Purchase Order 12639526P0002

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) Veterinary Services awarded a $29,008.43 firm fixed-price purchase order to Lewis Environmental LLC for high-pathogenicity avian influenza (HPAI) disposal and decontamination line services at a facility in Ephrata, Pennsylvania. Under this moratorium exception contract, Lewis Environmental will dispose of approximately 6,000 ducks and 40 assorted other birds affected by the 2022 HPAI outbreak and provide support for a decontamination line operations while on site. The contract was awarded on October 13, 2025, with an ultimate completion date of October 30, 2025. No set-aside designation was applied to this award.

Lewis Environmental LLC, a for-profit environmental remediation and emergency response services provider based in Royersford, Pennsylvania, has extensive experience supporting APHIS Veterinary Services with HPAI response operations. The company has previously executed numerous contracts involving compost windrow construction, decontamination line services, and bird disposal during avian influenza outbreaks across multiple states, with contract values ranging from several thousand to over $1.7 million. This award reflects the contractor's established capability to rapidly respond to federal environmental and biosecurity emergencies with specialized expertise in disease outbreak containment and remediation.