Regional Offices

Environmental Protection Agency Regional Offices, a civilian sub-agency within the Environmental Protection Agency, administers federal environmental protection and remediation contracts and grants across ten regional offices. The EPA Regional Offices procure environmental services, laboratory equipment, emergency response capabilities, and remediation work; they also fund state and local environmental initiatives through federal grants.

The EPA Regional Offices have awarded 26,463 federal contracts totaling $20.11 billion in combined potential value since 1988, with $18.19 billion obligated to date. Contract activity averaged 924 awards in 2022, 869 in 2023, 900 in 2024, 754 in 2025, and 618 year-to-date in 2026. Over the last five years, Environmental Restoration LLC leads by award count with 558 recent awards and $541.4 million in combined potential value, followed by Toeroek Associates, Inc. at 194 awards and $62.5 million, and Tetra Tech, Inc. at 192 awards and $46.3 million. When ranked by potential value, EA Engineering, Science, And Technology, Inc., PBC tops the list at $587.3 million across 115 awards, with Environmental Restoration LLC second at $541.4 million. The top five contractors by award count hold 31 percent of recent awards, while the top five by value hold only 9 percent of combined potential value, indicating moderately concentrated competition by count but highly fragmented concentration by value. The agency awarded 3,972 distinct prime contractors across the portfolio. Eighty-nine percent of awards carry no set-aside designation; small-business set-asides comprise 16 percent of awards, with 8(a) sole-source and competitive awards combining for 3 percent. SDVOSB, HUBZone, and WOSB set-asides each account for under 1 percent of awards.

The EPA Regional Offices have obligated $81.7 billion in federal grant dollars across 17,187 grant awards since 1991, with an additional $14.86 billion in non-federal matching funds, bringing total obligated dollars to $96.56 billion. Grant activity was 2,937 awards in 2023, 2,905 in 2024, 2,408 in 2025, 329 in 2026, and 2 year-to-date in 2027. State environmental agencies dominate the recipient base. Wisconsin Department Of Natural Resources leads by award count at 132 recent awards and $1.2 billion in federal dollars, followed by Michigan Department Of Environment, Great Lakes, And Energy at 131 awards and $1.54 billion. By federal dollars obligated, Florida Department Of Environmental Protection ranks first at $3.54 billion across 71 awards. The top five recipients by award count hold 5 percent of recent awards, while the top five by federal dollars hold 14 percent, indicating highly fragmented recipient concentration. The agency funded 4,346 distinct grant recipients. Grants split nearly evenly across three assistance types: Project Grants comprise 37 percent of awards, Formula Grants 33 percent, and Cooperative Agreements 30 percent.

Recent contract opportunities span laboratory equipment, emergency response services, and facility operations. The EPA Region 5 issued a solicitation for Emergency and Rapid Response Services VI (ERRS) posted October 7, 2026 with due date November 20, 2026 (Total Small Business set-aside); Region 6 and Region 4 posted companion ERRS VI solicitations in late September with November 13 due dates (both Total Small Business set-asides). Laboratory-focused opportunities include a combined synopsis for general lab supplies posted October 8, 2026 due October 16, 2026 (no set-aside); a pre-solicitation for laboratory gases at the Region 7 Science and Technology Center posted August 21, 2026; and Region 10's Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business set-aside for Manchester Laboratory facility operations and maintenance, estimated at $5 million to $8 million, posted September 30 with RFP anticipated October 16, 2026. The most recently recorded award date is October 20, 2026.