Purchase Order 12639526P0056

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) Veterinary Services awarded a $106.5K firm fixed-price purchase order to Lewis Environmental LLC, a small business environmental remediation contractor based in Royersford, Pennsylvania, on February 12, 2026. The contract calls for compost build and decontamination services at a facility in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, in support of High-Pathogenicity Avian Influenza (HPAI) response operations. This is a small business set-aside award with an ultimate completion date of March 22, 2026. Lewis Environmental will provide critical environmental support services including construction and operation of compost windrows for bird carcass processing and decontamination line operations to address contaminated materials resulting from HPAI outbreaks.

Lewis Environmental has emerged as a trusted partner for APHIS Veterinary Services since 2021, executing an extensive portfolio of HPAI response contracts across multiple states including Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, North Carolina, and Arkansas. The contractor maintains specialized capabilities in rapid emergency deployment, hazardous materials mitigation, and disease outbreak response. The company also holds a $3.99M Indefinite-Delivery/Indefinite-Quantity Basic Ordering Agreement with the U.S. Coast Guard for oil spill and hazardous chemical incident response, demonstrating its broader capacity to support federal agencies' emergency environmental remediation requirements on a time-and-materials basis.