Office of Environmental Management

The Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management is a civilian sub-agency that procures contracts and administers grants for nuclear-waste remediation, environmental cleanup at DOE sites, and management of surplus materials and critical minerals from the federal inventory. The Office has awarded 3,362 contracts totaling $169.46 billion in combined potential value since 1981, with $134.39 billion obligated to date, and has distributed 226 grants worth $1.02 billion in federal funding since 1988.

Contract activity has declined over the past five years, averaging 225 awards annually: 296 awards in 2022, 287 in 2023, 239 in 2024, 124 in 2025, and 180 year-to-date in 2026. The most recent recorded award date is 2026-10-26. Among 866 distinct prime contractors, competitive concentration is fragmented; the top five primes by award count—Cohnreznick LLP, Attainx Inc., Street Legal Industries LLC, Countertrade Products Inc., and Independent Strategic Management Solutions Inc.—hold 21 percent of recent awards. By potential value over the last five years, Independent Strategic Management Solutions Inc. leads with 32 awards worth $105.2 million, followed by Street Legal Industries LLC (40 awards, $69.6 million) and Attainx Inc. (51 awards, $51.5 million); the top five by value cover essentially zero percent of the combined potential value, a pattern indicating that the agency transacts heavily through Schedule task orders, BPA calls, modifications, or below-threshold purchase orders where dollar values often go unreported. About 59 percent of awards carry no set-aside; small-business set-asides account for 25 percent, with 8(a) sole source (7 percent) and competitive 8(a) (2 percent) dominating the set-aside mix. SDVOSB, WOSB, HUBZone, and other socioeconomic categories represent less than 1 percent combined.

Grant awards have remained modest and stable, with 18 grants in 2022, 20 in 2023, 20 in 2024, 15 in 2025, and 9 year-to-date in 2026; the most recent grant award closed 2026-10-01. Among 104 distinct recipients, concentration is highly fragmented; the top five by award count—New Mexico Environment Department, The Council Of State Governments LTD., State Of Idaho Department Of Environmental Quality, New Mexico State University, and Southern States Energy Board—hold 17 percent of recent grants. By federal dollars, the top five cover only 6 percent, indicating that grant funding is dispersed broadly across state environmental agencies and regional organizations. Assistance types split between Project Grants (48 percent), Cooperative Agreements (41 percent), and Block Grants (11 percent).

Currently open contract opportunities include a Final Request for Proposal for Hanford 222-S Laboratory (due December 10, 2026), an Expression of Interest for DOE Critical Minerals and Materials Inventory reuse and supply-chain diversification (EOI responses due November 2, 2026, with a virtual Industry Day on September 30, 2026), a Pre-Solicitation for Savannah River Nuclear Material & Cleanup Services, and a Pre-Solicitation for EM Mission IT Support Services.

The Environmental Management Office is tasked with cleaning up sites associated with nuclear weapons testing and government sponsored nuclear energy research.