-asides (10 percent), 8(a) sole source (3 percent), woman-owned small business (3 percent), and competitive 8(a) (1 percent).

The Office has issued 18 federal grants since 2005, obligating $433 million in federal dollars. Grant activity is episodic: no awards in most years, with isolated activity in 2013, 2018, and 2021, then two awards in 2023 and one in 2024; the most recent grant award closed on June 1, 2024. Among the last five years of activity, Hirosoft International LLC received one award ($739 thousand federal dollars obligated) and The Regents Of The University Of California, San Francisco received one ($262 thousand); a third award to the University Of Washington carries unreported federal dollar value. Grant funding is dominated by Cooperative Agreements, which account for 78 percent of all awards, with Project Grants comprising the remaining 22 percent.

No recent contract opportunities or grant opportunities are recorded against the Office.