Region 2 Emergency Rapid Response Services

EPA Region 2 established the Region 2 Emergency Rapid Response Services Master IDIQ on July 27, 2020, to provide time-critical removals and rapid remedial actions for releases or threatened releases of oil, hazardous substances, and other pollutants, plus cleanup for weapons of mass destruction, terrorism, nuclear, biological, and chemical incidents, and natural or man-made disasters. Ordering remains open through January 26, 2027, with 2 months and 3 weeks of ordering authority left, and the most recent order was awarded October 21, 2026. Set-asides are mixed, not vehicle-wide: 75 orders (63%) carry no set-aside and 45 (38%) are Total Small Business. Three primes hold all awards.

Work is performed within EPA Region 2, covering New York, New Jersey, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Recent orders concentrate in New York and New Jersey, with active Puerto Rico work at Arecibo, San Juan, and Guayanilla Bay.

The vehicle has issued 120 task orders since August 11, 2020. Orders per year run 18 in 2022, 10 in 2023, 10 in 2024, 12 in 2025, and 12 in 2026 to date. Dollars obligated total $78.8 million against $83.5 million in combined task-order potential value, or 94%.

Environmental Restoration LLC dominates, holding 74 orders and $55.4 million in combined potential value. Kemron Environmental Services, Inc. holds 29 orders and $20.9 million, and Guardian Environmental Services Co Inc. holds 17 orders and $7.2 million.

EPA Region 2 places 107 orders and $65.4 million in combined potential value. EPA Region 3 places 13 orders and $18.1 million.

Among the recent orders, the Former Harry Goldberg & Sons Metal Site in Perth Amboy, NJ, carries $11.674 million in dollars obligated, the largest figure in the recent-order set.

Emergency and Rapid Response Services (ERRS) for time-critical removals and rapid remedial actions with respect to the release or threat of release of oil, hazardous and toxic wastes, petroleum products, hazardous substances, or pollutants, contaminants or fire or explosion hazards, that pose an actual or potential threat to human health or welfare, or the environment. This IDIQ also includes the cleanup for incidents involving weapons of mass destruction; acts of terrorism; nuclear, biological and chemical incidents; and natural or man-made disasters. These services are to be provided within the EPA Region 2 geographic area, which includes the states of New York and New Jersey, and the territories of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.